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Two men are facing charges after an investigation led to the seizure of two firearms and more than $70,000 in drugs. In February 2024, after receiving multiple tips from the community, the Calgary Police Service…

“Now we have not just entirely new molecules but also explicit instructions for how to make those molecules,” Zou said. A new chemical space The researchers chose the 70 compounds with the highest potential to kill the bacterium and…

March 19, 2024 “There are few issues that unite members of the 118th Congress like reforms that result in savings and accountability.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senators Elizabeth Warren…

Identifying molecules and predicting the identity of unknown substances play huge roles in discovering natural products that can be used in drugs to treat cancers, viral infections and other ailments. Researchers in the Computational…

Earlier this week, independent MP Andrew Wilkie accused the AFL of conducting “off the books” illicit drug testing to identify players using substances of abuse, then inappropriately withdrawing them from matches under false…

Meningiomas are graded by microscopic appearance, rate of growth and tendency to invade other tissues. Credit: National Cancer Institute…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Controlled Release (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.12.031 A team from Houston Methodist…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An analysis of how brains with different forms of autism develop has revealed common underlying…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research from Cedars-Sinai suggests people who are scheduled for certain medical procedures should…

Sustainability, Vol. 16, Pages 2797: Intentions to Create Green Start-Ups for Collection of Unwanted Drugs: An Empirical Study Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su16072797 Authors: Anuli Njoku Kamel Mouloudj Ahmed Chemseddine Bouarar…

2. Materials and Methods 2.1. Study Design The No One Waits (NOW) Study is a nonrandomized, single-arm clinical trial measuring the acceptability, feasibility, and efficacy of an urban community-based point-of-diagnosis HCV treatment…

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In its annual report, Harm Reduction International says at least 467 drug-related executions took place last year.At least 467 people were executed for drug offences in 2023, a new record, according to Harm Reduction International (HRI),…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On Jan. 31, aducanumab, a pricey drug approved for treatment of early-stage Alzheimer's disease, was…

On Jan. 31, aducanumab, a pricey drug approved for treatment of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, was withdrawn from the market. And in early March, the Food and Drug Administration delayed its decision regarding whether to approve a…

On Jan. 31, aducanumab, a pricey drug approved for treatment of early-stage Alzheimer's disease, was withdrawn from the market. And in early March, the Food and Drug Administration delayed its decision regarding whether to approve…

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can have a considerable impact on the day-to-day functioning and overall wellbeing of people affected. It causes a variety of symptoms including difficulty focusing, impulsivity and…

The Wall Street Journal report also says the Food and Drug Administration is helping to investigate the Facebook owner.US prosecutors in Virginia are probing whether Facebook-parent Meta’s social media platforms facilitated and profited…

MONTGOMERY— Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded $1.6 million for a statewide effort to continue battling illegal drugs and drug-related crime in Alabama.Gov. Ivey awarded grants of $200,000 each to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the…

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company developing investigational first-in-class telomerase inhibitor, imetelstat, to treat hematologic malignancies, today…

Three people have been charged with more than 20 offences in relation to a stolen vehicle investigation that led police to a shopping centre just outside the city.On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at approximately 3:40…

Top-prescribed drugs elicit rich transcriptomic responses from prevalent gut bacterial species. a, Schematic of our high-throughput transcriptomic pipeline for…

Jack Antonoff is getting candid about turning drugs to cope with the death of his sister more than 20 years ago — and the terrible trip that made him swear off drugs forever. The 39-year-old Grammy-winning producer, who has long…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Many cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) between 1995 and 2020 lack proof of added…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Cancer Cell (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.11.004 Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy is a…

Lagos is the most populous city in Africa and a regional economic giant, having west Africa’s busiest seaport. It is the centre of commercial and economic activities in Nigeria. The city’s population is estimated to be 20 million…

Antiviral Drugs While getting an influenza (flu) vaccine each year is recommended by CDC as the first and most important step in protecting against flu, there also are drugs that can treat flu illness. These “flu antiviral drugs” are an…

