US-based Varda Space crystallises HIV drug in microgravity
HQ Team March 31, 2024: US-based Varda Space Industries’ spacecraft in orbit crystallised a metastable form of a drug for HIV/AIDS — furthering
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5 dead, 140 hospitalised after taking Japanese health supplements
HQ Team March 29, 2024:Five people have died and 143 hospitalised in Japan after consuming health supplements. The Japanese health ministry has warned
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New device uses infrared signals for accurate blood glucose levels
HQ Team March 29, 2024: The last few years have seen many innovative devices that help in monitoring blood sugar without finger pricks.
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Bristol’s oral drug to treat Crohn’s disease fails remission test
HQ Team March 29, 2024: Bristol Myers Squibb’s final stage clinical trials for its Zeposia oral drug, to treat moderate to severe Crohn’s
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FDA nod for Gilead to expand hepatitis drug to six years or older patients
HQ Team March 28, 2024: US regulator, the FDA has approved Gilead Sciences, Inc.’s supplemental new drug application for treating chronic hepatitis B
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Australia’s carbon offset scheme has ‘negligible impact,’ a ‘failure’
HQ Team March 28, 2024: Australia’s carbon offset scheme, a central feature of climate policy in the country for two decades, to regenerate
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FDA clears Akebia’s drug to treat anaemia in acute kidney disease
HQ Team March 28, 2024: Akebia Therapeutics, a US Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, has got the regulator’s approval for its Vafseo drug to treat anaemia
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Human brain size getting larger, has potential to cut dementia risk
HQ Team March 27, 2024: The size of the human brain is getting larger and the bigger size may reduce the potential of
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People spread more virus to animals, not the other way around: Scientists
HQ Team March 27, 2024: Humans transmit more viruses in domestic and wild animals than the other way around, scientists found after analyzing
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Viking Therapeutics’ weight-loss drug shows ‘positive’ results in early trials
US-based biotechnology company Viking Therapeutics Inc., reported “positive” results from its early-stage weight-loss oral drug and the pill showed mild to moderate side