Drugs Health Medical

WHO director-general rebuts US criticism, plans to cut budget

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, has given a four-point rebuttal to the US government’s accusations against the global.

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Global researchers complete world’s first synthetic yeast genome project

Global researchers, led by Australia’s Macquarie University, in a bid to re-engineer life in a laboratory, have completed the world’s first synthetic yeast.

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Drugs Research

Heavy cannabis use reduces brain activity during memory tasks

Bharti Jayshankar February 1, 2025: A study published in JAMA Network Open reveals that heavy cannabis use may impair brain function during critical.

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Cambridge researchers making brain implants to treat Parkinson’s

Researchers at Cambridge are developing implants that could help repair damaged brain cells and treat diseases like Parkinson’s.

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Vertex’s non-opioid painkiller receives approval from US drug regulator

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s non-opioid analgesic to treat moderate to severe acute pain in adults got approval from the US drug regulator.

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UK’s NHS to provide gene therapy that may cure sickle cell  disease in adults

Britain’s National Health Service will provide a gene therapy that may cure sickle cell disease for patients 12 years and older, according to.

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Merck & Co stops final-stage drug trial for treating PAH

Merck & Co. halted its final-phase study of its experimental drug for pulmonary arterial hypertension after previous studies proved its “robust efficacy,” according.

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US ‘humanitarian wavier’ will help deliver life-saving HIV medicines: UN

The UNAIDS has welcomed a move by the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to approve an “Emergency Humanitarian Waiver” to allow.

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Eli Lilly halts trials of investigational chronic kidney disease drug

Eli Lilly has stopped trials of its investigational drug to treat chronic kidney disease for a “lack of foreseeable clinical benefit,” according to.

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Novo’ Nordisk’s drug to cut kidney disease advance in diabetics gets nod

Novo Nordisk’s medicine has been approved by the US drug regulator for reducing the risk of kidney failure and death due to cardiovascular.

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