26 May 2024 – Semaglutide is the active ingredient in the three Novo Nordisk drugs Ozempic, Rybelsus, and Wegovy that are being used for weight loss purposes. Thus, Ozempic, which was approved in 2017 by the FDA as a Type 2 diabetes treatment, …

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October 14, 2023 – Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing various areas of medicine, especially in the identification and analysis of medical phenotypes of patients. Thasso has previously published articles on this topic, once regarding genetics and the recognition of common …

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October 08, 2023 – I discovered this article on  September 05, 2023, in WIRED and  reproduced it here without much editing. The article consciously or subconsciously shows the increasing disunity of today’s society in many things, especially in communication. “LIGHT …

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July 16, 2023 – For months, it has been considered the slimming miracle elixir: the pharmac0logically active ingredient Semaglutide. Semaglutide is a GLP-1 receptor agonist, which means it mimics the action of human incretin glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). This improves insulin …

Is Semaglutide a weight loss miracle? Read more »

June 12, 2023 – Elon Musk (Mister Tesla) has many ambitious plans that don’t always work out. He’s a tech nerd, he’s extremely rich, and yes, he’s behind Tesla, SpaceX, and more recently, Neuralink too. In the age of fake news, …

Neuralink: Mister Tesla is now autopiloting the human brain Read more »

October 14, 2022 – “Gambia Police Link Child Deaths to Cough Syrups Imported by US Firm”. This is a report from Reuters that illustrates in a tragic fashion the problem of globalisation of all processes involved in providing medicines to the needing …

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August 13, 2022 – Breast cancer: Is BIA-ALCL increasing in women in the US? Over the last couple of years, the recognition of an seemingly increased rate of incidence of Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma (ALCL) in woman who received breast implants …

Breast cancer: Is BIA-ALCL increasing in women in the US? Read more »

29 July 2022 – This is a mind-boggling article out of the MedicalXpress news portal, which I present here almost original and unedided. So, all the credentials go to the authors at MedicalXpress. Here the article: The Rady Children’s Institute for …

Is there rapid management of 500 (rare) genetic diseases? Read more »

April 30, 2022 – In a very recent report published in PLoS Genetics  by Dr. Verma of the Corporal Michael Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, and colleagues, new data from the Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program (MVP) has …

Genetic links revealed between severe COVID-19 and other diseases Read more »

October 18, 2021 – It is still unclear how exactly SARS-CoV-2 passed on to humans. How did the coronavirus pandemic, which is still affecting everyday life and coexistence around the world, even begin? Almost two years after the virus first …

SARS-CoV-2-like RBD allowing ACE2-mediated entry into human cells from bats of Indochinese peninsula Read more »