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Researchers have found that people who have two copies of a specific gene almost all develop signs of Alzheimer's disease, which could represent a distinct genetic form of the condition. While scientists knew the gene APOE4 was linked to an increased risk for Alzheimer's, a new study suggests that for people carrying two copies of the gene, it's an underlying cause of it. Published in Nature Medicine, the study also found that individuals with two copies of the gene develop the disease earlier than people with other variants of the APOE gene. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of deme...
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Nyoman Warta laboriously carries seawater in two simple containers to the beach of Kusamba, a coastal village located on the island of Bali, in Indonesia. As is the tradition, he balances them on a pole that rests heavily across his shoulders and then pours the contents with deliberate care into the dark sand. As the head of the family, Warta enthusiastically runs the small traditional business and proudly shows interested tourists how salt is produced. His grandmother was involved in the salt business here, in the Klungkung province. The region lies roughly halfway between the popular holiday...
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Nyoman Warta laboriously carries seawater in two simple containers to the beach of Kusamba, a coastal village located on the island of Bali, in Indonesia. As is the tradition, he balances them on a pole that rests heavily across his shoulders and then pours the contents with deliberate care into the dark sand. As the head of the family, Warta enthusiastically runs the small traditional business and proudly shows interested tourists how salt is produced. His grandmother was involved in the salt business here, in the Klungkung province. The region lies roughly halfway between the popular holiday...
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), males live up to 69 years of age while females generally reach 74 on average. But a new study has revealed how sex and gender shape our health and longevity. Being male or female interacts with other variables, such as race, socio-economic status, age, or sexual orientation, increasing the risk of different diseases and varying life expectancy. The new study00053-7/fulltext), published in The Lancet, concluded that men experience a greater degree of health loss and have a higher burden of diseases that lead to premature death, but that women su...
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Tiny particles of plastic pollution could be finding their way deep into our lungs with every breath we take, new research reveals. Known as microplastics or nanoplastics, a study from the University of Technology Sydney has used complex computer models to find out what happens when we breathe these particles and where in our bodies they end up. “Plastic particle air pollution is now pervasive and inhalation ranks as the second most likely pathway for human exposure,” says lead author Dr Suvash Saha. Oral intake, or in other words eating and drinking them, is the most common exposure route. He...
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A European Commission proposal to tighten conditions in which Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) may benefit from a special exemption for use in hospitals has divided health stakeholders with concerns about the lack of EU-wide data and calling for guarantees on the specific use conditions. The principle of hospital exemption (HE) was first introduced in the EU regulation for ATMPs - medicines for human use based on genes, tissues or cells, and are mainly used to treat rare diseases - in 2007 to allow some treatments to be used without marketing authorisation under certain specified ci...
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The impact on Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) is one of the key emerging flashpoints of European Commission proposals to revise the EU’s pharmaceutical legislation which were tabled in April last year. ATMPs are medicines for human use based on genes, tissues or cells, and are mainly used to treat rare diseases, 80% of which are genetic and can be targeted by these innovative treatments. Although ATMPs have transformed treatment of rare diseases, high production and research costs make them inaccessible for many patients. Of 18 gene therapies authorised for EU use in recent years, ...
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An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant - the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported on Thursday. Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia to treat pain and inflammation. The adult male orangutan then used his fingers to apply the plant juices to an injury on the right cheek. Afterward, he pressed the chewed plant to cover the open wound like a makeshift bandage, according to a new study in Scientific Report...
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Washington (AFP) - Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry joined a group of US senators on Thursday to announce new legislation that would provide tens of millions of dollars towards menopause research and education. "The shame has to be taken out of menopause. We have to talk about this very normal part of our life," said the Hollywood star, who picked up a best actress Oscar for 2001 romantic drama "Monster's Ball." The bill, Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women's Health Act, is sponsored by senators from both parties and would divert $275 million to research, raising awareness and...
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Catholics typically baptise newborns with holy water. But according to one AI priest, Gatorade or other soft drinks will also do. The clerical chatbot, only the latest example of AI struggling to match the hype surrounding it, has now been defrocked from an online Catholic resource after it began giving confessions without permission. Also on dpa trends this week, we've reviewed Apple's latest version of its best-selling Beats headphones as well as Ryan Gosling as a very ignored stunt man in "The Fall Guy". Coman Hamilton,dpa trends & features \-------------------- TOP STORY: Wayward AI priest...
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