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Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has signed a deal worth nearly $247 million with Absci, an artificial intelligence company, to develop antibodies to fight cancer, Reuters reports. Absci’s collaboration with AstraZeneca is aimed at creating a generative AI model with a minimum level of risk for the development of new advanced antibodies. So far, the companies have […]
Diabetes treatment includes regular injections of insulin or other medications. But soon, patients may have to inject themselves only a few times a year. Scientists at Stanford have developed a hydrogel based on the hormone GLP-1 that slowly releases drugs to control diabetes and weight. The gel is injected under the skin and dissolves over […]
Teplizumab was approved late last year due to impressive results in slowing the progression of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents. Now, the researchers present new data on the effectiveness of teplizumab, which can be used in the short term to achieve targeted targets. Type 1 diabetes leads to the inability of cells to […]
New clinical trial data show that a drug developed in Japan reduces the duration of loss of smell and taste. An important advantage is that it can be prescribed to people with mild symptoms. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, about 40-50% of those infected had a loss of sense of smell and taste. […]
Sharks and many other animals do not need dentists, because they simply replace old teeth with new ones. The high specialization of human teeth (each one has its own unique purpose) is one of the reasons why we can’t do this and instead have to spend huge amounts of money on dentists. But the Japanese […]