One main goal of anti-cancer therapies is to kill tumor cells without affecting the surrounding normal cells. Therefore, many drugs are designed to target tumor-specific antigens, which are molecules only expressed by cancer cells. However, it…
Category: 5. Health
-
Amgen’s First CTO Has Big Plans For AI–And An AI Head From Nike to Help Fulfill Them
Amgen’s Sean Bruich, senior vice president of artificial intelligence and data, (left) and chief technology officer David Reese: “Most of the talent [in AI] lies outside biopharma, not within it,” Reese said.
Amgen
When Dr. David Reese, Amgen’s…
Continue Reading
-
An overlooked organ may help the ovary function
When an expansive curlicue of tissue sitting below the ovaries was discovered more than a century ago, it was dismissed as useless and erased from biology textbooks. Biologists now are taking a new look at the structure and its…
Continue Reading
-
How Health Insurers Can Fix The Broken Patient Experience
Dominique Entzminger, a physician assistant of family medicine, wears a stethoscope during an … More
In response to mounting scrutiny over medical claim denials and patient experience,…
Continue Reading
-
Pornography may be commonplace, but a growing body of research shows it causes lasting harm to the brain and relationships
While pornography has been present throughout human history in various forms, such as ancient erotic art to more modernized motion pictures, research shows an increase in use over recent decades given the rise of technology and…
Continue Reading
-
1,701 Pounds Of Butter Recalled Due To Possible Fecal Contamination
Agri-Mark is voluntarily recalling 186 cases or 1,701 pounds of its Extra Creamy Premium Butter, Sea … More
When buying butter, you typically…
Continue Reading
-
Trump Administration Reinforces Medicare Advantage’s Dominant Position
Medicare Advantage or Part C is an integrated (medical and pharmacy benefit) private insurance plan … More
Privately run Medicare Advantage plans will get a considerable boost…
Continue Reading
-
A shadowy market for weight-loss drugs has emerged online
In late 2022, pharmacist Joseph Lambson got an unusual call from a poison control specialist.
He said, “Hey Joe, I’m getting these weird calls about semaglutide.” According to the specialist’s calculations, people were giving…
Continue Reading
-
Memory manipulation is the stuff of sci-fi. Someday it could be real
In the world of Harry Potter, one’s memory can be manipulated with the flick of a wand. Albus Dumbledore reels wispy memories out of his head and puts them in a Pensieve. If he later dunks his head in that magical basin, he can see…
Continue Reading
-
Fill-in-the-blank training primes AI to interpret health data from smartwatches and fitness trackers
The human body constantly generates a variety of signals that can be measured from outside the body with wearable devices. These bio-signals – ranging from heart rate to sleep state and blood oxygen levels – can indicate whether someone…
Continue Reading