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A GP who was convicted of attempted murder after posing as a community nurse to inject his mother’s partner with a toxin has been struck off the UK medical register.Thomas Kwan, 54, sent Patrick O’Hara false NHS letters pretending to set up an appointment for a covid-19 booster, a medical practitioners tribunal heard. Kwan feared that O’Hara could stand in the way of inheriting his mother’s home in Newcastle after her death.In January 2024, wearing a disguise and speaking in a fake accent, Kwan injected O’Hara with the highly toxic fumigant pesticide iodomethane, causing pain that Kwan …

Credit: Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen / iStock / Getty Images Plus When Aaron Phillips, PhD, was in graduate school, a lab member who became a close friend had a spinal cord injury (SCI). “He shared with me the serious blood pressure instability he faced every day,” Phillips told Inside Precision Medicine. “His experience sparked my curiosity and motivated me to develop and utilize my skills to understand and solve this problem.” Blood pressure instability is a hidden but debilitating consequence of SCI, causing daily dizziness, blurred vision, fatigue, and fainting episodes triggered by standing, eating, or even light exertion. These hypotensive…

The new study compared the bioavailability of Lipo CoQ-10 from Specnova using its LipoVantage technology against placebo and standard CoQ10. “The liposomal formulation of CoQ-10 had a 31.3% higher Cmax and a 22.6% higher AUC0-24 over 24 h compared with the standard formulation (p < 0.001), indicating a remarkable improvement in absorption efficiency,” wrote researchers from Increnovo LLC (USA), Radiant Research Services Pvt. Ltd. (India), Atatürk University (Türkiye), Specnova LLC (USA), Medstar Specialty Hospital (India), and Texas Tech University (USA) in Frontiers in Nutrition. “These results are consistent with previous research showing that liposomal encapsulation improves the bioavailability of nutrients by increasing solubility,…

I never realized just how often plastic comes up in the kitchen—it’s pretty much everywhere. Unfortunately, I believe it’s unavoidable, and I’ve come to terms with that. While it may be difficult to completely remove plastic from my kitchen or food storage, I am all for figuring out how to reduce microplastics wherever I can. Luckily, I found six replacements that are both easy to swap and inexpensive. All of these kitchen swaps are under $20, with some even starting as low as $7.  Swap Plastic Utensils for Wooden Utensils  OXO Good Grips Wooden Corner Spoon Amazon I love cooking…

Engineered prime editors display significantly improved edit to indel ratios, making them an attractive alternative for therapeutic applications.Image credit:©iStock, TanyaJoyPrime editing is an attractive alternative to CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing because it can rewrite sections of DNA without the risks associated with introducing double-stranded breaks.1 However, prime editing can still introduce errors, such as insertion and deletion mutations (indels), presenting a key obstacle to its adoption in cell and gene therapies.1In a new study published in Nature, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) showcased engineered prime editors with significantly lower rates of indel formation. “This paper outlines a new…

I love starting my morning with a workout. It forces me to get out of bed, sets a positive tone for the rest of the day and, ideally, allows me to breathe fresh air before I sit in front of a computer for eight consecutive hours. In fact, I love it so much that rarely a day goes by that you won’t find me walking my dog, walking to a workout class or simply walking around for the heck of it.  Now that fall is almost here, bringing chilly temperatures with it, I wanted to share some of my favorite…

Telomeres act like the plastic tips on shoelaces, preventing DNA from fraying. As they shorten, cells become more vulnerable to damage, driving aging and increasing the risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic dysfunction.

Y Tony Yang, endowed professor and associate deanGeorge Washington University, Washington, DC, USAytyang{at}gwu.eduJha and Psaki compellingly outline supply side breakdowns and demand side erosion in vaccination efforts, advocating for public health to reclaim digital spaces.1 Their recommended strategies—equipping health workers, leveraging community leaders, and dealing with political misinformation—are sound, but we need more transformative approaches targeting the root causes of mistrust in our evolving digital landscape.The traditional vaccine “trust deficit” reflects broader institutional disillusionment, not merely knowledge …

Credit: Juan Gaertner/ Science Photo Library/ Getty Images Brown adipose tissue is specialized for non-shivering thermogenesis—burning calories to produce heat. Its best-characterized mechanism relies on uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1) in mitochondria, which allows cells to “burn fuel without work.” Yet scientists have long observed that mice lacking UCP1 can still stay warm and resist weight gain, implying that alternative heat-generating systems exist. Finding those systems has become a priority as obesity and type 2 diabetes continue to rise worldwide. If physicians could safely raise a patient’s baseline energy expenditure, it might complement traditional weight-loss approaches focused on calorie intake and exercise.…

Bone broth is made by simmering bones for up to 24 hours to extract nutrients.It’s a source of protein and may support hydration, gut, skin and joint health.Enjoy it on its own as a cozy drink, use it as a soup base or add it to other dishes to boost flavor. Bone broth has been a cultural staple for thousands of years, used both to flavor dishes and as traditional medicine. “Traditionally, bone broths provide a warming element to meals along with comfort, especially in times of illness where they play a role in traditional medicine, reflect resourcefulness by using…