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New drug could be cure for common cause of high blood pressure

Benefits of baxdrostat are unexpectedly found to remain up to two years after patients stop taking itMillions of people with high blood pressure stand to benefit from a new drug that has stunned doctors by reversing a common cause of the condition for years after patients stopped taking the medication.Patients who t…

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AI will soon master biology, unleashing new safety risks, Tencent AI chief warns

Artificial intelligence models will soon be powerful enough to master biology, presenting both benefits and serious risks, Tencent Holdings’ chief AI scientist and former OpenAI star researcher Vinces Yao Shunyu said during a rare public appearance on Saturday. The assessment comes as frontier AI systems are increas…

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The real test begins for Hong Kong’s new drug regulator

A number of important things must fall into place to flesh out a vision of Hong Kong as a biotech hub with a key role in developing affordable access to the latest drugs and other medical products. With the appointment of Dr Li Zili as controller of the Hong Kong Centre for Medical Products Regulation (CMPR), there …

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Cair shuts down Florida office as judge declines reversal of terrorist designation

Cair shuts down Florida office as judge declines reversal of terrorist designation Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 11/06/2026 - 19:53 Governor Ron DeSantis has made the Muslim civil liberties group a key target alongside foreign political entities and drug cartels The logo of the Council on American Islamic Relations…

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BBL veteran Chris Lynn serves secret drugs ban after allegedly testing positive for cocaine

Big Bash League record runscorer handed one-month suspension36-year-old tested after playing in England’s T20 Blast finals in JulyBig Bash League record-setter Chris Lynn’s one-month suspension for a positive drugs test has been revealed, two months after he served the ban.The revelation comes just days after the fo…

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South Korea apologises for classing gay teens as delinquents

South Korea’s government has announced it will revise a youth counselling manual that categorised homosexuality as a form of juvenile delinquency, after facing a backlash sparked by local media reports earlier this week. Homosexuality was grouped alongside sexual violence, theft and drug abuse under “delinquency-rel…

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Sydney Swans engage external advisers to review embattled AFL club’s culture

Club grappling with cultural problem after off-season incidentClub CEO Matthew Pavlich ‘bitterly disappointed’ in Tom PapleyThe Sydney Swans have engaged external advisers to review the embattled AFL club’s culture following the Melbourne hotel incident in August which led to the suspension of five players, and Tom …

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GI Innovation begins prostate cancer trial with J&J drug

South Korean biotech firm GI Innovation has administered the first dose in a global clinical trial combining its experimental immunotherapy GI-102 with Johnson & Johnson's prostate cancer drug candidate pasritamig, marking a new step in its efforts to develop treatments for advanced cancer. The company said Thursday…

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Policeman nabbed in Pangasinan raid

MAPANDAN, Pangasinan — An active-duty police officer holding the rank of police chief master sergeant was arrested in a joint anti-drug operation that resulted in the seizure of more than 800 grams of suspected shabu valued at approximately P5.5 million in Mapandan, Pangasinan, on Nov. 3.

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Sydney Swans player Tom Papley allegedly returns positive roadside drug test

Club says AFL forward returned ‘positive preliminary test indication’NSW police issue a notice for driving with a suspended licence Sydney Swans forward Tom Papley has allegedly returned a positive preliminary drug test after being pulled over by New South Wales police on Monday, adding to the off-field issues the c…

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2 cancer drugs from Li Ka-shing-backed Sequencio garner global attention

Two cancer vaccines from Hong Kong-based Sequencio Therapeutics have been selected for presentation at a major US conference, as companies bet on therapies based on ribonucleic acid (RNA) to deliver breakthroughs in cancer treatment. Sequencio, a subsidiary of Li Ka-shing-backed CK Life Sciences, said on Wednesday t…

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Why pharma firms are going to Earth’s orbit in search of new cancer drugs

A space capsule 300 miles above us is growing the tiny crystals of a potential cancer drug in microgravityRoughly 300 miles above our heads, three washing machine-sized capsules are orbiting the Earth. Inside one of them, tiny crystals of a potential cancer drug are being grown in the weightlessness of space. The ot…

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Samsung's Galaxy Buds get green light for hearing aid functions

Samsung Electronics has secured Korean medical-device approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for the "Hearing Test" and "Hearing Aid" functions on its Galaxy Buds4 Pro and Buds3 Pro. The features are set to launch early next year through software updates, bringing Samsung into closer competition with App…

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Celltrion unveils promising results for four-target obesity drug

Celltrion has unveiled promising preclinical results for its next-generation obesity drug candidate, CT-G32/SCO-940, which outperformed a leading experimental weight-loss treatment in animal testing and showed potential to better preserve lean body mass. The South Korean biopharmaceutical company presented the findi…

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