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• Symptoms of long Covid differ between children, teens: US study

  Published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the study is part of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s 'RECOVER' Initiative, aimed at understanding and preventing long-Covid, which refers to a set of persisting symptoms months after having COVID-19 infection.

  

• Study finds how pesticide exposure linked with stillbirth risk

  "In this study, some specific ingredients stood out due to their significant associations with stillbirth risk," said first author Melissa Furlong, PhD, who studies the chronic health effects of environmental contaminants as an assistant professor and environmental epidemiologist at the Zuckerman College of Public Health and a member of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy. "

  

• Cutting-edge technology, human behaviour crucial in medical field: Yogi Adityanath

  CM Yogi made these remarks while addressing a gathering after inaugurating the fourth state-of-the-art radiotherapy machine (Varian Halcyon) at Hanuman Prasad Poddar Cancer Hospital and Research Institute in Geeta Vatika on Friday evening.

  

• ILBS partners with French institute to address metabolic disorders

  The collaboration seeks to engage researchers and startups from both countries, focusing on thematic areas such as novel biomarkers, early diagnosis of liver infections, point-of-care tests, faecal microbiota transplantation, liver cancer treatments, and the application of AI and machine learning in medical research.

  

• ICMR picks PGI, 3 others for phase 1 studies

  “Over the past two years, the ICMR has been inspecting sites by rigorous inspections, presentations and on-site evaluations by expert teams to ensure they meet the highest standards,” said Prof Nusrat Shafiq, clinical pharmacology unit, department of pharmacology, PGI.

  

• Researchers find how physical exercise prevents nerve damage during chemotherapy

  A research team led by sports scientist Dr Fiona Streckmann from the University of Basel and the German Sport University Cologne has now shown that specific exercise, concomitant to cancer therapy, can prevent nerve damage in many cases. The researchers have reported their findings in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.

  

• Study finds key steps in stem cell therapy for rare bowel disease

  The research, published in Gut and funded by the Medical Research Council, is a collaborative effort between researchers at UCL and the University of Sheffield which began in 2017.

  

• US professor charged with manipulating data for Alzheimer's drug trial

  Federal prosecutors said on Friday that Hoau-Yan Wang, 67, fabricated data included in grant applications to the National Institutes of Health on behalf of himself and a publicly-listed Austin, Texas-based pharmaceutical company for which he was a consultant.

  

• Wockhardt aims to launch antibiotic with USD 25 bn mkt potential by early FY26

  The company has invested over USD 500 million on its research efforts till now, which have yielded six successes, including Zaynich which are at different levels of development and marketing, said, founder chairman Habil Khorakiwala.

  

• Gene therapy may cure rare diseases. But drugmakers have few incentives, leaving families desperate

  "These kids have been unfortunate twice: A, because they got a genetic disease, and B, because the disease is so rare that nobody cares," said Dr. Giulio Cossu, a professor of regenerative medicine at the University of Manchester in England.

  

• Cancer patients exposed to air pollution at higher risk of heart disease, death: Study

  The researchers found that exposure to fine particulate (PM2.5) pollution weakened the body's detoxification and its defences against inflammation, which are risk factors common to both cancer and cardiovascular disease.