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Matcha Farmers Turn to Genomics Against Climate Change
Japanese tea breeders are deploying genomic selection to identify heat-tolerant matcha seedlings early, as rising spring temperatures in the Kyoto-Uji region — up roughly 1°C over the past century — e
GSK Cuts Jobs, Pours £400m Into Cambridge R&D Hub
GSK announced sweeping global job cuts as part of a £1.9bn three-year cost-cutting programme to fund a £400m UK life sciences investment, including a new 300,000-sq ft R&D centre on the Cambridge biom
Asteroid strike caused global firestorm that incinerated the dinosaurs
New simulations reveal the Chicxulub asteroid vaporized roughly five times more rock than previously estimated, launching an hour-long thermal pulse around the planet that ignited forests worldwide an
Misfolded insulin may be quietly driving diabetes
Researchers identified a two-protein partnership — BiP and its cochaperone p58IPK — that pancreatic beta cells need to properly fold insulin's precursor, pointing to a new treatment angle for diabetes
Why losing weight may not be enough to prevent type 2 diabetes
People in a high-risk diabetes group known as cluster 5 remain vulnerable to type 2 diabetes despite significant long-term weight loss, according to new research from German scientists.
ProMIS Alzheimer Drug: 4.4% ARIA, No Brain Swelling
An interim analysis of ProMIS Neurosciences' amyloid-targeting Alzheimer's treatment showed a 4.4% ARIA rate, all mild cases with no brain-swelling events — results the company said suggest a safer pr
Welsh fossil hunter finds Wales' first Jurassic sea dragon
A Welsh civil engineer discovered the first rhomaleosaur jaw ever found in Wales — a 201-million-year-old Jurassic marine reptile — on Lavernock beach near Penarth, and details the find alongside his
PCOS Renamed PMOS to Address Decades of Misdiagnosis
Polycystic ovarian syndrome has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome to reflect its metabolic, cardiovascular, and hormonal breadth, with experts hoping the new name accelerates diagn
Biotechs Swarm to Cure Rare AATD Liver Disease
Multiple biotechs — including Beam, Wave Life Sciences, Korro Bio, Tessera, and Yoltech — are racing to cure alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), a rare liver disorder caused by a single misspelled
CMS Unveils Health Pledges at HHS 'RIP CLIPBOARD' Skit
CMS used a theatrical 'whodunit' skit at HHS headquarters to spotlight one year of health tech progress, with a coffin prop symbolically burying the paper clipboard that has dominated medical waiting
FDA Approves First Protac Drug for Breast Cancer
The FDA approved vepdegestrant in May, the first protac drug—a new class that tags disease-causing proteins for cellular destruction rather than merely blocking them—potentially opening the door to tr
Single Sauna Session Mobilizes White Blood Cells
Finnish researchers found that a single 30-minute sauna with a cold-shower cooldown briefly boosted every type of white blood cell in the bloodstream, though cytokine signals barely shifted and the ef
305,000 Women Get Free Morning-After Pill at Pharmacies
Nearly 305,000 women received free emergency contraception at high street pharmacies in England between October 2025 and March 2026, as the NHS pharmacy scheme dramatically outpaced prior prescription
Global HIV Funding Drops 18% to Two-Decade Low
UNAIDS warned that a "profound shock" to international HIV funding — an 18% decline to $7.3 billion in 2025, the lowest in nearly two decades — risks triggering a resurgence of the global HIV epidemic
What to Know About Peptides the FDA Is Considering for Use
An FDA advisory panel voted to recommend widening access to six of seven previously banned peptides, overriding agency staff scientists who warned there was insufficient safety and efficacy data on th
FDA Panel Backs Untested Peptides Despite No Human Trials
An FDA advisory committee voted narrowly to let compounding pharmacies manufacture six experimental peptides—none of which have been tested in rigorous human trials—despite the FDA's own reviewers fin
Industrial Chicken Farms Fuel Campylobacter Evolution
A new study in PNAS finds that the seven-fold explosion in global chicken numbers since the 1960s has turned industrial poultry farms into evolutionary cauldrons for campylobacter, with strain-swappin
PhRMA deflects on rising drug spending
PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry's top lobbying group, is actively pushing journalists to ignore what STAT characterizes as a clear-cut rise in prescription drug spending.
Ancient DNA Reveals Bronze Age 'Shaman' Was a Woman
Ancient DNA analysis at the Francis Crick Institute has revealed that the Upton Lovell Shaman, a 4,000-year-old high-status burial in Wiltshire long assumed to be male, was in fact a woman.
FDA Panel Backs Epitalon, Semax; Rejects Emideltide
An FDA advisory panel advanced HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s push to expand U.S. access to unapproved peptides, backing compounding of some compounds while narrowly rejecting another.
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