AI and robots join forces to cook up proteins faster
Scientists have developed a platform based around a robot guided by an AI-based computer system, which could slash the time for engineering new proteins from months to weeks. Researchers are finding broad applications for newly engineered proteins that could find roles in medicine, chemistry,…#philipromero #autonomousmachines #enceladus #register #nmr (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Research sheds new light on Moon rock formation solving major puzzle in lunar geology
New research has cracked a vital process in the creation of a unique rock type from the Moon. The discovery explains its signature composition and very presence on the lunar surface at all, unravelling a mystery which has long eluded scientists. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - January 15, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Alumni, Announcements, International, Current students, Postgraduate, Public engagement, Publications, Research; Faculty of Science, Faculty of Science, School of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, School of Geogr Source Type: news

Accelerating how new drugs are made with machine learning
Researchers have developed a platform that combines automated experiments with AI to predict how chemicals will react with one another, which could accelerate the design process for new drugs. Predicting how molecules will react is vital for the discovery and manufacture of new pharmaceuticals, but historically this has been a trial-and-error process, and the reactions often fail. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - January 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news

Triad medical school research shows human behavior guided by fast changes in dopamine levels
What happens in the human brain when we learn from positive and negative experiences? To help answer that question and better understand decision-making and human behavior, scientists are studying dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter produced in the brain that serves as a chemical messenger, facilitating communication between nerve cells in the brain and the body. It is involved in functions such as movement, cognition and learning. While dopamine is most known for its association with positive … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 14, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic's inclusive onboarding sets new standard in lab accommodations
Conor Peck and Brigette Baig After Conor Peck cleared the initial interview panel for a clinical laboratory technologist role in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, it didn't take long for him to catch Brigette Baig's attention. "He has a biochemistry degree, and we like chemistry people in our lab," says Baig, supervisor of the Metals Laboratory. "I called him to just give him an informal tour of the lab using… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - January 14, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Military investigators make disturbing discovery at O ’Hare and Midway airports: ‘It’s there forever’
The foam used to extinguish fires at two Chicago airports has contaminated local groundwater with “forever chemicals” linked to major health concerns such as cancer. For years, Chicago and military firefighters used a firefighting foam known as AFFF, which contains toxic “forever chemicals” known…#afff #insideclimatenews #midway #airforce #erikolson #departmentofdefense #pfas #guardian #dod #tammyduckworth (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: More plants, fewer scented candles... and vacuum often to cut air pollution inside your home!
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: One of the main sources of indoor air pollution is VOCs, volatile organic compounds, which are chemicals that leach out of cleaning products, furniture and paint. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

REVEALED: The fast food restaurants with highest levels of hormone-warping chemicals
Watchdog Consumer Reports tested burgers, burritos, french fries and even chicken nuggets from nine brands for phthalates - a type of PFAS used to make plastic. They found the chemicals - also linked to hormone problems and infertility - in every single item swabbed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Persistent Fluorinated Chemicals Tied to Higher Risk for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 -- Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure is associated with later occurrence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a research letter published online Dec. 26 in Clinical Gastroenterology... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Startling new report finds hormone-warping chemicals in 99 PERCENT of food sold in American stores - which may raise risk of cancer, autism and infertility
The watchdog Consumer Reports tested 85 everyday items for the presence of phthalates and bisphenols, two types of PFAS chemicals used to make plastics that have been linked to cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

EPA scraps plan to end mammal testing by 2035
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has abandoned a controversial plan to phase out all use of mammals to test the safety of chemicals by 2035. The hard deadline—imposed in 2019 to accelerate a move toward nonanimal models such as computer programs and “organs on a chip”—made EPA unique among U.S. federal agencies. But it divided scientists , some of whom say animals remain the gold standard for assessing the safety of chemicals that could harm humans and wildlife. Removing the deadline is a “good move,” says Jennifer Sass, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council w...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 12, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

You Can ’t Have Healthy People On a Sick Planet
About a year ago, I was declared cancer-free after four months of chemotherapy at Providence St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. I had been diagnosed with low-grade B cell non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. This was not my first encounter with cancer. I’d had breast cancer a number of years prior, which was treated with radiation and then a full mastectomy. I realize I’m lucky. I had caring, attentive doctors and nurses who saved my life. I also realize how much progress has been made in cancer research and I am deeply grateful. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Yet despite that, cancer has...
Source: TIME: Health - January 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jane Fonda Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything Source Type: news

America's hidden pandemic, the chemicals in our food and water: Study finds microplastics are quietly costing US $250 billion a year in healthcare - more than the entire Covid outbreak
Microplastics like 'forever chemicals' are quietly causing a health crisis that costs the US a quarter of a trillion dollars every year, a study by researchers at New York University claims. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What's the Disease Burden From Plastic Exposure? What's the Disease Burden From Plastic Exposure?
The ubiquitous use of plastics, and the resulting disease burden from exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemicals they contain, costs US society almost $250 billion a year.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news

Do Antibiotics Improve Wound Healing? To Heal or Not to Heal
From abrasions, lacerations, punctures, and more, there are many types of wounds that can damage the skin and keep it from remaining the protective barrier that keeps your body safe from infection, even including radiation exposure and other harmful chemicals. When healing is the only thing on your mind, the road to recovery can seem ... Read more The post Do Antibiotics Improve Wound Healing? To Heal or Not to Heal appeared first on Advanced Tissue. (Source: Advanced Tissue)
Source: Advanced Tissue - January 11, 2024 Category: Dermatology Authors: Lawson Dalton Tags: Health Antibiotics Antiseptics Health Tips infection prevention Medical Treatment Wound Care wound healing Source Type: news