After 20 years, US regulators have finally approved the first RNA interference (RNAi)-based therapy, announced on August 10. The drug, called patisiran, targets a rare condition associated with impaired heart
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One of the major challenges with artificial limbs is the lack of something called embodiment ― the idea that prosthetics actually feel like a real limb ― mainly because bionic
A new controversial study claims that in most cases, consuming salt will not increase health risks. The study published on August 9 in The Lancet, a scientific journal, followed 94
Superior cognitive abilities of humans may not have come without a price: new study ties evolutionary changes to mental disorders
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The evolution of human cognitive abilities may have come with some disadvantages. A new study published on Aug 9 in the American Journal of Human Genetics suggests certain mental disorders
A new project has just been set in motion to build a 3D map of the Ganges River, Lou Del Bello reports in Nature News & Comment on August 7.
New hope for treating Parkinson’s disease as novel stem cell trial prepares to launch in Japan
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On July 30th, researchers in Japan announced their intention to launch a new clinical trial using neurological cells derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to treat Parkinson’s disease, a
Pesticides and cancer among farmers: the rush towards irrefutability (second part)
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In an earlier article, we saw that the prospective epidemiological studies on the health of farmers (AHS cohort in the USA, Agrican cohort in France), supposedly the most reliable ones,
New hope for Alzheimer’s treatment: Biogen and Eisai report promising results from Phase II Clinical Study of BAN2401
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New data presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on July 25th came as an unexpected surprise. Patients receiving the drug performed 30 percent better on cognitive tests than those
Eleven babies in the Netherlands have died during a clinical trial in which pregnant women were administered Sildenafil ― sold by Pfizer under the trade name Viagra ― to boost
A common blood pressure and heart medication containing valsartan has been recalled in 22 countries due to fears the drugs could contain a chemical linked to cancer. Valsartan is commonly