Study shows ChatGPT can be helpful for Black women’s self-education about HIV, PrEP

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called ChatGPT is a powerful way for Black women to educate themselves about HIV prevention, as it provides reliable and culturally sensitive information, according to a study in The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. “In addition to immediately available information, regardless of…

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‘Get this done’, WHO chief tells pandemic accord talks

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday told countries negotiating a global agreement on handling future pandemics to “get this done”, as they hit the half-way stage in last-ditch talks. World Health Organization member states have spent the last two years drafting an international accord on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response,…

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Key transport systems fuel rapid E. coli growth in UTIs

Through a quirk of anatomy, women are especially prone to urinary tract infections, with almost half dealing with one at some point in their lives.  Scientists have been trying to figure out for decades how bacteria gain a foothold in otherwise healthy people, examining everything from how the microbes move inside and stick to the…

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More than half of older adults with intellectual disability take psychotropic medicines, shows study

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Examining Quality, Use and Impact of Psychotropic (Use) in older adults with intellectual disabilities (EQUIP) study, has revealed that more than half of older adults with intellectual disability take psychotropic medicines, including antipsychotics and antidepressants used to treat mental illness. While these medicines are critical to treat mental illness and…

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Unlocking glioblastoma’s immune suppression mechanism

The Wistar Institute assistant professor Filippo Veglia, Ph.D., and team, have discovered a key mechanism of how glioblastoma -; a serious and often fatal brain cancer -; suppresses the immune system so that the tumor can grow unimpeded by the body’s defenses. The lab’s discovery was published in the paper, “Glucose-driven histone lactylation promotes the…

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