Neuromorphic semiconductor chip that learns and corrects itself?
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 21, 2025
Scientists have developed a computing chip that can learn, correct errors, and process AI tasks.
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Seniors Miss Out on Services With Medicare Advantage
Drugs.com
JANUARY 21, 2025
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 -- Medicare Advantage isn’t that great an advantage for seniors compared with traditional Medicare, researchers say. The privatized form of Medicare offers more supplemental benefits than traditional Medicare, including.
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Antibiotics, vaccinations and anti-inflammatory medication linked to reduced risk of dementia
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 21, 2025
Antibiotics, antivirals, vaccinations and anti-inflammatory medication are associated with reduced risk of dementia, according to new research that looked at health data from over 130 million individuals.
Popular GLP-1 Drugs Are Shaping Health Beyond Weight Loss & Diabetes
Drugs.com
JANUARY 21, 2025
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 -- Popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss and diabetes may have unexpected benefits for reducing risks for conditions such as substance abuse, psychosis, infections and even dementia. But these drugs also come with risks.
Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health
AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!
Extreme supersonic winds measured on planet outside our Solar System
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 21, 2025
Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33,000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jet-stream of its kind ever measured on a planet. The discovery provides unique insights into the weather patterns of a distant world.
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'Unprecedented' level of control allows person without use of limbs to operate virtual quadcopter
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 21, 2025
A brain-computer interface, surgically placed in a research participant with tetraplegia, paralysis in all four limbs, provided an unprecedented level of control over a virtual quadcopter -- just by thinking about moving his unresponsive fingers.
Moderna Receives $590M From HHS To Develop Bird Flu Vaccine
Drugs.com
JANUARY 21, 2025
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu. This funding, announced Friday by Moderna.
Why our biological clock ticks: Research reconciles major theories of aging
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 21, 2025
Two major theories of aging both involve DNA, but in very different ways. Researchers have revealed that these theories may not be so different after all.
Bird Flu Found in Georgia Commercial Poultry for First Time
Drugs.com
JANUARY 21, 2025
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 -- For the first time, bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia. The case — confirmed in Elbert County by the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) and the U.S. Department of.
From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven
New evidence suggests megaflood refilled the Mediterranean Sea five million years ago
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 21, 2025
A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal 'megaflood' refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period during which the Med was a vast expanse of salt flats. The study suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago.
Most Families Exclude Foods Linked to Allergies
Drugs.com
JANUARY 21, 2025
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 -- Most parents of a child with a food allergy opt to cut the offending food completely out of their homes.However, that strategy is tied to an emotional toll, researchers said.Parents who exclude food from their home because.
Scientists identify neurons in mice that, once activated, can change body's metabolic rate, induce hibernation-like state
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 21, 2025
A new study has identified a group of neurons that, when activated, can induce a hypometabolic state, akin to hibernation. The discovery could have far-reaching implications for conditions like obesity, cardiometabolic diseases, and even for space travel. The research team found that these neurons regulate key aspects of the brain-heart-gut axis.
Stressed-Out Surgeon? That's Good News for Patients!
Drugs.com
JANUARY 21, 2025
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 -- Check out your surgeon as youre wheeled into the operating room. Do they seem tense, on edge, or stressed out?If so, that could be good news for you, a new study says.The patients of stressed surgeons tend to suffer fewer.
How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency
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Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.
Reimagining chain mail
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 21, 2025
Experiments have yielded a fascinating new type of matter, neither granular nor crystalline, that responds to some stresses as a fluid would and to others like a solid. The new material, known as PAM (for polycatenated architected materials) could have uses in areas ranging from helmets and other protective gear to biomedical devices and robotics.
Black Patients Less Likely To Get Weight Loss Surgery
Drugs.com
JANUARY 21, 2025
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 -- Black people with obesity are less likely to get weight-loss surgery than others.Black people are just as likely to discuss the procedure with their doctor -- nearly 10%, compared with 9% of patients of other races.
New water purification technology helps turn seawater into drinking water without tons of chemicals
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 21, 2025
Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water.
ADHD Diagnoses On The Rise Among Adults
Drugs.com
JANUARY 21, 2025
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses have increased among adults in recent years, while remaining stable among teenagers.ADHD diagnoses among adults increased by 15% between 2020 and 2023, after.
Deliver Fast, Flexible Clinical Trial Insights with Spotfire
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Clinical research has entered a new era, one that requires real-time analytics and visualization to allow trial leaders to work collaboratively and to develop, at the click of a mouse, deep insights that enable proactive study management. Learn how Revvity Signals helps drug developers deliver clinical trial data insights in real-time using a fast and flexible data and analytics platform to empower data-driven decision-making.
