The latest episode of the DDW Highlights Podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Bruno Quinney narrates five key stories of the previous week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry news. Last week, there were crucial developments in neuroscience drug discovery. Elsewhere, a new treatment for… Read More
Developers of an AI-powered ‘co-scientist’ have been awarded the $1 million Alzheimer’s Insights AI Prize. Mount Sinai scientists, led by Dr Kuan-lin Huang, won the prize for developing Biomni-AD, an advanced AI-powered ‘co-scientist’ designed to dramatically reduce the time required to generate scientific insights from complex biomedical data. Biomni-AD… Read More
Halo Biosciences has announced publication of results in Thorax from the Phase IIa SATURN study for patients with pulmonary hypertension and interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD). The study, conducted at Stanford University, evaluated 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU) in patients with pulmonary hypertension, a highly progressive disease with significant unmet needs. The Phase IIa… Read More
A naturally occurring molecule identified by Stanford Medicine researchers appears similar to semaglutide — also known as Ozempic — in suppressing appetite and reducing body weight. Notably, testing in animals also showed that it worked without some of Ozempic’s side effects such as nausea, constipation and significant loss of muscle… Read More
Researchers at Stanford University have built a new synthetic receptor with broad potential to programme cell activity, including immune response and neurological signalling. Detailed in a paper published in Nature, the new synthetic receptor accommodates a broader range of inputs and… Read More
A new study has revealed that reducing the activity of a particular gene using CRISPR gene editing can rejuvenate stem cells in the brain to create fresh neurons. The finding in mice could open new avenues for potential therapeutics to improve brain function and reduce regenerative… Read More
Researchers at Stanford University have revealed new insights related to pancreatic cancer’s resistance to chemotherapy. In a new paper, the scientists revealed that its resistance is related to both the physical stiffness of the tissue around the cancerous cells and the chemical makeup… Read More
A large study has found that the risk of secondary blood cancers after CAR-T cell therapy is low, despite the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning. In November 2023, the FDA issued a warning about a risk of secondary cancers that may be associated with… Read More
New research has found that plant-based psychoactive drug ibogaine improved depression, anxiety and functioning among veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). TBI from head trauma or blast explosions are a leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression and suicide among veterans. Stanford… Read More
A potent anti-cancer therapy has been created using Nobel prize-winning “click chemistry”, in a new study by University College London (UCL) and Stanford University researchers. The study, published in Nature Chemistry, opens up new possibilities for how cancer immunotherapies might be built in… Read More
The president of Stanford University in the US has announced he will resign after the university found that scientific papers he had published contained manipulated research data. The scientific misconduct inquiry did not find neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne guilty of falsifying research personally, but said that papers… Read More
