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Pemafibrate and telmisartan cut liver fat in MASLD animal models, study suggests
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Researchers in Barcelona report that the lipid drug pemafibrate and the blood-pressure medicine telmisartan reduced diet-induced liver fat in rats and in a zebrafish model of fatty liver disease, with a half-dose combination performing as well as full doses of either drug alone. The work, published in Pharmacological Research, also describes a role for the PCK1 protein in telmisartan’s liver effects and argues that clinical trials would be needed to confirm any benefit in people.
A senior police officer has told South Africa's Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that R55 million worth of cocaine disappeared from a forensic science laboratory after being seized in Johannesburg in 2021.
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Ammar Zoni has been returned to Nusakambangan prison without official notice to his family or lawyers. Lawyer Krisna Murti said the actor suffered severe trauma and cried after the transfer.
A 32-year-old Florida woman faces child neglect charges after police said she fed her infant formula mixed with water used to clean methamphetamine needles. The baby tested positive for the drug and is recovering in stable condition. Authorities arrested Jalyn Brownworth on April 9 following a hospital investigation.
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Officers from the Neiva Metropolitan Police captured two women known as alias ‘Heidy’ and ‘Wendy’, suspected of selling small quantities of drugs in the city's comuna 9. The operation, following months of investigation, involved raids in the Villa Nazareth neighborhood and the seizure of drugs and cash.
Police and soldiers confiscated mandrax, dagga, and an undisclosed amount of cash during house raids in Gqeberha on the first day of a crime-fighting operation in the Eastern Cape. Nearly 300 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers have been deployed to the province as part of Operation Prosper to tackle organised crime.
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Valencia Provincial Court has sentenced actor Ignacio Jordà, known as Nacho Vidal, to three years in prison for trafficking 'pink cocaine' in Plaza Xúquer. The actor admitted the facts in a deal with prosecutors that spares him jail time. He faces a fine and rehabilitation requirements.
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