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Reaction: unprecedented floods and droughts make risk management more difficult

A study published in Nature shows that, in the face of climate events such as extreme droughts and floods, which are likely to increase as a result of climate change, risk management strategies may not be sufficient. The study analyses 45 pairs of data on such events with an average of 16 years between them, including the Barcelona floods of 1995 and 2018.

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Reaction to design of new drug to treat glioblastoma that does not respond to chemotherapy

Glioblastoma is an aggressive type of cancer that arises in the brain or spinal cord. Researchers have identified a new drug that exploits DNA repair defects to selectively target tumours that are resistant to chemotherapy treatment with temozolomide. The research is published in Science.

Reactions to study concluding that vitamin D supplementation does not reduce the risk of bone fracture in healthy adults

Research conducted on more than 25,800 healthy adults aged 50 and older in the United States concludes that taking vitamin D supplements does not reduce the risk of bone fractures. The study is published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Reaction: Study says humans drank milk long before we could digest it

A study published in the journal Nature has found that ancient human populations consumed milk during adulthood long before we were able to digest lactose beyond infancy. The genetic variant that allows us to do so was not increased in frequency by milk consumption, but by famine and infection, according to their hypothesis.