‘Dogs are better suited for cancer studies than lab mice as they’re exposed to similar living environments as humans’
Dogs also respond to treatments in similar ways to humans, as several clinical studies in recent years have shown. In 2019, scientists at Colorado State University completed a trial of 28 dogs with osteosarcoma that had spread to the lungs. In addition to a commercially available cancer drug, they prescribed the dogs a common blood pressure drug, losartan, which acts on the immune system by blocking the recruitment of a type of white blood cell that stimulates tumour growth.
Artificial Intelligence is dangerous to humanity’s future and civilisation, new poll finds
When it came to religious beliefs, Evangelical Christians were more likely to “strongly agree” that AI presents risks to humanity, standing at 32 per cent compared to 24 per cent of non-Evangelical Christians.
America: A nation built on loneliness, where millions struggle in the shadows to find a shoulder to lean on
Perhaps many Americans are alone in a crowd, awash in a sea of voices both physical and virtual yet by themselves much of the time, seeking community but suspicious of it. Some of the modernising forces that stitched the United States together in the first place – commerce, communication, roads – are, in their current forms, part of what isolates people today.
Democrats and Republicans sound optimistic of sealing debt ceiling deal as US President Biden cuts Asia trip short
Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy edged closer to a deal to avoid a looming US debt default on Tuesday, as the threat of an economic nightmare prompted Biden to cut short a trip to Asia this week. After an hour of talks, McCarthy, the speaker...
Sudan’s army and paramilitary intensify fighting as capital is rocked by airstrikes, artillery fire
Fighting has surged both in Khartoum and in Geneina, capital of West Darfur, since the two warring parties began talks in Jeddah brokered by Saudi Arabia and the United States more than a week ago.
Proxy war: Identities of foreign actors in Sudan conflict surface as military factions get support
Military rivals locked in a conflict that erupted in Sudan on April 15 both courted foreign backing in the years leading up to the fighting. That support could now influence the course of the power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support...
Investigations report on Trump links with Russia contains withering criticism of FBI, gives Republicans a lifeline
A former FBI lawyer, Kevin Clinesmith, pleaded guilty in 2020 to altering an email related to the surveillance of ex-Trump campaign aide. He was given probation. But two other cases, both involving alleged false statements to the FBI, resulted in acquittals by jury.
Pandemic of a different nature: Developed countries led by UK report ‘excess deaths’
Official UK statistics also showed that in the week ending April 21, 2023, the number of deaths exceeded the five-year average by 22.1 per cent (2,540 excess deaths), while in the week ending April 28, the excess figure was 12.9 per cent (1,569 excess deaths). Only 3.8 per cent of deaths during this period mentioned Covid-19 in the death certificates.
US Treasury Secretary warns economic disruption looms minus debt ceiling hike by June 1
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office last week said the United States faces a “significant risk” of defaulting on payment obligations within the first two weeks of June without a debt ceiling hike, with payment operations uncertain throughout May.
Chaina says Ukraine war raises urgency for unconventional warfare to repulse US threat
Despite the hundreds of billions of dollars poured into defence spending, China’s armed forces do not have much recent experience in a hot war, with its last – and brief – military conflict in 1979 with Vietnam. The ability to win is needed to maintain national security, Wang wrote.
