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The size of the human brain is getting larger and the bigger size may reduce the potential of overall age-related dementia, according to a study.
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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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Humans transmit more viruses in domestic and wild animals than the other way around, scientists found after analyzing 12 million viral genomes from public databases.
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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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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 effects.
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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.

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The US regulator, the Food and Drug Administration, has approved Winrevair therapy of Merck & Co., Inc., to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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US regulator clears Merck’s lung therapy after ‘significant’ results

 HQ Team March 27, 2024: The US regulator, the Food and Drug Administration, has approved Winrevair therapy of Merck & Co., Inc., to.

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The US regulator, the Food and Drug Administration plans to ban electrical stimulation devices due to “unreasonable and substantial risk” of illness or injury.
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FDA attempts a second time to ban electrical stimulation devices

HQ Team March 26, 2024: The US regulator, the Food and Drug Administration plans to ban electrical stimulation devices due to “unreasonable and.

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A trip through any of the Kerala villages would reveal many palatial mansions, some of them with one or two elderly inhabitants and many locked up forever. 
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Opinion: Empty Nest syndrome grips elderly in southern Indian state

By Aparna S March 26, 2024: With a high literacy rate, the migration rates in India’s southern state of Kerala have always been.

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Novo Nordisk, one of the world’s most valuable companies, will acquire Germany-based Cardior Pharmaceuticals, a firm that specialises in heart diseases, for up to 1.03 billion euros ($1.1 billion).
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Novo to buy Cardior for $1.1b to expand cardiovascular segment

HQ Team March 25, 2024: Novo Nordisk, one of the world’s most valuable companies, will acquire Germany-based Cardior Pharmaceuticals, a firm that specialises.

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AstraZeneca’s lung cancer drug, Tagrisso, reduced the risk of death by 51% in the early stages of the disease, according to a company statement.
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UK researchers get $2.1 million to develop lung cancer vaccine

HQ Team March 23, 2024: Researchers in the UK have won a grant of $2.14 million (€1.98 million) from the Cancer Research UK.

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Food crisis
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Urban dwellers losing their ability to digest plant cellulose

HQ Team March 22, 2024: A recent study titled “Cryptic diversity of cellulose-degrading gut bacteria in industrialized humans” says that urban dwellers are.

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Richard Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, became the first human to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig, according to a statement from Massachusetts General Hospital.
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First genetically edited pig kidney gets transplanted into a human

HQ Team March 21, 2024: Richard Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, became the first human to receive a kidney from a genetically modified.

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