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New drug brings hope that decades-long slog to find Alzheimer’s cure might pay off | Science & Tech News
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Science is a slog. Not a series of “Eureka!” moments. It’s why I hate the word “breakthrough” when it comes to research discoveries. But in the case of this new drug for Alzheimer’s that word is more than justified. Not because lecanemab is a cure for the disease that is destroying the lives of hundreds…
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Lecanemab: New Alzheimer’s drug slows decline in memory – fuelling hope doctors will one day cure dementia | Science & Tech News
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Doctors have hailed a “new era” of medicine after a study showed for the first time that a drug can slow the debilitating symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Results from the clinical trial also revealed that the drug lecanemab cleared clumps of a protein called amyloid – thought to be a key cause of the most common…
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New drug offers lifeline to 1,600 women with rare aggressive form of breast cancer | UK News
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A new drug could benefit hundreds of women suffering from one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer. Officials have given the NHS the green light to use pembrolizumab to treat 1,600 patients in England suffering from triple negative breast cancer. Typically, the risk of triple negative breast cancer returning and spreading to other…
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Hope for people with untreatable high blood pressure after trial on new drug Baxdrostat | Science & Tech News
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Researchers claim to have found a way to tackle previously untreatable high blood pressure. Scientists from Queen Mary University of London and the US pharmaceutical firm CinCor examined whether patients would benefit from taking a drug called Baxdrostat. Those who took a new medicine during a clinical trial were found to have significantly lower blood…
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Cholesterol drug could be used to help treat prostate cancer, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Medicine used to treat blood cholesterol could be used to treat prostate cancer that no longer responds to hormone treatment, researchers have found. Scientists at Glasgow’s Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre observed 12 participants in a clinical trial. Results showed that statins slow tumour growth when they are given alongside treatment which reduces hormone…
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‘Historic moment’ in Alzheimer’s treatment as trial drug found to slow cognitive decline | Science & Tech News
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A new drug found to reduce cognitive decline in early-stage Alzheimer’s has been hailed as an “historic moment” in the treatment of the disease. During trials, Lecanemab was found to slow the decline in people’s memory and thinking by up to 27% over 18 months, compared with a placebo. Alzheimer’s Research UK called the finding…