“Cortisol is a stress marker found in saliva, so flossing seemed like a natural fit to take a daily … More
Scientists have created a dental floss that doesn’t just clean between your teeth. It gauges your stress…
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eBook – Understanding mass photometry: A Handbook for All
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Hinge May Herald A New Wave Of Digital Health IPOs
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at how Hinge Health’s successful IPO may be a trendsetter, Indian billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s ‘biosimilars’ business, RFK’s changes to Covid vaccine guidance and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.
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Scientists test real-time view of brain’s waste removal
A new device that monitors the waste-removal system of the brain may help to prevent Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases, according to a study published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering.
In the study, participants were asleep when they wore the device: a head cap embedded with…
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Potential to prevent and treat a common type of inflammatory arthritis advanced by the identification of new genetic links
In a first-of-its-kind genome-wide association study (GWAS) researchers have discovered two genes, RNF144B and ENPP1, that cause calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease in Americans of European and African descent. This crystalline arthritis is caused by calcium pyrophosphate (CPP)…
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Bed bugs are most likely the first human pest, new research shows
Ever since a few enterprising bed bugs hopped off a bat and attached themselves to a Neanderthal walking out of a cave 60,000 years ago, bed bugs have enjoyed a thriving relationship with their human hosts.
Not so for the unadventurous bed bugs that stayed with the bats — their populations have…
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Nearly five million seized seahorses just ‘tip of the iceberg’ in global wildlife smuggling
Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by authorities over a 10-year span, according to a new study that warns the scale of the trade is far larger than current data suggest.
Published today in Conservation Biology, the study analyzed online…
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Newly identified group of nerve cells in the brain regulates bodyweight
Obesity is a global health problem that affects many people. In recent years, very promising anti-obesity drugs have been developed. Despite these successes, there are patients who do not respond to these drugs or suffer from side effects. Therefore, there is still an unmet need for therapies….
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Understanding cultural differences in salt usage may help lower consumption
Almost all adults in the U.S. consume more sodium (salt) than recommended, yet the sources and use of sodium vary among people of different races and ethnicities, indicating the need for culturally customized advice about sodium intake, according to new research published today in the Journal of…
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Yeast can now produce human DNase1
The human protein, which is used against cystic fibrosis among other things, is currently produced only in mammalian cells with considerable effort and money.
The protein DNase1 is one of the oldest biological agents in history: It has been on the market since 1958 and is now used, among other…
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