HAMBURG, Germany — An international consensus report on precision diabetes medicine aims to further move the field from aspirational to actionable with a person-first focus. “Diabetes recommendations often focus on what works well for the average person. However, because diabetes is an incredibly heterogeneous disease, few people are Mr or…
70 million Slime Licker candies recalled due to choking risk
Candy Dynamics Inc. said Thursday it is recalling 70 million of its candies because they can pose a choking hazard. The recall is for its “Slime Licker Sour Rolling Liquid Candies.” Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled candy. It’s a product that features a plastic bottle with a rolling…
On a stretch of gravel road, families ravaged by cancer question nitrate
Cancer ravaged Brian Bennerotte’s body and those of many around him—his father, five brothers and his sister—as well as others along the gravel road where they grew up in southeast Minnesota. The cancers just seemed to proliferate down the peaceful two-mile stretch of County Road B in Dodge County, Bennerotte…
Can museums help seniors stay fit?
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Mysterious paralysing 'illness' hospitalises 95 schoolgirls in Kenya
Mystery paralysing ‘illness’ hospitalises 95 schoolgirls in Kenya: Panicked health chiefs launch probe with ‘sickened’ pupils left shaking uncontrollably and convulsing Officials said the ‘illness’ affected pupils at St Theresa’s Eregi Girls High School Local reports suggest the students have struggled to stand up and walk Almost 100 schoolgirls in Kenya…
Progress and challenges in completing the human gene catalogue
In a recent review published in Nature, a group of authors reviewed the progress and challenges in annotating the human genome, including protein-coding genes, isoforms, and non-coding ribonucleic acids (RNAs), and advocated for a universal annotation standard for clinical use. Study: The status of the human gene catalogue. Image Credit:…
New zebrafish xenograft platform could help screen for glioblastoma treatments
Reviewed Scientists have created a new zebrafish xenograft platform to screen for novel treatments for an aggressive brain tumor called glioblastoma, according to a new study by the Gerhardt and De Smet labs published in EMBO Molecular Medicine. Glioblastoma is an aggressive and difficult-to-treat brain tumor in adults. On average,…
Software can detect hidden and complex emotions in parents
Researchers have conducted trials using a software capable of detecting intricate details of emotions that remain hidden to the human eye. The software, which uses an “artificial net” to map key features of the face, can evaluate the intensities of multiple different facial expressions simultaneously. The University of Bristol and…
Team trains AI model for age-related disease target discovery
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Antivirals Slow Insulin Loss in New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes
HAMBURG, Germany — A combination of the antiviral drugs pleconaril and ribavirin slowed the decline of pancreatic insulin production compared with placebo in children and adolescents with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes, new phase 2 data show. Results from the first-ever randomized, placebo-controlled trial of antivirals in type 1 diabetes…