First vaccine efficacy trial for Sudan Ebola during an outbreak starts in Uganda
The world’s first-ever clinical efficacy trial of a vaccine for Ebola disease arising out of the Sudan virus has started in Uganda, the.
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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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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.