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Only a few dozen children from Gaza have been treated at a cancer center in Jordan
Israel’s military has permitted food into Gaza for the first time in more than nine weeks amid the ongoing conflict between the enclave’s Hamas rulers and the country. The food was delivered to about 200 people last week, a UN official said. Over 55,000 people, many of them women and children, have died during the…
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Talks with Iran fail to reach a breakthrough as the war enters its ninth day
Iran’s Health Ministry said that 430 civilians have been killed and over 3,000 injured since the Israeli airstrikes on the country began on June 13, state media reported. Israel has said that missiles from Iran hit Haifa. “We do not want to negotiate with anyone while…Zionist regime’s aggression continues,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.
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The Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-affirming care for children
The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a case challenging a ban on the use of medical treatments for gender dysphoria in children. It ruled that the state had “entitled” to ban treatment and that it was not a violation of federal law. This comes after the Arkansas Supreme Court had last year made it…
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RFK Jr. worked on the CDC’s vaccine panel
A US panel on Monday suggested that COVID-19 vaccines should be recommended for people under the age of 65, including people with underlying health conditions, people at higher risk of contracting the virus, such as healthcare professionals, and people aged 65 and above. This comes days after the panel’s recommendation for the vaccine for people…
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A lipoprotein drive protects the tumours from ferroptosis
An international team reported the discovery of GRPR, a protein found in -cadherin, that could fight sex hormone-dependent cancer. It had previously been thought to be associated with several cancers, including breast, ovarian, pancreatic and uterine. The team found that GRPR binds to -cadherin receptors in the brain and prevents them from attaching to -cadherin…
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The carbon is routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems
Eight dissolved CO2 and three dissolved CH4 samples were collected for 14C analysis from London in September 2021. CO2 samples were collected from the Regent’s Canal and the River Thames, while CH4 samples were collected from Bow Creek. The CH4 samples were collected using a coiled membrane method in which water was being pumped through…
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The CDC says parents should speak to a doctor about getting their kids shots
US’ Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Kennedy has said that the COVID-19 vaccine for children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule. The decision comes after the Trump administration made changes that could dramatically restrict the availability of the next round of COVID-19 vaccines. The new recommendation…
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Future access could be limited by stricter FDA policy for COVID vaccines
People with a weakened immune system can get vaccinated against COVID-19 under new guidelines from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), officials said. The guidelines will allow people with compromised immune systems to get vaccinated without having to prove they are at greater risk, officials added. The US is the second-worst coronavirus-hit country in…
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What are we aware of about the Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing?
A 25-year-old US man has been named as the main suspect in an explosion that took place at a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California on Saturday. The FBI said the man had ” nihilistic views and had an antinatalist leanings”. The blast caused “significant damage” at the American Reproductive Centers (ARC) fertility clinic, Palm…
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Powerful system inserts whole genes into people
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas in San Antonio have developed a gene-edited enzyme complex for the treatment of rare genetic diseases. Researchers added 21 small changes across five genes that contribute to the ‘evoCAST’ architecture to correct a gene mutation in a mouse model of the’scurvy-cell anaas’. The technique could…
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The Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t make limits on PFAS in the water
The US Environmental Protection Agency has decided to withdraw its regulations that would ban PFAS and other so-calledforever chemicals from drinking water. “This commonsense decision provides…additional time that water system managers need to identify affordable treatment technologies and make sure they’re on a path to sustainable compliance,” the National Rural Water Association CEO Matthew Holmes…
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Can the fight against AIDS recover?
The Bush Institute’s Eric Goosby has said that US’ President Donald Trump’s executive orders are likely to have an adverse effect on HIV policy reforms. However, he added, the US Congress needs to authorise PEPFAR for another five years so that the programme can complete its mission and so that countries, organisations and funders can…
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Parkinson’s symptoms are improving in stem-cells trials
A study by researchers at Scripps Research in California found that three Parkinson’s patients, who had undergone the first-ever stem cell transplant, have survived and are safe one year after surgery. “Some got slightly better…others didn’t get worse,” the researcher said. The stem cells were transplanted to 18 sites across the putamen in both hemispheres…
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Stem cell therapies might be the key to new medical developments in Japan
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found that there was a placebo effect in a trial on regenerative therapies for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The research examined nine double-blind, randomised trials of regenerative therapies and found that an improvement of 4.3 points on the MDS-UPDRS part IIIOFF score was reported in one year…
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The first vaccine advisory meeting is set to start after delays
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee on vaccination practices, which had been scheduled to be held in February, has been postponed. “ACIP agenda items are always subject to change depending on what Working Groups have ready for consideration,” an official said. The committee’s independent advisors will hear from CDC staff on…
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Perspective on Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers have found that familial Alzheimer’s patients had signatures of viral processes and infection in the olfactory bulb. “We showed that familial Alzheimer’s patients actually had signatures…in the bundles of nerve fibres that run to these smell centres in the brain, compared with healthy individuals,” researchers said. In 2010, they had demonstrated that amyloid- exerts…
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The future of Alzheimer’s treatment
Researchers have discovered that Alzheimer’s disease patients’ brain tissue shows swelling of neurons with swollen lysosomes spilling waste into the brain in both mice and brain tissue. Researchers said the bulging neurons are a sign that the cells’ lysosomal system is dysfunction, which causes waste to accumulate inside cells, ultimately killing them and spilling ready-made…
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The researchers in the US should break their outrage addiction
Researchers at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government have created a new initiative to help researchers in their training cope with mental-health challenges. The initiative aims to reduce the stigma faced by early-career researchers by improving mental-health literacy, encouraging peer-support networks, and creating structures across the research enterprise to take responsibility for mental health.
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There are 5 observations from new research about A.D.H.D
Doctors and scientists have raised concerns about the ongoing research into the multimodal treatment ofAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (A.D.H.D). “I’ve invested 35 years…trying to identify the causes of A.D.H.D., and somehow we seem to be farther away from our goal than we were when we started,” an A.D.H.D researcher said. The research was one of…
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Nature’s guide to what’s next was the subject of a bunch of lawsuits
US National Institutes of Health (NIH) responded to lawsuits filed by the state attorneys and scientific body Nature over its decision to cancel research grants. “NIH continues to provide support for biomedical research that has a direct impact on human health,” it said. This comes after President Donald Trump’s administration cancelled $400 million research grant…
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Nature’s guide to what’s next was the subject of a bunch of lawsuits
US National Institutes of Health (NIH) responded to lawsuits filed by the state attorneys and scientific body Nature over its decision to cancel research grants. “NIH continues to provide support for biomedical research that has a direct impact on human health,” it said. This comes after President Donald Trump’s administration cancelled $400 million research grant…
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Tonka bean trees survive lightening strikes that kill their competitors
Researchers at Germany’s Humboldt University have said that bean trees can survive a hit from a lightning bolt, but the impact kills off competitors outside of the tree. Surviving the strikes could result in a 14-fold increase in seed production over the tree’s lifetime, researchers estimate. They also said thatbean trees won’t die due to…
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New treatments will make insomnia go away
Johnson & Johnson is working on a drug to treat depression and insomnia. In a Phase III trial, participants who took the drug experienced meaningful improvement in both sleep and depressive symptoms, with an antidepressant effect that seemed to be independent of the participants getting better sleep. The drug is part of a new class…
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The secrets of sleep can be unlocked
A University of Rochester researcher has said, “Sleep in humans facilitates brain clearance, so it’s not just our story or our hypothesis.” Maiken Nedergaard said that people who report six hours or less of sleep a night are more likely to develop dementia. She added that this is important because if there is more than…