Scientists have been stunned by the discovery of two gigantic fossils of a 160-million-year-old blood-sucking creature in northern China. The “unusually large” fossils, which were described in a new paper published in Nature Communications, belonged to the lamprey species—an ancient species of jawless fish that can still be found in the Atlantic today. The parasitic […]
Lampreys are the vampires of the ocean and the lakes they can invade. While these eel-like parasitic vertebrates don’t use two sharp fangs to suck blood, lampreys have a toothed oral sucker that latches onto their prey and feasts on their host’s blood. Modern day lampreys are found in temperate zones of most of the […]
The United States Food and Drug Administration is recommending recalls of 27 eye drop products across seven brands. The FDA released an updated list Monday of products that people should stop using due to the potential risk of eye infections that could cause partial vision loss or blindness. The administration recommended retailers pull several products […]
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Full Title A Phase 1, Open-label Study of Oral BDTX-4933 in Patients with BRAF and Other Select RAS/MAPK Mutation Positive Neoplasms Purpose Researchers want to find the best dose of BDTX-4933 to use in people with advanced lung cancer. The people in this study have non-small cell lung cancer that has a mutation (change or […]
A recent study led by the University of Sydney has revealed a concerning decline in the effectiveness of antibiotics used to treat common infections in children and babies worldwide. This alarming resistance to antibiotics is leading to outdated global guidelines and a subsequent rise in avoidable deaths, particularly in regions such as South-East Asia and […]
The number of heat related cardiovascular deaths in the United States will increase over the next four decades, according to a new analysis from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Extreme heat can impact heart health in many ways, including increased heart rate, changes in blood pressure, and increased inflammation. Left […]
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An international research team, including Jonathan C. Schisler, PhD, in the UNC School of Medicine, has found how SARS-CoV-2 causes widespread “energy outages” throughout major organs, and how these effects contribute to debilitating long COVID symptoms. Jonathan C. Schisler, PhD The lungs were once at the forefront of SARS-Cov-2 research, but as reports of organ […]
WESTON, Fla. – The standard of care for diagnosing prostate cancer in the United States may soon be changing. Dr. Alberto Pieretti, a urologist with Cleveland Clinic Weston, is among many specialists now adopting the European approach of trans-perineal prostate biopsy instead of taking the sample rectally. ”When we use a transperineal approach instead of getting […]