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Millions across US and Europe unaware they have life-threatening liver condition, study finds More than 15 million people across the US, UK, Germany, and France are living with the most aggressive form of fatty liver disease without knowing it, according…

Melbourne Researchers Make Breakthrough in HIV Cure Efforts ——————— Scientists at the Peter Doherty Institute in Melbourne have developed a novel method to expose hidden HIV within white blood cells, a major obstacle in curing the virus, The Guardian reported.…

New Gene Therapy Targets Blood Stem Cells Directly, Potentially Eliminating Need for Transplants ——————————— Researchers at the San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget) in Milan have identified a critical early postnatal window that allows direct gene therapy targeting of…

1.6M fall sick daily from unsafe food, warns WHO ————————- Every day, 1.6 million people worldwide become ill from consuming unsafe food, the World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reported. The agency called for enhanced global efforts…

Groundbreaking immunotherapy trial promises cancer patients with tumours to live 40% longer ————————————— A groundbreaking clinical trial has shown that Car T-cell immunotherapy enables cancer patients with advanced solid tumours to live 40% longer than those receiving standard care, The…

New compound offers hope for safer epilepsy treatment Scientists from Southern Federal University (SFU) and Volgograd State Medical University (VolgSMU) have developed a new benzimidazole-based compound that shows promise as an effective and safer treatment for epilepsy. According to SFU’s…

HHS cancels $766 million in funding for Moderna’s bird flu vaccine program The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has terminated contracts worth $766 million with Moderna that were intended to support development of its H5N1 bird flu…

Daily Omega-3 Intake May Slow Biological Aging, Study Finds ——————————- A major study by the University of Zurich reveals that taking 1 gram of omega-3 daily can reduce biological age by several months in adults over 70, SciTech Daily reported.…

A new study from Uppsala University in Sweden has found that just three nights of restricted sleep—about four hours per night—can trigger biological changes linked to a higher risk of heart disease. Researchers monitored 16 healthy young men in a…

A new study published in JAMA Network Open has found that prolonged sedentary behavior may significantly increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, even among individuals who exercise regularly. The research, funded by the UK Alzheimer’s Association and the U.S.…