Clean hydrogen in minutes: Microwaves deliver clean energy faster
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 21, 2025
An interdisciplinary team has developed a groundbreaking technology that addresses key limitations in clean hydrogen production using microwaves. They have also successfully elucidated the underlying mechanism of this innovative process.
Antimicrobial and Antiproliferative Properties of 2‐Phenyl‐N‐(Pyridin‐2‐yl)acetamides
Chemical Biology and Drug Design
JANUARY 21, 2025
Among prepared 2-phenyl- N -(pyridin-2-yl)acetamides, we identified compounds with promising invitro antimycobacterial activity (notably compound 12 ). In comparison with the previous series, the methylene-extended linker improved antimycobacterial activity. Compound 26 was identified as a promising antiproliferative hit. ABSTRACT Infectious diseases, including bacterial, fungal, and viral, have once again gained urgency in the drug development pipeline after the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
A team with diverse expertise produces novel ideas -- but are they practical?
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 21, 2025
A first-of-its-kind study shows that while teams with differing skill sets and perspectives bring fresh, unique ideas to the table, they often struggle to create practical, workable solutions -- raising important questions for managers and businesses worldwide.
Most Dementia Patients Unaware of Diagnosis
Drugs.com
JANUARY 21, 2025
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 -- Many elderly people and their caregivers dont know a doctor has diagnosed them with dementia.More than three-quarters of patients with dementia were not aware of their diagnosis, according to results recently published in.
Clinical Data Like You´ve Never Seen It Before: Why Spotfire Is the Leading Tool for Clinical Analytics
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Clinical development organizations face a wide array of challenges when it comes to data, many of which can impact the operational effectiveness of their clinical trials. In this whitepaper, experts from Revvity Signals explore how solutions like TIBCO® Spotfire® enable better, more streamlined studies. The whitepaper also features a success story from Ambrx, a leading biopharmaceutical company, detailing how it has leveraged Spotfire to tackle data quality and collaboration challenges in clinic
Empty headed? Largest study of its kind proves 'bird brain' is a misnomer
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 21, 2025
It's difficult to know what birds 'think' when they fly, but scientists in are getting some remarkable new insights by looking inside birds' heads. Evolutionary biologists and neuroscience researchers have teamed up to explore a new approach to recreating the brain structure of extinct and living birds by making digital 'endocasts' from the area inside a bird skeleton's empty cranial space.
COVID-19 Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Drugs.com
JANUARY 21, 2025
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 -- COVID-19 appears to increase a persons risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome.People whove caught COVID are nearly five times more likely to develop chronic fatigue syndrome, according to results recently published i.
The role of biosimilars in reducing out-of-pocket costs for patients
Drug Patent Watch
JANUARY 21, 2025
Breaking Down Barriers to Affordable Healthcare: The Power of Biosimilars As we navigate the complex landscape of modern healthcare, one thing is clear: the cost of prescription medications is a significant burden for many patients. The rising cost of brand-name medications has left millions of people struggling to afford the treatments they need to manage their conditions.
Continuous Innovation with WorldwideEdge™ — A World of a Difference in Bioanalytic Operations
Conversations in Drug Development Trends
JANUARY 21, 2025
Jayaprakash Kotha, MBBS, PhD, ASCP (SH), Vice President, Bioanalytical Laboratory Satish Kumar, MBB, Head of Process Improvement Continuous Innovation is a Cornerstone of Bioanalysis Approximately 80% of drugs that begin the research process fail to reach approval. What is one contributing factor that sets the 20% that do apart from the rest? Rigorous procedures to ensure that drugs are effective and safe.
AstraZeneca, Daiichi’s Enhertu successor gets first FDA OK in breast cancer
BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing
JANUARY 21, 2025
The clearance of Datroway comes months after the companies narrowed approval plans in lung cancer and opens up a market opportunity analysts estimate to be worth about $500 million annually.
COVID-19 Doesn't Worsen Multiple Sclerosis, Study Says
Drugs.com
JANUARY 21, 2025
FRIDAY, Dec. 27, 2024 -- People with multiple sclerosis (MS) have been concerned that a COVID-19 infection could cause the symptoms of their nerve disease to become even worse.But a new study should offer some solace -- COVID doesnt appear to w.
Sionna, Odyssey join queue of biotechs testing investors’ IPO interest
BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing
JANUARY 21, 2025
The startups are the fourth and fifth drugmakers to file for initial public offerings since late December — the most notable burst of activity in more than three months.
Hormone Therapy Doesn't Increase Women's Risk of Brain Tumors
Drugs.com
JANUARY 21, 2025
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 -- Hormone replacement therapy to ease menopause symptoms doesnt increase a womans risk of brain tumors.Researchers found no link between hormone therapy and gliomas, the most common brain tumors in adults, according to res.
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