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Researchers from the University of Arizona have unveiled that coordinated Y chromosome loss in both cancer cells and immune cells may explain the worse prognosis in people with this alteration. The loss of the Y chromosome is one of the most frequent somatic mutations in men, particularly with advancing age.
The variety of blood cells decreases with age. Some are lost, while others become dominant, leading to a loss of functional diversity. This, in turn, weakens the immune system in older individuals and increases the risk of developing hematological diseases. Scientists in Barcelona have developed a method based on DNA methylation that works like a barcode. EPI-Clone identifies and traces the origin of blood cells to measure the complexity of these clones in aging humans and mice.
Paradromics Inc. became the latest company developing a brain-computer interface (BCI) system to implant its technology, Connexus, into a human. The device was safely implanted, it recorded electrical brain signals and was removed intact in less than 20 minutes. Paradromics hopes to begin clinical trials later this year.
Far from eliminating the need for weight-loss procedures, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists could drive more people to seek them out. At least that’s what Fractyl Health Inc. and Bariendo Inc. hope, and they have strong evidence to support their case with a recent meta-analysis showing that individuals discontinuing the popular weight loss medications regain all their weight and more within two years.
U.S. Medicare coverage of telehealth and telemedicine sometimes seems to lag inappropriately, but fears of fraud were borne out in a conviction obtained recently by the Department of Justice.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it sent letters to 37 contact lens prescribers reminding them a failure to automatically provide patients with a prescription can result in fines of more than $53,000 per violation.
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