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Despite having its application for a new, daily Alzheimer’s pill rejected by Europe’s regulators the CEO of US drug company Anavex Life Sciences is appealing this decision. A Phase IIb/III trial found over one-third of patients with mild Alzheimer’s - those with a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of between 20 and 28 - experienced [...]
NIH funding of US$80m will support further research into exceptional longevity, continuing a long-running study of families whose members live far longer than statistical models predict. The funding renews support for the Long Life Family Study, an international project tracking multiple generations, including people who have lived to 100 and beyond. Researchers are seeking genetic [...]
CBS News has cut ties with Peter Attia after initial resistance, following revelations that his name appears more than 1,700 times in files linked to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Attia, a physician specialising in longevity medicine, was among 19 contributors named last month by CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss. A CBS News executive [...]
Astellas has agreed a US$1.7bn global prostate cancer deal with Vir Biotechnology to develop a masked T-cell engager designed to harness the immune system against the disease. The collaboration centres on VIR-5500, a PSMAxCD3 bispecific drug known as a T-cell engager, or TCE. TCEs activate immune cells called T cells and direct them to attack [...]
Human liver tissue has been reconstructed in 3D at a cellular level, revealing how cirrhosis alters the organ’s internal structure compared with healthy tissue. The 3D reconstructions capture the fine-scale microstructure of multiple liver lobes and show how scarring disrupts biological activity inside the organ. Cirrhosis is extensive scarring of the liver caused by long-term [...]
Eanm has launched a new award to accelerate alpha radioligand therapy research in prostate cancer, with winners to be announced at the EANM’26 Congress. Applications are now open for the 2026 EANM Young Scientist Network Award. The research award is supported by Advanced Accelerator Applications, a Novartis company, and focuses on advancing alpha radioligand therapy [...]
Apple Watch hypertension alerts may miss cases of high blood pressure, with the absence of an alert offering limited reassurance, particularly for older adults, researchers say. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, occurs when blood consistently pushes too forcefully against artery walls, increasing the risk of heart disease and stroke. The study applied performance data from [...]
Eye care startup Custom Surgical has raised €3.5m to modernise ophthalmology by turning analogue slit lamps and microscopes into digital data hubs. Munich-based Custom Surgical was founded in 2018 by mechatronics engineer Federico Acosta and Fernando Benito. It specialises in digitalising slit lamps and surgical microscopes used in everyday eye care. Slit lamps are standard [...]
PrimeC showed a more than 14-month survival benefit in an ALS trial, according to updated long-term data from NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd. NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd announced updated long-term survival data from its completed Phase 2b PARADIGM clinical trial of its investigational therapy PrimeC in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to the company. The analysis [...]
Researchers are studying recovery after bowel cancer treatment in older people, as the REBOUND study looks at ageing changes linked to surgery and care. The study, Resilience Breakthroughs in Older people Undergoing cancer proceDures, is examining how key "hallmarks of ageing" are affected following bowel cancer treatment in people aged 65 and over. These are [...]
