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What Next For Messenger RNA (mRNA)? Maybe Inhalable Vaccines

What Next For Messenger RNA (mRNA)? Maybe Inhalable Vaccines

Nov 14 2024 | comment(s)

No one likes getting a needle but most want a vaccine. A new paper shows progress for messenger RNA (mRNA), that can be sprayed and inhaled thanks to improved lipid-polymer nanoparticle technology for holding mRNA that is stable when nebulized and successfully delivers aerosols, liquid droplets, in mouse lungs. 

A mouse study means this is only EXPLORATORY but the authors of the paper, including scientists from oRNA Therapeutics (RNA medicine) and Moderna (mRNA medicine), have filed for a patent while they get ready to see about human trials. 
Toward A Single Dose Smallpox And Mpox Vaccine With No Side Effects

Toward A Single Dose Smallpox And Mpox Vaccine With No Side Effects

Nov 13 2024 | comment(s)

Attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his US followers over the last 25 years have staunchly opposed vaccines, latching on to any claim that they cause autism or should be available for lawsuits even if they harm no one.

They really won't like a new experimental vaccine for Smallpox and Monkeypox that avoids the side effects of a current live virus version while not needing two doses, as the replication-deficient virus version does. It uses the horsepox virus as a protective agent to confer the safety of a multi-dose vaccine in a single shot. 
ChatGPT Is Cheaper In Medicine And Does Better Diagnoses Even Than Doctors Using ChatGPT

ChatGPT Is Cheaper In Medicine And Does Better Diagnoses Even Than Doctors Using ChatGPT

Nov 13 2024 | comment(s)

General medicine, routine visits and such, have gradually gone from M.D.s to including Osteopaths and now Physicians Assistants with no decline in quality, and Large Language Models, colloquially called "Artificial Intelligence", like ChatGPT can assist at very low cost.
Even After Getting Cancer, Quitting Cigarettes Leads To Greater Longevity

Even After Getting Cancer, Quitting Cigarettes Leads To Greater Longevity

Nov 05 2024 | comment(s)

Cigarettes are the top lifestyle risk factor for getting cancer, though alcohol and obesity have begun to close the gap as awareness of the risks of cigarettes, coupled with more nicotine smoking cessation and harm reduction tools, have caused cigarette use to decline.

Even if you get cancer, quitting smoking improves outcomes. 
Non-Europeans Opt Out Of Genomic Databases, Leading To Lack Of Diversity

Non-Europeans Opt Out Of Genomic Databases, Leading To Lack Of Diversity

Nov 05 2024 | comment(s)

When Senator Elizabeth Warren had her claims of native ancestry debunked by DNA testing, it was a warning shot to everyone who identifies that way - don't take a test. Most native Americans had long said that anyway, they knew how biology worked better Washington DC staffers. After five generations there is a chance there will be no evidence of an ancestor so natives have long told their communities not to participate. If there are only a few hundred in a database, the database is meaningless and natives tribes can continue their 'we agree you are and you agree you are native' policy rather than having evidence.
Testicular Cancer Treatment: What Is The Gold Standard?

Testicular Cancer Treatment: What Is The Gold Standard?

Nov 05 2024 | comment(s)

Testicular cancer is the most common solid tumor in young men, with approximately 10,000 diagnoses in the U.S. each year.