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Addressing the saga of nitrosamine contamination in drugs | Business
In June 2018, a potentially carcinogenic nitrosamine impurity, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), was detected in valsartan, a medication used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. Soon after, NDMA and further small dialkyl N-nitrosamine impurities were discovered in other sartan active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and later in stomach acid regulator ranitidine, and diabetes medicines piaglitazone and…
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Improve your chess game with AI
YOU ARE NEVER going to beat the world’s best chess programs. After decades of training and studying, you might manage a checkmate or two against Stockfish, Komodo, or another formidable online foe. But if you tally up every match you ever play against an artificial intelligence, the final score will land firmly on the side…
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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base – VideoFromSpace
SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base VideoFromSpace When will the Starlink ‘satellite train’ be visible in Minnesota? KARE11.com SpaceX Launch of Starlink Satellites Marks 25th Mission of 2023 from Vandenberg SFB | Local News Noozhawk SpaceX sets up 200th reflight with Cape Canaveral launch Saturday night Phys.org SpaceX Launch on Monday Morning Santa Barbara Edhat View…
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Can YOU name these 10 upside-down celebrity faces? New study provides clues about why the ‘inversion effect’ is so difficult for our brains
Faces are harder to recognize – is that due to evolution or learned behavior? That was the goal of the researchers who studies severely disabled man READ MORE: Brazilian man with upside-down head who inspired the research When you become familiar with someone, you start to recognize their face pretty quickly – but if you see them…
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Here’s How To Order Them
In recent weeks, the U.S. has seen an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 19,674 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 from Sept. 16-25. To limit the spread of the virus, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the…
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Inducing Weight Loss and Increased Endurance – Revolutionary New Drug Tricks the Body Into Thinking It’s Exercising
A new drug, SLU-PP-332, tested on mice by University of Florida researchers, tricks the body into thinking it is exercising, leading to weight loss, increased endurance, and boosted metabolism without affecting appetite or physical activity levels. This “exercise mimetic” could potentially treat obesity, diabetes, and muscle loss by activating certain metabolic pathways, with future plans…
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How The Body’s Cannabinoids Fight Stress
A study published in Cell Reports found that the brain’s amygdala releases endogenous cannabinoid molecules when a person experiences stress. These molecules mitigate the incoming stress alarm from the hippocampus, which regulates memory and emotion. These findings support the research team’s hypothesis that these endogenous cannabinoid molecules are the human body’s natural coping response to…
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Five jellyfish species you may encounter more often in UK’s warming seas
While scuba diving off the south-west coast of England this summer, I was lucky to encounter several different species of jellyfish in just a matter of weeks. Many of these, including the compass jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella), are already common to UK waters. But among them was one that I had never laid eyes on before—the…
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Transformation analysis reveals structural similarities in FDA-approved drugs | Research
Researchers in Switzerland have used a combination of reaction informatics tools to compare pairs of molecular structures by considering how to transform one into the other.1 While some pairings entailed feasible transformations, others required multiple and complex structural rearrangements. The team likened the second set of transformations to alchemical transmutations, to emphasise their complexity. Comparing…
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Loud sounds at movies and concerts can cause hearing loss, but there are ways to protect your ears
Ever go to the movies or a rock concert and been blasted by the sound? You may not realize it while it’s happening, but ongoing exposure to loud sounds at these venues can damage your hearing. Our ears are highly sensitive to loud noise. Even very short exposures to high-level sounds – that’s anything above…