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Age Tech World explores the latest research developments in the world of ageing and longevity. Pan-disease atlas maps molecular fingerprints of health, disease and ageing A new study has mapped the distinct molecular “fingerprints” that 59 diseases leave in an individual’s blood protein, which would enable blood tests to discern troubling signs from those that [...]
Nimacimab significantly enhanced weight loss when combined with GLP-1 therapy without adding side effects, according to mid-stage clinical trial results involving 136 adults. The experimental drug targets the body’s endocannabinoid system differently from existing weight-loss medications, offering a potential new approach to treating obesity when used alongside drugs such as semaglutide. Participants given both drugs [...]
NeuroClin – formerly known as Glasgow Memory Clinic – has partnered with Advance Tests to launch Scotland’s first commercially available blood biomarker test for early Alzheimer’s detection. Designed for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) – subtle problems with memory and thinking – the LucentAD Complete test helps determine whether these symptoms are likely due [...]
Weight loss jabs Mounjaro and Wegovy are so effective they should be the first treatment for obesity “in almost all cases”, according to new medical guidance. The European Association for the Study of Obesity praised the drugs’ effectiveness and wider health benefits in new guidance to doctors. It described them as slimming aids that can [...]
A genetic deficiency affecting thousands of black and South Asian men in the UK could delay diabetes diagnosis by making routine blood tests inaccurate, new research has reveals. Around one in seven black men and one in 63 South Asian men have G6PD deficiency, compared with fewer than one in 100,000 white men. Despite this, [...]
More children worldwide are now obese than underweight, with junk food reportedly to blame. Ultra-processed foods are driving the change, with 188 million school-age children and teenagers living with obesity – one in 10 globally – according to new UN figures warning of future disease risks. The data show that 9.4 per cent of five [...]
Thousands of patients in England are unable to access NHS weight loss jabs, with fewer than half of local commissioning bodies prescribing Mounjaro. Only 18 of the 42 integrated care boards (ICBs) have started prescribing the drug, two months after GPs were cleared to offer it on the NHS to 220,000 patients with “greatest need” [...]
Age Tech World explores the latest business developments in the world of ageing and longevity. Grant to advance groundbreaking mitochondrial biomarker research Countdown For A Cure, a foundation dedicated to accelerating mitochondrial research and medicine, has announced a US$350,000 grant to Minovia Therapeutics, a clinical-stage company pioneering mitochondrial transplantation technologies. The funding will support Minovia’s [...]
A £29.6m government-backed facility in Darlington will accelerate RNA therapies that could help tackle cancer, heart disease, infectious diseases and other conditions. The UK RNA Biofoundry will help scientists and businesses move research from lab to market more quickly, providing a specialised site to manufacture clinical-grade RNA materials. RNA therapies work by reprogramming immune or [...]
Age Tech World explores the latest research and science developments in the world of ageing and longevity. AI tool developed to predict markers of Alzheimer’s disease Researchers have built an AI tool that can accurately predict key signs of Alzheimer's disease. The markers the AI is able to predict include the presence of sticky proteins [...]
