Disease | Environmental | WHO
WHO Reports 1 in 5 adults still addicted to tobacco
On Oct. 6, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported world is smoking less, but the tobacco epidemic…
Bath scientists design peptide ‘switch’ that keeps Parkinson’s protein in its healthy form
On Oct. 6, 2025, Researchers at the University of Bath, in collaboration with the Universities of Oxford and…
the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
On Oct. 6, 2026, The Nobel Assembly has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Mary E….
Eli Lilly to invest over $1 billion in India to expand manufacturing capacity
On Oct. 5, 2025, Eli Lilly ill invest more than $1 billion in India in the coming years…
First human transplant of kidney modified to have ‘universal’ blood type
On Oct. 3, 2025, scientists have converted the blood type of a donor kidney and transplanted the organ…
Sanofi expands patient affordability program by offering access to all its insulins for $35 per month in the US
On Sept. 26, 2025, Sanofi US announced a broad expansion of its Insulins Valyou Savings Program by offering…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | NIH
NIH establishes nation’s first dedicated organoid development center to reduce reliance on animal modeling
On Sept. 25, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the award of contracts for launching the…
CIRM approves $73 million in awards for discovery research
On Sept. 25, 2025, The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved awarding more than $73 million…
Biolinq Shine™ Granted De Novo Classification by U.S. FDA for the First Fully Autonomous, Needle-Free Glucose Sensor
On Sept. 25, 2025, Biolinq, a pioneering developer of precision multi-analyte biosensors to improve metabolic health, announced the…
Gene therapy appears to slow Huntington’s disease progression
On Sept. 24, 2025, a global clinical trial for a new Huntington’s disease treatment has posted positive results,…
The tale of the creature with the most chromosomes
On Sept. 19, 2025, researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Barcelona reported…
Roche to acquire 89bio, and its phase 3 FGF21 analog for the therapy of moderate to severe MASH for US $3.5 billion
On Sept. 17, 2025, Roche announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire 89bio,…
Novo Nordisk’s oral semaglutide 25 mg (Wegovy® in a pill) delivered 16.6% weight loss in people with obesity in a newly published study
On Sept. 17, 2025, The New England Journal of Medicine published the results from the OASIS 4 phase…
New University of Alberta health institute will help research breakthroughs reach patients sooner
On Sept. 15, 2025, the University of Alberta (U of A) announced the Dianne and Irving Kipnes Health…
Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Therapeutics
Corstasis Therapeutics Announces FDA Approval of ENBUMYST™ (bumetanide nasal spray) for the Treatment of Edema Associated with Congestive Heart Failure, Liver Disease and Kidney Disease
On Sept. 15, 2025, Corstasis Therapeutics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ENBUMYST™…
gene therapy offers hope for genetic hearing loss
On Sept. 14, 2025, scientists from the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University…
UK trial launches to transform Alzheimer’s diagnosis with simple blood test
On Sept. 10, 2025, a major University of London (UCL)-led clinical trial, aiming to transform the diagnosis of…
Novartis to acquire Tourmaline Bio and pipeline for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, valued at $1.4 Billion
On Sept. 9, 2025, Novartis announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Tourmaline Bio, a…
Nearly half of people with diabetes don’t realize they have the disease
On Sept. 8, 2025, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School…
Hope for diabetes: CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person — and evade immune detection
On Sept. 5, 2025, in a medical first, researchers report that they have implanted CRISPR-edited pancreas cells into…
Golden Goose Award Honors Federally Funded Breakthroughs in Cancer Treatments and Disease Diagnostics
On Sept. 3, 2025, The Golden Goose Award, which spotlights obscure, silly sounding or odd fundamental discovery research that…
C2N Diagnostics Expands St. Louis Headquarters to Meet Global Need for Answers to Alzheimer’s Disease
On Sept. 3, 2025, C2N Diagnostics (C2N), a specialty diagnostics company announce that its early achievements while based…
Amgen to Invest $600 Million in New State-of-the-Art Center for Science Innovation at U.S. Headquarters
On Sept. 2, 2025, Amgen announced plans to invest more than $600 million in a new, state-of-the-art center…
OMass Therapeutics announces Collaboration and License Agreement for IBD with Genentech Worth $420 Million
On Sept. 2, 2025, OMass Therapeutics announces an exclusive collaboration and license agreement with Genentech, a member of…
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals and Novartis Enter into a Global License and Collaboration Agreement
On Sept. 2, 2025, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals announced a global licensing and collaboration agreement with Novartis for ARO-SNCA, Arrowhead’s…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | Oncology
New genetic biomarker flags aggressive brain tumors
On Sept. 1, 2025, a multi-institutional study suggests that typically classifiication of meningiomas by appearances may be deceiving…
new resource, MacroMap, provides a rich dataset that researchers can use to explore genetic mechanisms behind complex diseases
On Aug. 27, 2025, scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute reveal insights into how our genes influence the…
Georgia State Scientists Revive Ancient Gene to Target Gout, Fatty Liver Disease
On Aug. 26, 2025, scientists at Georgia State University (GSU) announced a study published in Scientific Reports that…
AbbVie to Acquire Gilgamesh Pharma’s Investigational Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder for $1.2 Billion
On Aug. 25, 2025, AbbVie and Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals announced a definitive agreement under which AbbVie will acquire Gilgamesh’s…
In a first, pig lung survives and functions—briefly—in a person
On Aug. 25, 2025, in a small step forward for the long-struggling field of xenotransplantation, surgeons in China…