medicine
New Alzheimer's drugs offer hope for bleak diagnosis but remain out of reach in UK
Posted in Medicine on 20th Jul, 2023
by Alex Muller
Estimates by Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society suggest 720,000 people in the UK would meet the treatment criteria used in the clinical trials of lecanemab and donanemab. But they need a diagnosis the NHS just can't deliver.
Lung cancer diagnoses of UK women to outnumber men’s for first time
Posted in Medicine on 10th Jul, 2023
by Alex Muller
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in the UK, accounting for one in five of the total. It has one of the worst cancer survival rates, which is largely attributed to diagnoses at a late stage, when treatment is less likely to be effective.
A new target to slow down ageing and reduce blood cancer risk
Posted in Medicine on 10th Jul, 2023
by Alex Muller
It seemed to confirm a long-held theory that DNA damage is a key driver of ageing.
A Drug Designed By AI Is Starting Its First Human Trials
Posted in Medicine on 28th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
Its drug candidate (for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis-a chronic condition where the lungs become scarred and it's hard to breathe) - took just a third of the usual time and a tenth of the usual cost to develop thanks to the company's technology.
Scientists reworked an experimental cancer therapy to treat autoimmune disease
Posted in Medicine on 28th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
For reasons scientists have not been able to figure out yet, the immune response mistakenly attacks its own healthy cells, struggling to distinguish between ally and enemy.