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Caution advised amid rise in Covid cases linked to JN.1 subvariant

HQ Team December 19, 2023: An increase in Covid-19 cases across the world is causing concern. The surge is attributed to the detection

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The receptor of Oxytocin, a hormone considered essential to forming social bonds, may not play the role that scientists have assigned it for the past 30 years, according to US scientists.
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Opinion: Sickle Cell Disease and gene therapy

By K. Leelamoni December 19, 2023: Recent reports about the FDA’s approval of gene therapy to treat Sickle Cell Anemia mark a major

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The European Union has announced a 1.23 billion euro initiative to prevent mental health issues and find affordable treatments for its 84 million patients in the bloc.
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KarXT by Karuna Therapeutics offers hope for improved schizophrenia management

HQ Team, December 18, 2023: For individuals grappling with schizophrenia, the road to treatment is often marked by a lifelong commitment to antipsychotic

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Patients with burnt-out diabetes found to have underdiagnosed hyperglycemia: Study

HQ Team December 18, 2023: Investigative results from a pilot study showed that those with burnt-out diabetes and end-stage kidney disease experienced a

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Teenagers are using e-cigarettes at a rate higher than adults, and in England, the numbers have tripled in the past three years, according to the World Health Organization.
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Teenagers smoking e-cigarettes at a faster rate than adults: WHO

HQ Team December 15, 2023: Teenagers are using e-cigarettes at a rate higher than adults, and in England, the numbers have tripled in

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Merck announced it has got USFDA approval for its belzutifan drug, branded as Welireg, to treat an advanced form of kidney cancer.
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USFDA green lights Merck’s drug to treat advanced kidney cancer 

HQ Team December 15, 2023: Merck announced it got USFDA approval for its belzutifan drug, branded as Welireg, to treat an advanced form

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A new vaccine to aid the human body's white cells to fight HIV infection may hold the key to protect people from acquiring the virus, according to a National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) study.
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New HIV vaccine must aid human white cells to ward off virus: NIAID

HQ Team December 15, 2023: A new vaccine to aid the human body’s white cells to fight HIV infection may hold the key

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Extracellular vesicles, or lipid particles released by human cells that cannot replicate, may serve as hidden reservoirs of the Covid-19 virus to contribute to their persistence and recurrence of the infection, a study finds.
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Human lipid particles may be hidden reservoirs of Covid-19 virus

HQ Team December 13, 2023: Extracellular vesicles, or lipid particles released by human cells that cannot replicate, may serve as hidden reservoirs of

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a US-based biotechnology company, announced its mid-stage trial on a non-opioid oral drug for patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy has yielded positive results.
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Drug trials for diabetic peripheral neuropathy ‘positive’: Vertex

HQ Team December 13, 2023: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a US-based biotechnology company, announced its mid-stage trial on a non-opioid oral drug for patients with

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Japan’s Eisai Co., and US-based Biogen Inc., announced its Leqembi injection will be sold in Japan from Japan from December 20, the second country after the US.
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Eisai, Biogen to sell Alzheimer’s drug in Japan starting December 20 

HQ Team December 13, 2023: Japan’s Eisai Co., and US-based Biogen Inc., announced its Leqembi injection will be sold in Japan from Japan

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