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FDA approves new prostate cancer imaging tool, company says

The company behind an imaging agent meant to identify cancer said it received FDA approval on Thursday for use in patients with suspected metastasis or recurrence. Lantheus Holdings, Inc. said its PYLARIFY injection will now be immediately available in parts of the mid-Atlantic and southern regions, with availability expected to …

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Jerry O'Connell expresses sympathy for 'Stand By Me' co-star Wil Wheaton following emotional abuse revelation

celebrity-news” target=”_blank”>Jerry O’Connell< came out. Wheaton claimed that he suffered a “combination of an incredible emotional abuse from my father, and a lot of manipulation, using me, from my mother” in an interview with Yahoo Entertainment last week. O’Connell, 47, who was one of Wheaton’s co-stars in the coming-of-age film, …

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Senate Dems reject ban on certain types of human-animal hybrid experiments

The senate” target=”_blank”>Senate< that created certain chimeras, or human-animal hybrids, in expectation that the federal government could lift a moratorium on funding for those projects. A party line vote saw 48 Republicans supporting the measure. The 49 nays included 47 Democrats and two left-leaning independents –Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and …

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Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline COVID-19 vaccine production to begin in weeks

PARIS – Production of another potential infectious-disease against infectious-disease will begin within weeks, its developers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday as they launched a large trial enrolling 35,000 adult volunteers in the United States, Asia, Africa and Latin America. The study will test vaccine candidate formulas against the original coronavirus …

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Study seeks origins of Hawaii's dangerous ghost nets

“Ghost nets” from unknown origins drift among the planet-earth currents, threatening environmentwild-nature” target=”_blank”>creatures< shorelines with the entangled remains of what they kill. Lost or discarded at environment, sometimes decades ago, this fishing” target=”_blank”>fishing<. Now, researchers are doing detective work to trace this harmful debris back to fisheries and manufacturers — …

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