New oral drugs can prevent resistant COVID-19 variants, study finds
Researchers have now discovered that a new class of oral drugs that acts directly on human cells can inhibit pathogenic SARS-CoV-2 strains.
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Joseph Shavit
- Feb 13
Scientists discover the true cause of Alzheimer’s disease
Drugs designed to reduce accumulations of amyloid plaques have so far yielded, at best, mixed results in clinical trials.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 7
People lost over 50 pounds using new FDA-approved pill
In this study, about nine out of 10 individuals with obesity lost weight, said Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD, associate professor of Medicine.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 13
Researchers discover the true cause of Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers have found that the disease’s debilitating symptoms may be the result of swelling caused by amyloid plaques in the brain.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 11
Researchers develop pill to prevent type 1 diabetes
The oral medication treats diabetes that controls insulin levels while simultaneously reversing the inflammatory effects of the disease.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 7
People lost over 50 pounds by taking new FDA-approved pill
People with obesity treated with a weekly dose of Tirzepatide lost about 52 pounds on average, according to results of a new study.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 5
Scientists reverse the onset of diabetes using ultrasound
Researchers demonstrated the ability to prevent or reverse the onset of diabetes in studies of three different preclinical model systems
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 7, 2022
People lost over 50 pounds using new FDA-approved pill
People with obesity treated with a weekly dose of a new pill lost about 52 pounds on average, according to results of a new study.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 7, 2022
People lost over 50 pounds using new FDA-approved medication
Recently approved by the FDA to treat type 2 diabetes, the medication may help adults without diabetes lose weight as well, the study found
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 11, 2022
Groundbreaking new drug prevents and treats type 1 diabetes
Researchers have developed an oral medication to treat diabetes that controls insulin levels while reversing its inflammatory effects.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 5, 2022
Scientists develop a cure for diabetes using ultrasound
Are we moving closer to the day when diabetes is no longer monitored and managed with blood sugar tests and insulin injections.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 7, 2022
People lost 52 pounds using new drug, Yale study finds
People with obesity treated with a weekly dose of Tirzepatide, lost about 52 pounds on average, according to results of a new study.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 4, 2022
Yale scientists reverse the process of death -- bring dead organs brought back to life
The researchers restored blood circulation and other cellular functions in pigs a full hour after their deaths.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 26, 2022
New nanoparticle injection kills skin cancer
Yale researchers are developing a skin cancer treatment that involves injecting nanoparticles into the tumor and killing cancer cells.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 2, 2021
Yale researchers develop injection to treat skin cancer
Yale researchers are developing a skin cancer treatment that involves injecting nanoparticles into the tumor, killing cancer cells...
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 8, 2020
Louise Glück, American poet, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
The Swedish Academy praised the writer for her "unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."
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