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The blockbuster weight loss drug semaglutide can cut the progression of diabetic kidney disease, according to its manufacturer Novo Nordisk, adding to growing evidence that the medication has beneficial effects beyond treating Type 2 Diabetes and obesity.

Semaglutide — which is marketed under the name Ozempic for diabetes treatment and Wegovy for weight loss — managed to also reduce death from kidney disease and cardiovascular issues by 24 percent versus a placebo.

The results came from a Novo Nordisk clinical trial that had 3,533 participants with both diabetes and chronic kidney disease. High blood sugar from diabetes can damage kidneys and ultimately lead to chronic kidney disease, in which the organ has trouble filtering toxins from the blood.

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More than half a billion people worldwide are affected by type 2 diabetes, and yet researchers still don’t know what’s behind the condition’s breakdown in insulin functionality.

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University in the US have now pulled back the molecular curtain and figured out why insulin, the hormone that maintains stable blood sugar, often stops working at its full effect.

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Devin comes with some advanced capabilities in software development, including coding, debugging, problem-solving, etc. Here’s all you need to know about it.

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A machine learning pipeline named ARTEMIS captures how the landscape of repeat genomic sequences shifts in patients with cancer, and could facilitate earlier detection and monitoring of tumor progression.

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ARTEMIS is a new approach to characterizing genome-wide repeat elements in cancer and cell-free DNA.

Apple acquired Canada-based company DarwinAI earlier this year to build out its AI team, reports Bloomberg. DarwinAI created AI technology for inspecting components during the manufacturing process, and it also had a focus on making smaller and more efficient AI systems.

DarwinAI’s website and social media accounts have been taken offline following Apple’s purchase. Dozens of former DarwinAI companies have now joined Apple’s artificial intelligence division. AI researcher Alexander Wong, who helped build DarwinAI, is now a director in Apple’s AI group.

Devin, SIMA, Figure 1, all in 24 hours. What does it mean and are AI models taking the wheel? I’ll go through 5 relevant papers and 11 articles to get you all the relevant details, from what exactly Devin accomplished, and didn’t, to DeepMind’s new AGI-attempt-in-3D (SIMA) to just how far AI agents have come and what that means for the future of jobs. They’ll also be a guest star … discussing … me?

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Intel wants to stay ahead of the performance game in the PC chip market, a throne that it often used to sit on before AMD and Apple’s new chips blew it out of the competition. But now it has again solidified its hold on the desktop performance crown with the release of its new Core i9-14900KS processor.

Launching it as a “special edition” release, the new chip represents a massive jump from last year’s top performer, Intel’s Core i9-13900KS. What is its top clock speed? Well out-of-the-box, it hits a maximum clock speed of 6.2GHz. This makes it the undisputed fastest consumer-grade desktop processor currently available.

These small particles that look like dust to the naked eye are highly detailed and can be customized to suit a wide variety of needs ranging from microfluidics to vaccine delivery and even microelectronics, a press release has said.

3D printing or additive manufacturing at a macroscale level has matured at the market level, where items like shoes, hearing aids, and even household goods can be made using this technique.