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US surgeons have performed the world’s first successful human bladder transplant on a 41-year-old patient who lost most of his bladder during a tumour removal process.
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Surgeons in US perform world’s first human bladder transplant on a man

HQ Team May 19, 2025: US surgeons have performed the world’s first successful human bladder transplant on a 41-year-old patient who lost most.

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Kezar Life Sciences Inc., a US-based biotechnology company, has stopped a trial in patients with a type of kidney disease after four people died.
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Kezar Life Sciences halts mid-stage lupus nephritis trial after four people die

Kezar Life Sciences Inc., a US-based biotechnology company, has stopped a trial in patients with a type of kidney disease after four people.

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Switzerland’s Novartis AG has received accelerated approval from the USFDA for its drug to reduce elevated levels of proteins in the urine of patients with a rare type of kidney disease.
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Novartis’s drug to treat rare kidney disease gets USFDA approval 

Switzerland’s Novartis AG has received accelerated approval from the USFDA for its drug to reduce elevated levels of proteins in the urine of.

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A new cardiovascular disease risk calculator may render 16 million US citizens ineligible for preventive therapy if the current guidelines for cholesterol and high blood pressure treatment remain the same, according to a Harvard Medical School study.
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New cardiovascular risk calculator may impose a burden on 16 million US citizens

HQ Team August 6, 2024: A new cardiovascular disease risk calculator may render 16 million US citizens ineligible for preventive therapy if the.

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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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Dutch pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk, has stopped testing Ozempic to treat the progression of renal impairment in people with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease after the interim results met certain pre-specified” criteria for efficacy.
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Novo Nordisk stops testing of Ozempic as kidney trial meets efficacy goals

HQ Team October 11, 2023: Dutch pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk, has stopped testing Ozempic to treat the progression of renal impairment in people.

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Bacteriophages effective in fast testing and treatment of UTIs

HQ Team July 22, 2023: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect nearly one in two women at least once in their lifetime. The growing.

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Swiss drugmaker, Novartis signed a $3.5 billion deal with Chinook Therapeutics to boost the US-based company’s last-stage experimental trials of two drugs to treat chronic kidney diseases.
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Novartis to acquire Chinook Therapeutics in a $3.5 billion deal

HQ Team June 13, 2023: Swiss drugmaker, Novartis signed a $3.5 billion deal with Chinook Therapeutics to boost the US-based company’s last-stage experimental.

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Oral semaglutide reduces HbA1c, weight in Type 2 diabetics, study reveals

HQ Team June 8, 2023: A new study analyzing the PIONEER (Peptide Innovation for Early Diabetes Treatment) clinical trials data has revealed the.

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Kisspeptin hormone could treat hypoactive sexual desire disorder when a person has an extremely low sex drive that causes distress, scientists from the Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust found.
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Kisspeptin hormone may cure hypoactive sexual desire disorderïżŒ

Kisspeptin hormone could treat hypoactive sexual desire disorder when a person has an extremely low sex drive that causes distress, scientists from the.

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