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The pioneers of obesity-drugs win the Lasker Award for medical science
Oprah Winfrey, Dr Zhijian Chen and Richard Di Marchi have won the Lasker Award for their research on GLP-1, a hormone that helps regulate blood- sugar levels and controls appetite. The trio, recognised with a Lasker in the clinical-research category, will share a US$250,000 prize. “It’s a brain disease,” a renowned obesity doctor said about the drugs.
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The research says that young kids should not take the new drugs
A new study has found that people aged 14 years and older who are morbidly obese are more susceptible to weight gain when they take anti-obesity drugs. The research, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, also suggested that the use of these drugs in this age group could have a negative impact on their body mass index (BMI).
Read MoreShe cured her disease but she still is in pain
A team of US researchers has claimed they’ve transplanted the first gene therapy in sickle cell disease patients with only partially matched stem cells from a parent. The study, published in the journal Blood, also found that stem cells from only partly matched donors were able to be transplanted successfully in people with sickle-cell disease who received chemotherapy before the procedure.
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Reducing action on antimicrobial resistance is doable and affordable
A WHO report has claimed that nearly 5 crore deaths a year could be caused by antimicrobial resistance, which can be caused by various bacteria, viruses and parasites. The problem is associated with five million deaths a year. People over 70 will be most at risk of death in the year 2050, the report added.
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It is possible and affordable to delay action on antimicrobial resistance
A new study has found that people in low- and middle-income countries, which often lack’second-line’ antibiotics, are much more likely to die of infections caused by resistant bacteria than are those in high-income nations. It said even a small global investment to help prevent bacterial infections and improve access to relatively inexpensive antibiotics could avert millions of deaths.
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Trump addresses the apparent assassination attempt for the first time
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the Secret Service “did a great job protecting him during the incident while he played golf” at his course in Florida. In June, Trump had an assassination attempt against him. Trump criticised the policies of the Biden administration, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris, as is common in his campaign appearances.
Read MoreCreative ways of cutting down on food waste
A restaurant in the US is making a way to fight food waste by using leftover food, reports said. The restaurant, Shuggie’s, uses fish parts like halibut cheeks and various forms of bycatch. “To look at the ugly food or the imperfect food, that it doesn’t have to be the best of everything, is a…new way for people to look at their food,” its chef said.
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A weird signal was sent to seismology by the mega-landslide
A signal from a seismic event in Greenland last year that triggered a tsunami was similar to an alarm bell ringing, researchers have said. The’monochromatic’ signal was similar to the one from an earthquake that hit the area. The earthquake signal lasted for nine days with a frequency of 11.45 miles per hour and a slow amplitude decay.
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Rapa Nui people did not destroy their island
A study has suggested that DNA damage is responsible for early menopause. The team, led by University of Iceland’s Anders Stefnsson, found that four of the genes they identified were linked to cancer as well as to a higher risk of cancer. Mutations in DNA can lead to cancer and ovarian ageing is related to DNA damage in a person’s eggs.
Read MoreAt least 19 people have been killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza humanitarian zone
An Israeli airstrike on a tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza killed at least 40 people and injured 60 others on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. The Civil Defense said it recovered 40 bodies from the strike. In July, 90 Palestinians were killed in a strike that Israeli military said targeted and killed top Hamas commander Mohammed Deif.
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