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Nation-first living lab ready to tackle deadly cancer

Researchers from across the nation will analyse specimens from men with metastatic prostate cancer, giving them new tools in the fight against the disease.

AAP

Ultra-Processed Food-Cancer Link: Study Says Higher Risk Not Just Due To Obesity

The study has found that eating 10% more ultra-processed food raises the risk of head and neck cancer by 23% and the risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma by 24%.

Medical Daily

Failing to cancel mass gatherings ‘logically incoherent’ to public, says Whitty

Professor Sir Chris Whitty took ownership of the advice given to the Government in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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What was Eat Out to Help Out? Scientists say they weren't told about the scheme

Top scientists leading the UK response to the pandemic were not consulted over risks of encouraging public dining

Evening Standard

Medication significantly decreases TB growth, find scientists

A promising new cancer treatment looks to be especially successful against tuberculosis (TB), one of the world's most fatal infectious diseases. Read further on Dynamite News:

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I went to a dedicated sleep academy to master the art of ZZZs - here are the sleep techniques I now can't live without

PSA: a better night’s slumber is this way…

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The unusual ‘mutations’ that protect humans from viruses | Explained

Paramutations protect humans against viruses and are triggered by piRNA clusters, which are 3% of the fruit fly genome. Paramutations involve a small chemical modification of a chromosomal protein, flipping a nearby gene into a silenced state. William Bateson and Caroline Pellew discovered the first paramutation in the culinary pea…

The Hindu

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NMC reduces NEET 2024 syllabus, cuts 9 chapters from chemistry and six from biology

NEET 2024 syllabus: NTA is the examination agency for the NEET, and had been releasing the syllabus every year. However, this year, NMC has finalised the syllabus.

The Hindu

Mind and skin, there is a link between the two

Kozhikode native Prashanth's death due to hair loss highlights need for awareness of psychodermatology, the treatment of skin disorders involving psychological and psychiatric methods. Dermatologists suggest examining patients for mental health issues, and a joint diagnosis by dermatologist, psychologist and psychiatrist. Kozhikode's Govt. Medical College Hospital has a specialty clinic…

The Hindu

UK becomes 1st country to approve gene therapy treatment for sickle cell, thalassemia

Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K. In a statement on Thursday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it had approved Casgevy, the…

The Independent UK

Blood disorder breakthrough as world-first gene therapy given green light

The treatment is the first to be licensed using the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, for which its inventors were awarded the Nobel prize in 2020

The Independent UK

Casgevy: World-first gene therapy for sickle cell disease approved in UK

Regulator's approval comes three years after scientists won Nobel Prize for inventing the treatment

Evening Standard

World-first gene therapy for inherited blood disorders approved in UK

The treatment is the first to be licensed using the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, for which its inventors were awarded the Nobel prize in 2020.

The Independent UK

Study links some ultra-processed foods – not bread and cereal – to poorer health

Ultra-processed foods usually contain ingredients people would not add when they were cooking at home.

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CT Scans Linked To Blood Cancer Risk In Children: Study

For every 10,000 children who have a CT scan, 1-2 cases of blood cancer can be expected in the next 12 years after the examination, a researcher said.

AAP

Melanoma researchers NSW Australians of the Year

A pair of melanoma researchers were named the 2024 Australians of the Year for NSW, having saved thousands of lives and documented their own battle with cancer.

The Hindu

Modified antifungal agent shows reduced toxicity in mice

Scientists have developed a structurally modified antifungal agent that retains its antimicrobial properties while reducing toxicity in mice and human kidney cells. The new compound, AM-2-19, could increase the effectiveness and safety of treatments for deadly fungal infections. It works by binding to and extracting fungal ergosterol, but not mammalian…

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“Vampire Viruses” That Viciously Attack Other Viruses May Be The Ultimate Antiviral Treatment

Viruses can get sick in the sense that their normal function is impaired.

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Vampire viruses prey on other viruses

This strange new microbial discovery may hold the key to new antiviral therapies

The Independent UK

Scientists create baker’s yeast with more than 50% synthetic DNA

The overarching aim was to build a yeast that can teach us new biology, researchers said.

Dyson microbiologist reveals how to get rid of bed bugs

5 Dyson-approved tips for avoiding bed bugs and maintaining a clean bedroom

Evening Standard

Goodbye brain fog: how to hack your mitochondria, the body's energy generators

Feeling sluggish, tired or poorly? It might be your biochemistry. But there's a solution, says Louise Pyne

Evening Standard

Vitamin F: the skincare superhero you didn't know you needed

Never heard of Vitamin F? Get ready to add another step to your skincare routine

The Independent UK

Animal-to-human diseases could kill 12 times as many people by 2050, study warns

Researchers said these epidemics could be more frequent in the future due to climate change and deforestation.

Zenger

False Positive Breast Cancer Screening Increases Long-Term Risk, Study Finds

Women aged 60-75 with low breast density have highest risk, according to Karolinska Institutet

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