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Critical Path Institute® (C-Path) today reaffirmed its commitment, through the Type 1 Diabetes Consortium, to strengthening the regulatory science and evidence infrastructure needed to enable the next phase of multi-stage treatment innovation for type 1 diabetes (T1D). This announcement comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week accelerated the approval of Tzield® as the first disease-modifying therapy for stage 3 type 1 diabetes, a milestone achieved by Sanofi, one of the long-standing members of C-Path’s T1D consortium. C-Path is expanding the evidence base for C-peptide as a biomarker by increasing the number of studies under evaluation to…

According to a UNICEF report, half of the world’s children are exposed to at least three overlapping climate disasters that threaten their health, education and survival.As the climate crisis worsens, children around the world are at risk of heatwaves, storms, floods and droughts, with more than 1 billion facing at least three at the same time.Striking footage released by a United Nations agency shows children in Papua New Guinea swimming across a crocodile-infested river to get to school after heavy rains washed away a vital footbridge and it could not be replaced.Hundreds of children make the journey across the Kemp-Welch…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Early in the morning, Kenyan farmer Yvonne Anyoni Mumia walks among rows of rosemary, basil and other crops destined for European supermarkets. She used to worry that transportation delays and extreme heat would ruin much of her crop, but now she uses solar-powered refrigeration to keep her produce fresh. The pay-as-you-go model offered by cold chain company SoKo Fresh, which charges farmers based on kilograms (pounds) stored, is part of a trend in Africa to use solar-powered cold storage to prevent food from spoiling, one of agriculture’s most persistent problems. The Food and Agriculture Organization of…

Problematic social media use among young people is associated with more frequent everyday memory problems, highlighting potential cognitive correlates of excessive online engagement. Study: Problematic social media use, everyday memory impairment, and prospective and retrospective lapses: Evidence from a large sample of youth. Image credit: Zwiebackesser / Shutterstock recent frontiers of psychiatry This study investigated the association between problematic social media use (PSMU) and self-reported everyday memory function. Cognitive correlates of problematic social media use Social media usage is rapidly increasing among young people and has become a central aspect of daily life. Although these platforms facilitate communication and information…

As Britain’s population ages, new modeling shows that the costs of dental disease are increasingly concentrated in older people, raising new questions about whether NHS dentistry is investing in prevention early enough. Study: Estimating the direct medical costs of oral diseases in the UK: Projecting the cost of disease to 2050. Image credit: Crystal light / Shutterstock Oral disease is a collective term for several chronic diseases that are very common in both children and adults. Recent research published in journals Frontiers of public health estimates that direct NHS dental costs related to caries and periodontal disease in adults are…

The Trump administration has abandoned efforts to halt wind energy projects across the United States, dropping its challenge to a court ruling that struck down President Donald Trump’s order to freeze federal permits and leases for wind energy projects. States that challenged the order hailed the development as one of the most important legal victories for President Trump’s campaign against the energy transition. On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit rejected the appeal after the Justice Department filed a June 10 motion for voluntary dismissal. The lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order was filed in May…

Enjoying yourself physically and mentally before bed is associated with falling asleep faster, enjoying better sleep quality, and experiencing more positive emotions when you wake up. People who regularly practice this habit right before bed are slightly more likely to report having erotic dreams. These findings were recently published in the journal Sexuality & Culture. Humans have a natural biological drive to seek and experience physical and emotional satisfaction. Research suggests that these behaviors are deeply rooted in mammalian biology. Similar habits have been observed in dozens of non-human species, and the evolutionary history of primates stretches back millions of…

Detection of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) in wastewater provides a new approach for monitoring the virus in communities. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and colleagues at collaborating institutions report. nature communications Their method, called hybrid-capture gene sequencing, allows them to dissect the viral genome and specifically identify viral signals coming from local sewage. Analysis of facilities with available clinical data showed that the sewage HIV signal strongly matched the number of people known to be living with HIV in the community, providing evidence that the sewage HIV signal can track HIV burden. HIV-1 is a retrovirus that has…

Recent research has revealed that specific patterns of gene activity act as hidden maps that guide complex wiring throughout the brain. By analyzing mouse brain data using machine learning, researchers provided evidence that chemical gradients guide neurons to the correct target areas throughout the brain. The survey results are Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesprovides a new way to understand how the brain develops and how developmental disorders occur. The brain relies on an incredibly complex network of neural connections to function properly. Neurons, the brain’s main cells, communicate by sending long thread-like branches called axons. These axons must…

Dr. Dan Landau, Bibliovich Family Professor of Medicine and member of the Sandra Edward Meyer Cancer Center and the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been awarded the Pershing Square Foundation’s Lotus Prize for his research aimed at discovering new immunotherapeutic targets in ovarian cancer. The Pershing Square Foundation supports ambitious cancer research projects and, starting in 2025, will fund ovarian cancer research with a three-year, $750,000 grant, now known as the Lotus Prize. The award winners were selected for their scientific rigor, originality, and potential to drive meaningful advances in diseases where progress is…