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Wrinkles are a natural part of ageing. But few of us welcome their appearance. Whilst we may be prepared to embrace the wisdom and experience that comes with age, the same can't be said of those telltale lines, creases, furrows and folds that so visibly announce to the world that our salad days are behind [...]
Breakthrough Alzheimer's drug Leqembi has received the unanimous support of a US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel - all but ensuring full approval for the first of its class treatment. The FDA's Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee (PCNS) voted 6-0 that data showed Leqembi - also known as lecanemab - demonstrated [...]
A new antibody has been identified that could help patients who don't respond to current therapies for the most aggressive form of skin cancer. Researchers at King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust have developed a new class of immunotherapy to target and treat melanomas. Whilst the novel antibody which activates [...]
Taurine - a nutrient produced in the body and found in many foods - could be an "elixir of life" that boosts health and helps us live longer, a leading scientist says. A deficiency of taurine is a driver of ageing in animals. But experiments on middle-aged animals conducted as part of a study led [...]
Social media and virtual interactions have made staying in touch with family, friends, and even work colleagues easier than it's ever been. All it takes is a handful of words or a few minutes of virtual communication via a computer-generated platform. But while it may be quick, easy, and convenient to interact online with loved [...]
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has awarded AI software developer Icometrix a grant to continue exploratory work into brain biomarkers for the disease. The grant from the foundation, set up by the Back to the Future actor following his early onset Parkinson's disease diagnosis in 1991 at the age of just 29, [...]
British-based fitness coach Joe Wicks has joined forces with the NHS to release a dedicated exercise video for people with Parkinson’s disease. The 20-minute video is available free online. It is hoped it will have a positive impact on those suffering from the progressive neurological condition, whose main symptoms include slow movement, stiffness, and tremors. [...]
A more sensitive, less bulky, knitted circuit-embedded knee wearable for wireless sensing of joint movement in real-time has been developed which could highlight early mobility issues - potentially preventing or delaying functional decline. The stretchable knee wearable has been designed by a team from the Singapore University of Technology and Design, and if commercialised could [...]
Scientists have moved a step closer to genetically personalised prostate cancer screening. The most common assessment test for the cancer, which mainly affects men over the age of 50, is prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening which often erroneously indicates signs of the disease. But a joint team at UC San Francisco and Stanford University, both in [...]
An early clinical trial has shown that the Parkinson's drug ropinirole is safe to use in patients with the fatal motor neurone disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and delayed disease progression by an average of 27.9 weeks. ALS causes people to gradually lose control of their muscles and while the disease can strike at any time [...]
