62 h. ago AI may help us cure countless diseases – and usher in a new golden age of medicine | Samuel Hume

AlphaFold, which uses AI to find a protein’s structure, has only been around since 2020 but has already had a meteoric impactAlphaFold might be the most exciting scientific innovation of this century. From Google DeepMind, and first reported in 2020, it uses artificial intelligence to figure out a protein’s 3D structure. The technology has already been used to solve fundamental questions in biology, awarded the Nobel prize (in chemistry – to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper) and revolutionised drug discovery. Like most AI, it’s only getting better – and just getting started.A protein’s structure gives us clues about its function, and helps us design new drugs. AlphaFold, which was trained on a huge database of experimentally solved structures called the Protein Data Bank, predicts a protein’s structure based on its amino acid sequence.Solving a decades-old problem: the structure of the nuclear pore complex, one of the biggest structures in the cell. This complex is the guardian of ent...

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3 d. ago I ate a local favorite while traveling and it triggered a debilitating disease that has no cure

Ella Rhian, a world-traveling Londoner, has gone viral after sharing her battle with a chronic disease brought on by a nasty bout of food poisoning.

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5 d. ago Migraines made life feel unlivable. It took years to find a doctor who believed me

Experts said my headaches and vertigo were just anxiety. Then one neurologist helped me feel hopeful againSoon after my first child was born in 2012, I woke up every morning with a pulsating pain in my head and a disorienting feeling, like the floor was shifting beneath my feet. I’d stumble to the bathroom, popping Tylenol and Tums, but they only offered temporary relief. As a new mom, I struggled to care for myself while also looking after a tiny human. At first, I thought my frequent throbbing headaches, relentless nausea and debilitating vertigo were normal for postpartum life.Then, everything became a trigger. At live concerts, loud music made my ears ring, my neck tighten and the room spin. So I stopped going. At playgrounds, seesaws and merry-go-rounds made me queasy. At happy hours with other moms, my hands went numb, fearing alcohol would set off an episode, leaving me unable to drive home. So I avoided those places, too. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nursery kids take part in Big Yellow Friday in aid of Children’s Liver Disease Foundation

Each year in the UK, 400 children are diagnosed with liver disease. There is currently no cure for childhood liver disease – a diagnosis means a lifetime of medical care.

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4 w. ago Why Ozempic could be a miracle cure for the millions battling deadly liver disease: Record numbers are developing the condition thanks to poor diet

Weight-loss jabs such as Ozempic could throw a lifeline to millions of people battling deadly liver disease - amid growing concern about the spiralling number of cases.

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4 w. ago Could YOU have Covid vaccine syndrome? As a study claims the jabs may have triggered brain fog, tinnitus and dizziness, here's the truth about those long

Covid vaccines have prevented millions of deaths... but last week researchers suggested some jabs may have triggered debilitating long-lasting side-effects

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