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How Low Could Semaglutide Prices Fall? An Analysis of Production Cost and Implications for Global Access Ahead of Patent Expiry Objectives: To estimate potential launch prices of generic semaglutide following patent expiry from 2026 and to quantify the global obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) burden in countries where generic...

Open access link to new study (NB preprint, not yet peer-reviewed):

How Low Could Semaglutide Prices Fall? An Analysis of Production Cost & Implications for Global Access Ahead of Patent Expiry.

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www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

Weight-loss jab could be made for $3 a month, study finds Cheap semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic and Wegovy, could help millions with diabetes and obesity in 160 countries

Weight-loss jabs such as Wegovy & Ozempic could be made for just $3 a month, according to new analysis, potentially making them available to millions with diabetes & obesity in poorer countries as patents expire.

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www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Map and speaker list at the link

Scientists, clinicians, policy folks and climate change activists are among the speakers tomorrow at Stand Up for Science at noon at UNC. JOIN US! Please share 🧪
fight2win.standupforscience.net/RTP-March/

Marsupials found alive after 6,000 years of extinction Australian Museum Scientists discover Lazarus taxa alive in Papuan Indonesia rainforests.

More from Records of the Australian Museum 🧪🐿️:

Marsupials found alive after 6,000 years of extinction.
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Tiny possum and glider thought extinct for 6,000 years found in remote West Papua The discovery of two lost species is 'exceptional' and rare, scientists say

Back from the dead - a tiny possum with an extra-long finger on each hand and a ring-tailed glider with a tail that can grasp branches, have been found living in remote rainforests in West Papua after they were thought to have disappeared 6,000 years ago.

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Again, Farage, Badenoch and their fellow travellers on X are wildly out of touch with the public on Iran.

Even the majority of Reform supporters oppose their position.

London doctor carries out first UK remote robotic surgery The milestone procedure went well, with patient Paul Buxton saying he felt

A surgeon in London performed the UK's first long‑distance robotic operation on a patient located 2,400km (1,500 miles) away in Gibraltar.

Urologist Prof Prokar Dasgupta said it felt "almost as if I was there" as he carried out a prostrate removal.

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WAR CRIME BY THE US.

An unarmed Iranian ship was takIng part in an Indian naval exercise, alongside the US.

The US withdrew and torpedoed the Iranian ship.

THEN the US refused to rescue the sailors, letting them drown.

This is treachery, cowardice, cruelty and a war crime of the highest order.

'Gringo go home': Mexico’s growing tourism backlash – video The Guardian visits Oaxaca, a state synonymous with indigenous culture, where tourism has grown 77% since the pandemic

'Gringo go home': Mexico’s growing tourism backlash – video

Tourism in Mexico is at an all-time high, with foreign visitors lured by the country’s rich culture and low costs. But with this opportunity comes a growing backlash across the country.

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www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

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Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and risk of substance use disorders among US veterans with type 2 diabetes: cohort study Objectives To investigate whether initiation of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists is associated with both reduced risks of incident alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, nicotine, opioid, and ot...

Open access link to new study in British Medical Journal:

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and risk of substance use disorders among US veterans with type 2 diabetes: cohort study.

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www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

Paddington in The Simpsons

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1815

Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists (eg Ozempic, Wegovy) was consistently associated with reduced risks of developing substance use disorders (SUDs) in a study of US veterans.

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What is Dravet syndrome - Dravet Syndrome Foundation What is Dravet Syndrome? Dravet syndrome is a rare form of intractable epilepsy that begins in infancy and significantly impacts individuals throughout their lifetime.

More details on Dravet Syndrome 🧪🧠💊:

What is Dravet Syndrome?

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Zorevunersen in Children and Adolescents with Dravet Syndrome | NEJM Dravet syndrome is a severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy caused primarily by SCN1A haploinsufficiency. Risks of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and cognitive deficits are higher a...

Recent trial results for Zorevunersen, published in New England Journal of Medicine (fully accessible with free account):

Zorevunersen in Children and Adolescents with Dravet Syndrome.

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#neuroskyence
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Drug breakthrough for children with rare form of extreme epilepsy Families say the groundbreaking medicine is transforming the lives of children with Dravet syndrome.

A new drug is transforming the lives of children born with a severe form of epilepsy, say doctors and families.

Dravet syndrome, external can cause dozens of dangerous seizures a day and affects about one in every 15,000 babies born.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tony Benn was right then, and if he were alive today I'm sure he'd be right now.

Muller glia (green) regulate local retinoic acid signalling to specialise photoreceptor outer segments (magenta)for high acuity visual function

Excited to share our new manuscript from the Yoshimatsu and MacDonald labs. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... We found that my favourite glial cells can regulate local retinoic acid signalling to specialise cone photoreceptors for high acuity visual function.

Scotland becomes first UK country to allow water cremations The process - called alkaline hydrolysis - will offer families a third option instead of burial or traditional cremation.

Alkaline hydrolysis - a new alternative to traditional cremation.

Bodies are wrapped in biodegradable silk or wool & placed in a pressurised chamber with hot water & chemicals, speeding up decomposition.

Powdered remains are given to relatives in an urn.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Job alert: open position for a Professor or Associate Professor of Computational Genomics in Health and Disease at University College London.

Based in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment of UCL, and UGI, and funded by the UCL Health Strategy.

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... 🧪

Tipping Point contestant who used cash prize on IVF now has triplets Jamie McEvoy says there is

TV quiz contestant who promised to use his winnings on IVF after a series of failed cycles now has triplets.

Jamie & Hayley went through further rounds & treatments before a positive home test. A scan 3 weeks later confirmed Hayley was carrying triplets.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

6 points from 6 important games.

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One week from today--join us!

I'm guessing eggy on both fronts.

T rex breath and Queen Elizabeth’s car: scientists creating ‘time machine for the nose’ Researchers are recreating ancient odours for museumgoers as interest in the archaeology of smell grows

T rex breath & Queen Elizabeth’s car: scientists creating ‘time machine for the nose’.

“Researchers began asking not just what objects looked like but what past environments felt, sounded & smelled like.”

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www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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