Hello there and happy Friday from STAT’s London outpost, where the weekend is mere hours away. STAT reporter Andrew Joseph here, filling in for Mr. Pharmalot for the day. Spring has fully sprung here in the U.K., and our weekend plans include plenty of park time, and if we’re being honest, likely some time at…
The world is on track to meet the World Health Organization’s target of a billion people having better health by 2025, the UN agency’s 2023 report has found.1 Improved air quality, access to water and sanitation, and hygiene measures were the biggest drivers of global health improvement, said the report, which covered 174 countries in…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When it comes to improving the lives of children with genetic conditions, medical research often focuses solely on the children. But there is an equally important population in need of research that a faculty member at the University of Colorado Department of Medicine is highlighting—the caregivers. “We need to think very…
Machine learning enables cheaper and safer low-power magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) without sacrificing accuracy, according to a new study. According to the authors, these advances pave the way for affordable, patient-centric, and deep learning-powered ultra-low-field (ULF) MRI scanners, addressing unmet clinical needs in diverse healthcare settings worldwide. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has revolutionized healthcare, offering…
May 10, 2024 — Cow udders have the same receptors for flu viruses as humans and birds, raising concerns that cows could become “mixing vessels” that help the bird flu virus spread between people. That’s according to new research conducted by scientists at the University of Copenhagen and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis and…
NEW ORLEANS — When using tirzepatide (Zepbound, Eli Lilly) to treat obesity, patience may pay off. New post hoc data from Lilly’s SURMOUNT-1 trial of people with overweight or obesity but not diabetes suggest that the drug will almost always produce at least 5% weight loss eventually, even among slow responders. “Some obesity treatment guidelines…
Scientists hope that C100 can be developed into an effective adjuvant for use in cancer therapies A new vaccine ‘booster’ may be able to trigger an immune response in tumours and open the door to the development of new cancer treatments. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that a vaccine adjuvant – or ‘booster’…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) for a proposed biosimilar to denosumab. Denosumab is a RANK ligand inhibitor that is approved under the brand name Prolia for the treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture; to increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis at…
A study performed by Google Research in collaboration with Google DeepMind reveals the tech giant expanded the capabilities of its AI models for Med-Gemini-2D, Med-Gemini-3D and Med-Gemini Polygenic. Google said it fine-tuned Med-Gemini capabilities using histopathology, dermatology, 2D and 3D radiology, genomic and ophthalmology data. The company’s Med-Gemini-2 was trained on conventional medical images encoded…
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