1. IntroductionPeople who inject drugs (PWIDs) are responsible for half of the 1.7 million new cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmissions occurring worldwide every year . While this population is the most exposed to HCV infection…

Methods Study Cohort and Patient Characteristics Data on vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection and demographic and clinical data were obtained from the VA COVID-19 Shared Data Resource (7) and from electronic medical records (EMRs) and…

China already is waging war with the US, but not with guns — with poison. In his new book, “Blood Money,” Peter Schweizer explains how Communist China mass produces and distributes fentanyl, a chemical thirty to fifty times as…

What GAO Found Antiviral drugs help the body fight off harmful viruses and can ease symptoms and shorten the length of an infection. Some of these drugs can be broadly acting—that is, they can treat infections from multiple…

Any drug that is taken orally must pass through the lining of the digestive tract. Transporter proteins found on cells that line the GI tract help with this process, but for many drugs, it’s unknown which of…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction may also be associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease,…

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Feb. 8, 2024 -- New and effective weight loss drugs have been a game changer for people with obesity or who are overweight with a related health condition. But patients taking these drugs should not neglect diet and exercise, experts…

Down a gray and gritty alley in San Francisco’s Chinatown, a Victorian-era investigator waved away the sickly fumes emanating from forbidden opium dens, stopped before an unmarked door and rapped on it with his cane. A fictional…

On February 7, 2024, Mexico’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Rosa Icela Rodriguez hosted the United States’ White House Homeland Security Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall and Canada’s Deputy Clerk and…

Ozempic can help people to quickly lose weight but may also have serious side effectsUte Grabowsky/imageBROKER/Shutterstock Ozempic and Wegovy are brand names for the drug semaglutide. Many countries have approved…

Ozempic can help people to quickly lose weight but may also have serious side effectsUte Grabowsky/imageBROKER/Shutterstock Ozempic and Wegovy are brand names for the drug semaglutide. Many countries have approved…

1. IntroductionDemographic projections suggest that by 2040 there will be 16.3 million cancer deaths worldwide, with 27.5 million new instances of the disease. Data also show that cancer has caused 10 million deaths globally, with…

For Release ThursdayFebruary 1, 2024 Most new prescription drugs are sold first in the United States before they reach other nations, but ultimately important medications are sold across most wealthy nations within about a…

Police have charged one man following a downtown drug-trafficking investigation that culminated in the seizure of a loaded gun, restricted ammunition and more than $110,000 in illicit drugs.On Tuesday, April 4, 2023,…

Dementia is one of the leading causes of death in the United Kingdom, affecting not only patients, but also placing a significant burden on families, caregivers, and the health care system. In 2020 dementia was estimated to cost…

An adhesive patch to deliver drugs through the skin mimics octopus tentaclesJihyun Lee et al., ACS Nano journal 2024 A material covered with octopus-like suckers could provide a simple, needle-free way to deliver…

At a Glance People with diabetes who took drugs called GLP-1 receptor agonists had a lower risk of colorectal cancer compared with those prescribed other diabetes drugs. More research is needed to understand how GLP-1 receptor…

Final optimized clusters. Shown are the final optimized clusters obtained for our sample. (A) a scatterplot visualized by the UMAP model, we see the two UMAP…

The virus is still circulating globally but relatively few countries are following infections closely, meaning the actual threat due to the coronavirus and its variants could be anything from two to 19 times higher than what is being…

With city streets largely deserted apart from a massive military deployment, Ecuador found itself in a “state of war” as drug cartels waged a brutal campaign of kidnappings and attacks in response to a government crackdown. Hundreds of…

Dr. Sanjay Jain is an avid Star Trek fan who began his recent NIH Wednesday Afternoon Lecture with a nod to the cult TV and film franchise. The quintessential medical device in the starship Enterprise sick bay is the “tricorder”—a…