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A head-to-head study found that continuing omalizumab had higher overall treatment success rates than omalizumab-promoted multiallergen oral immunotherapy, primarily because patients avoided MOIT-limiting adverse events and treatment discontinuation. Study: Treatment of multiple food allergies with omalizumab or multiple allergen oral immunotherapy. Image credit: New Africa/Shutterstock.com recent JAMA Pediatrics This study compared omalizumab continuation with omalizumab-promoted multiallergen oral immunotherapy (MOIT) in the treatment of patients with multiple food allergies. Epidemiology and burden of food allergies Food allergies are prevalent in the United States, affecting approximately 8% of children and 10% of adults, and a significant proportion are allergic to more than…

Starting next week, Nebraskans receiving Medicaid will be at risk of losing their health insurance unless the state can prove they work, volunteer or attend school 80 hours a month. Come January, millions of other low-income Americans will face the same cliff. Some working-age people are exempt, such as those with young children or those deemed “medically frail,” but new rules about who can opt out have caused confusion. For patients with complex medical conditions, looming requirements can create new barriers to health. Work requirements introduced months earlier in Nebraska this spring caused 31-year-old Crystal Schroer serious concerns. They suffer…

INTEGRA Biosciences has expanded the availability of MAGFLO™ NGS magnetic beads for efficient purification of nucleic acids across Europe and North America. MAGFLO NGS magnetic beads are QC-validated for single-sided and double-sided size selection to help ensure consistent DNA or RNA fragment sizes. They are stable at room temperature, RNase-free, and compatible with gold standard beads for size selection protocols, making them a cost-effective alternative for almost any lab. Image credit: INTEGRA MAGFLO NGS beads enable controlled, double-sided size selection over a fragment range of 100 to 1000 bp and are also compatible with long DNA fragments and gDNA for…

He said voters made their voices heard. “They said Iowa doesn’t belong to the political class. They said our state doesn’t belong to lobbyists, special interests and big corporations,” he said.When he moved on to the subject of corporate monopolies in Iowa agriculture, a woman in the crowd yelled, “Shut it down!””Kill them! Let’s go!” replied Rahn. “I will take on the big agricultural cartels. I will break up their monopolies. I will give Iowa farmers a fair deal.”Rahn’s victory speech came after months of campaigning in which he rejected many of the Iowa Republican Party’s traditional talking points, including…

Scientists at the University of Michigan used artificial intelligence to uncover striking patterns in the evolution of passerines, a vast group of birds that includes most songbirds. Their analysis suggests that these birds did not evolve at a constant pace. Instead, major changes often arrived rapidly in parallel with changes in Earth’s climate. Evolutionary theory has long proposed that life diversifies through periods of rapid change followed by slower stages. Fossils have provided clues that this pattern exists, and a new study identified it by analyzing skeletal measurements from specimens of modern birds. The researchers also found that some of…

Scientists observed how energy moves through molecules immediately after absorbing light and found that individual atoms can register very different parts of the change. The researchers used high-speed X-ray flashes produced by Europe’s XFEL to track changes in specific atoms as molecules release and redistribute absorbed energy. Their results show that atoms can become more sensitive to the movement of neighboring atoms when exposed to light. This technology allows scientists to study extremely fast chemical reactions at the atomic scale in real time. It could ultimately improve our understanding of how DNA tolerates exposure to light, how energy moves through…

Qureight, an end-to-end imaging company providing enterprise-grade imaging and precision endpoints for clinical trials focused on lung and heart disease, today announced that it has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Molten Ventures. Existing investors Hargreave Hale AIM VCT, XTX Ventures, Guinness Ventures, Meltwind and Ascension also participated in the round. This new capital will support the expansion of the company’s 3D deep learning imaging portfolio, in parallel with commercial expansion to address demand across key emerging treatment markets for lung and heart diseases. The company is building an AI imaging lab to house Qureight’s 3D thoracic…

Laboratory models reveal how a smoke-damaged epithelial barrier makes airway cells vulnerable to secondary environmental stressors. Research: Cigarette smoke causes airway epithelial damage and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-like features associated with polystyrene nanoparticles. Image credit: cerevonstudio / Shutterstock The recent study was published online as an unedited “published article” in a journal. scientific reportA group of researchers investigated in vitro how tobacco smoke extract (CSE), a laboratory preparation containing smoke-derived substances, affects airway epithelial responses to polystyrene nanoparticles (PS-NPs) and whether continuous exposure to these agents promotes features associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). background People around the world…

Objective sleep tracking reveals that nighttime rest, daytime naps, and changes in circadian rhythms can be early warning signs of declining health in older women. Study: Multidimensional sleep-wake changes and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in older women. Image credit: amenic181 / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal communication medicineResearchers looked at the association between five-year changes in sleep-wake patterns and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality in the oldest women in their 80s and 90s. Circadian rhythms and sleep patterns change significantly with age. These changes include increased sleep fragmentation, decreased circadian…

Recycling food waste nationwide would have huge climate benefits, but a new study published in Nature Food found that without changes to food packaging, it could contaminate the soil with microplastics.According to the Environmental Protection Agency, about one-third of the food produced in the United States is never eaten. Producing, packaging, and disposing of waste food in landfills is a major contributor to climate change, and the EPA has set a goal of cutting domestic food waste in half by 2030.Some states have already taken steps in this direction. Massachusetts requires businesses that generate more than half a ton of…