West Africans have a high risk of kidney disease – new study confirms genetic cause
Our study thus confirmed what was found in people of African descent in the US: the genetic origin underpinning the excess ...
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AI Finds Anti-Cancer Drug Candidates With Quantum Computing
AI creates anti-cancer molecules for proteins that previously could not be targeted pharmacologically by leveraging quantum ...
USAID funding cuts: a devastating blow to South Africa’s HIV and TB fight
A recent funding freeze from USAID has left South Africa's vital HIV and TB treatment programmes in jeopardy. As experts warn ...
Addicted: how the world got hooked on illicit drugs – and why we need to view this as a global threat like climate change
As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?
Hindustan Times14d
‘Consumption could cause death’: FDA's recall warning for 6,300 Lay's packets
In December, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a recall warning ... indicating that consumption could cause death. The F.D.A. has upgraded a recall of over 6,000 bags of Frito-Lay Lay's ...
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Meteoroid over South Island causes massive sonic boom
South Islanders saw a fireball break through the atmosphere near Wanaka overnight with a loud sonic boom. The meteoroid became a fireball and raced above Queenstown around 11pm, before burning out ...
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FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction associated with opioids
who consulted for Vertex on the drug’s development. The initial concept to focus on pain-signaling proteins came out of research involving people with a rare hereditary condition that causes ...
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Early adult deaths rising in US: COVID-19, drug overdoses major causes
Researchers also found the death rates remain "higher than expected" post-pandemic, with drug-related deaths being a big culprit. A variety of natural causes and transport deaths also contributed ...