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The WHO has updated the EG.5 variability of the COVID-19 virus to a ‘variant of interest’ — with genetic changes that are predicted or known to affect virus characteristics, such as transmissibility, virulence, antibody evasion, susceptibility to therapeutics and detectability.
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WHO labels Covid-19 variant EG.5 as ‘variant of interest’; cases rise

HQ Team August 10, 2023: The WHO has updated the EG.5 variability of the COVID-19 virus to a ‘variant of interest’ — with

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The month of July was the highest warm period, since pre-industrial times, a record 1.5C more than the average for 1815 to 1900, according to the UN.
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Greenhouse gases ring in warmest July since pre-industrial times

HQ Team August 9, 2023: The month of July was the highest warm period, since pre-industrial times, a record 1.5C more than the

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UK researchers have unveiled a compilation of understudied proteins public database, called “unknome,” that are found in the human genome.
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‘Unkome’ to dive into gene pool for unrecognized proteins  

HQ Team August 9, 2023: UK researchers have unveiled a compilation of understudied proteins public database, called “unknome,” that are found in the

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Emergent BioSolutions, will sack 400 employees across its various facilities to focus on core business products meant to treat opioid overuse, anthrax, Ebola and smallpox.
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Emergent BioSolutions to cut 400 jobs to focus on core products

HQ Team August 9, 2023: Emergent BioSolutions, will sack 400 employees across its various facilities to focus on core business products meant to

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Obese people have different ‘appetite control centre’ in brain

HQ Team August 9, 2023: The brain’s hypothalamus gland is a relevant factor in obesity and little is known about how this region

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Anixa Biosciences, Inc., announced that its partner Cleveland Clinic has begun enrolling subjects in a treatment arm to evaluate the combination of the company's breast cancer vaccine with Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) immunotherapy.
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Anixa to conduct breast cancer trials with Merck’s Keytruda therapy

HQ Team August 7, 2023: Anixa Biosciences, Inc., announced that its partner Cleveland Clinic has begun enrolling subjects in a treatment arm to

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The WHO issued a medical product alert, the fifth such on an Indian company’s syrup, terming it “substandard,” and reported by the Republic of Iraq.
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WHO alert on Indian firm linked to exports of ‘unsafe’ syrups in Iraq

HQ Team August 7, 2023: The WHO issued a medical product alert, the fifth such on an Indian company’s syrup, terming it “substandard,”

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A new genetic variant of HIV infection, discovered after more than 25 years of research and linked to lower infection rates among people with African ancestry, may help direct future treatment of the virus, according to global researchers
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New African HIV gene variant may help future treatment of virus

HQ Team August 7, 2023: A new genetic variant of HIV infection, discovered after more than 25 years of research and linked to

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Chicago University researchers develop Inverse vaccine for autoimmune diseases
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New bacteria gene transmission pathway to aid combat superbugs

HQ Team August 7, 2023: Singaporean scientists have found a new way of how bacteria transmit their genes — a discovery that could

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Italy’s lower house unanimously green-lighted a ‘right to be forgotten’ bill to protect cancer survivors from insurance agencies and banks, which ask for their prior condition.
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Italian lower house clears right to be forgotten bill for cancer patients 

HQ Team August 7, 2023: Italy’s lower house unanimously green-lighted a ‘right to be forgotten’ bill to protect cancer survivors from insurance agencies

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