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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

Duration of frozen days show a strong decline in the Northern Hemisphere mainly driven by autumn temperature increase www.the-innovation.org/article/doi/...

The use of a reduced-sodium, added-potassium salt substitute significantly reduced the risks of stroke recurrence and death and is a novel and practical therapeutic option for patients with stroke. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Cone snail toxin inspires new method for studying molecular interactions In the hunt for the target of a cone snail toxin, researchers established a new pipeline that can help identify molecular interactions and may assist with drug discovery www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Three keys to unlocking successful manuscripts "A full understanding of the points of scientific papers is necessary and important for students and young researchers to prepare high-quality manuscripts." PDF Download www.cell.com/matter/pdf/S...

Early detection of pancreatic cancer by a high-throughput protease-activated nanosensor assay. "The assay was optimized to detect all stages of PDAC with better performance than the clinical biomarker CA 19-9." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How do GLP-1 drugs affect cognitive and mental health disorders? A comprehensive review www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Supine hypertension with or without seated hypertension was associated with increased risk of adverse cardiovascular disease events compared with seated hypertension alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Another assault on US competitiveness at a time when biomedicine is roaring with innovation, an own-goal in a high-stakes international tournament. Of course the real losers are American people needing medicines and cures. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Researchers discover the brain cells that tell you to stop eating “How does the brain know when the body has had enough--and how does it act on that information to stop eating?” www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

New in the February 6, 2025, issue of NEJM: Iptacopan in IgA Nephropathy (APPLAUSE-IgAN phase 3 trial) nej.md/3UmrOkh Atrasentan in Patients with IgA Nephropathy (ALIGN phase 3 trial) nej.md/3NzvISW Liraglutide for Children with Obesity (SCALE Kids phase 3a trial) nej.md/3MBP1uc #MedSky

Recursion Pharmaceuticals $RXRX says it has begun a “ClinTech” effort that applies AI beyond drug design and discovery, toward the way it approaches clinical trials. www.genengnews.com/topics/artif...

Your parents were right: Scratching an itchy rash really does make it worse. Now we know why. #Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cancer risk established before birth "TRIM28-dependent developmental heterogeneity determines cancer susceptibility through distinct epigenetic states" www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🧬 Can AI trace cancer back to its roots? Scientists harness DNA Copy Number Variations & neural networks to predict metastasis origin, paving the way for tailored treatments! Learn more👇 🔗 digitalpatientsafety.com/predicting-c... 🌐 #AI #CancerResearch #PrecisionMedicine #DHPSP

$AKRO reported results from its P2b SYMMETRY study, showing that 39% of patients receiving 50mg EFX achieved at least a 1-stage improvement in fibrosis without worsening MASH See More Pre-market Movers 👇 www.biopharmcatalyst.com/news/2025/al... $ALLK $TVGN $VERU $ALUR $ADAG $INGN $IPHA

RNA molecule rejuvenates ageing mice by restoring old cells "Mice injected with a microRNA molecule lived longer and had fewer markers of ageing, but it’s not yet known if the treatment would work in people." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Latest #JPM25 report from @gwendolynawu.bsky.social, Ned Pagliarulo and Jon Gardner includes a look at how executives are thinking about the turnover at the FDA and when generalist investors may return to #biotech. #biosky www.biopharmadive.com/news/jpm25-t...

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Young adults in the U.S. face a rising incidence of type 2 diabetes, especially among minorities and the socioeconomically disadvantaged. by Xu L, Ran J (...) Zhong VW et 8 al. in Diabetes Care #MedSky 📖 read the article:

This is great news!

Vaccines are amazing. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Bonus effect. When a drug for diabetes significantly reduces kidney stones, results of a randomized trial of empagliflozin (Jardiance), a SGLT-2 inhibitor, in people without diabetes www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Me, too!

Expert guidance advises personalized management strategies for portal vein thrombosis in cirrhosis, balancing treatment risks and benefits. by Davis JPE, Lim JK, Francis FF and Ahn J in Gastroenterology #MedSky 📖 read the article: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016508524056646

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This is going to be part of my new year's resolution. More blueberries. I also just read a recipe for blueberry mostarda. I think it's a sign. www.earth.com/news/15-bene...

Emergency declaration by California Gov. Gavin Newsom shows we don't fully know how the H5N1 bird flu is spreading in cattle, experts say

The Food and Drug Administration updated its definition of “healthy” food for the first time in three decades.

Vickie E. Baracos, PhD, describes the science behind a study of ponsegromab to treat cancer cachexia. Ponsegromab suppresses a pathway in neurons located in specific regions of the brain stem. Read the full editorial: nej.md/400bglm #MedSky #ScienceSky

This feels bad. And not sustainable for actual care of health.