CRISPR-based innovations drove $21 billion in pharmaceutical licensing deals over five years: GlobalData – ET HealthWorld

London: The pharmaceutical industry has experienced a notable uptick in licensing agreements for innovator drugs incorporating clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based technology over the past five years. These agreements, primarily concentrated in oncology, immunology, and central nervous system therapeutics, have collectively accumulated an impressive $21 billion in deal value. Furthermore, the period from … Read more

Could vitamin D alleviate depression symptoms?

According to a meta-analysis conducted by an international team of researchers, it is suggested that vitamin D supplementation may alleviate depressive symptoms in adults with depression. Depressive symptoms cause a significant disease burden worldwide. The therapeutic efficacy of current antidepressants is usually insufficient, so other ways of palliating the symptoms of depression have been sought, … Read more

Specific factors may affect physical and mental quality of life among people with multiple sclerosis

Quality of life is a measure of a person’s level of comfort, health, and happiness. For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study has found that there are specific factors that can affect a person’s physical and mental quality of life. The study is published in the August 10, 2022, online edition of Neurology®The … Read more

4 Dangerous Ways in Which Smoking Affects the Human Body

According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey India, 266.8 million adults (28.6 per cent of the total population) (15 years and older) in India currently use tobacco. In the adult population, 24.9 percent (232.4 million) are daily tobacco users, and 3.7 percent (34.4 million) are occasional users. One in three adults from rural areas and … Read more