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Good morning Staker! Here’s what’s cookin’ today. Singapore Airlines ups its game…again; mRNA technology could repair muscle tissue after heart attack; and court says The Pitt is close enough to ER, certifies lawsuit.

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Singapore Airlines was named the world’s top carrier earlier this year, largely due to its incredible onboard features for its premium, business, and first class cabins.

In an effort to maintain its distinguished reputation, the carrier just announced a S$2 billion (~US$1.6 billion) investment in every class of its long-haul aircraft, including first class, business class, premium economy, and economy.

“While each cabin has been designed individually, they are united by the same ambition to make the experience more comfortable, flexible, and rewarding for our customers,” said Lee Lik Hsin, Chief Commercial Officer at Singapore Airlines.

The upgrades include the largest double bed in commercial air travel for first class passengers sitting together in the cabin’s mid-section seats. Their two seats can convert into a love-seat sofa, or a 2-metre x 1.5-metre bed.

First class passengers will also have access to a full wardrobe, an ottoman that contains a compartment for luggage, a sliding door for privacy, and a table that can double as a workspace or a dining room.

A study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research found an mRNA treatment designed to reactivate two proteins in the heart after a heart attack can ultimately lead to the regeneration of damaged muscle tissue and improve heart functionality by 10%.

"These are really exciting results. There's no cure for heart failure, and our treatment could potentially have a meaningful impact on the quality of life of millions of people around the world," said Dr. Catherine Wilson, associate professor at the University of Cambridge's Department of Pharmacology and Gurdon Institute, and co-senior author of the study.

The adult human heart loses around 1 billion muscle cells after a heart attack, and unlike most other muscles or organs, it can’t regenerate itself when such events occur. This forces the heart to work harder while developing scar tissue, with the increase of heart failure rising considerably.

"Getting the human heart to repair itself is the holy grail for cardiologists,” said Bryan Williams, chief scientific and medical officer at the British Heart Foundation. “The heart is easily repaired when we are babies in the womb, but our heart muscle cells lose the ability to regenerate and fix the heart shortly after we are born.”

LIV Golf officially announced last week that it would not be structuring, and that the offshoot circuit is officially no longer in operation.

Over the following days, LIV’s two biggest names had pretty different experiences with regards to their present and future stances in the world of professional golf.

Jon Rahm was triumphant at the Abu Dhabi Championship, securing his first European Tour victory in four years, and beating Rory McIlroy and fellow Liv alum Tyrrell Hatton in the process.

“I don’t know how else to say it. It’s on to the next page, right,” Rahm said after his win on Sunday.

On the other hand, Bryson DeChambeau is now a man without a proverbial country. Like Rahm and other defectors, he is not currently eligible to compete on the PGA Tour.

In a statement released the other day on social media, he said he still wants to grow the game of golf, and that he will compete at Gary Player’s South Africa tournament in December.

You can read his full written statement here.

A three-judge panel on California’s Second District Court of Appeal ruled that a lawsuit must go forward, in which the plaintiff alleges the hit medical drama The Pitt is an unauthorized reboot of the show ER.

Michael Crichton created ER, which ran from 1994 until 2009. The show revolutionized the emergency room drama genre, and regularly garnered tens of millions of viewers every week.

His widow, Sherri, filed the suit before a single episode of The Pitt aired, claiming it to be a circumvention of the “frozen rights” secured by her late husband, which require anyone trying to reboot ER to obtain permission from Crichton or his estate.

The Pitt has now aired on HBO Max for two seasons, winning multiple Emmys, while sharing the same production company—Warner Bros. Television—and the same lead actor—Noah Wyle—as ER.

In a unanimous decision, the judges wrote “both shows provide commentaries on the healthcare system; they focus specifically on the emergency room and the difficult conditions under which the medical staff operates. Both shows take place, with little exception, in the emergency room, as opposed to other medical shows which track patients as they move out of the emergency room, or indeed never enter it.”

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Whether you first fell in love with them on Sesame Street or once they had their own show, we’re bettin’ you’ll ace today’s trivia, all about the Muppets!