Clinical Trial

Karl Deisseroth in a black-and-white portrait at Stanford University.

October 6, 2026

2026 Nobel Prize Honors Optogenetics: How Light Can Control Brain Cells

For decades, scientists trying to study brain circuits faced a frustrating problem: conventional electrical stimulation could activate groups of nearby neurons rather than precisely targeting specific cell types, making it nearly impossible

Researcher handling clinical vials and a precision pipette during peptide testing.

Health·News·Science

28.3% Weight Loss, 65% Below BMI 30: Eli Lilly’s Retatrutide Phase 3 Data Just Reset the Bar for Obesity Drugs

A Phase 3 clinical trial of Eli Lilly’s investigational obesity drug retatrutide produced weight loss results that exceed anything a currently approved medicine has achieved. At the highest dose tested over 80 weeks, trial participants lost an average of 28.3%

October 6, 2026

FDA Approves Lilly’s Inluriyo and Verzenio Combination for ESR1-Mutated Breast Cancer

Health·News·Science

Oncology FDA Approves Lilly’s Inluriyo Plus Verzenio for ESR1-Mutated Breast Cancer The all-oral combination doubled median progression-free survival in a key trial subgroup. Here’s

Single Gene-Editing Injection Cuts Cholesterol 53% in Early Trials — But Long-Term Safety Remains Unknown

Health·Science

Imagine a single injection that cuts your cholesterol in half and keeps it that low for a year. That's what early testing of a

Specialized surgical transplant team performing complex surgery in an operating theater under overhead lights.

Health·Science

271 Days Without Dialysis: How a Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Became a Bridge to a Human Transplant

For years, the question in organ transplantation research has been whether a pig’s kidney could ever work inside a human body. A case published in The Lancet on September 3, 2026, reports

Tejal Somvanshi

September 5, 2026

Microscopic view of human pancreatic cancer tumour cells

Health·Science·USA

FDA Approves Daraxonrasib for Pancreatic Cancer — Survival Nearly Doubled, Cost Is $39,800 a Month

— A new pill for one of the deadliest cancers just got federal approval — and its price tag is making headlines almost as much as its results. The U.S. Food and

Sunita Somvanshi

September 4, 2026

Shingles vaccine shows 9 percent lower heart disease risk in 72,920-person study over seven years

Health·News·Science

Shingles Vaccine Shows 9% Lower Heart Disease Risk in 72,920-Person Study

Nature Medicine study reveals shingrix vaccine reduces heart disease burden by 9% in older adults. Research tracks 72,920 patients over seven years showing cardiovascular benefits.

Tejal Somvanshi

August 30, 2026

A Gardasil 9 HPV vaccine vial and packaging used in cervical cancer prevention programs.

Health·Policy

NHS Home HPV Testing: 4 Million Women Offered Cervical Screening—Here’s What Happens

Nearly four million women in England are being offered HPV self-testing at home—a shift intended to make screening easier for women who have not attended previous appointments. NHS England’s rollout of at-home

Tejal Somvanshi

August 26, 2026

Health·Science

FDA Approves First mRNA Flu Vaccine for Adults 50 and Older

The United States has its first influenza vaccine built on the same messenger RNA technology that powered COVID-19 shots. On 5 August 2026, the Food and Drug Administration approved mFlusiva, made by

Tejal Somvanshi

August 23, 2026

Exterior view of the FDA headquarters campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, featuring the agency's sign and Building 21 in the background.

Health·News·Policy·USA

FDA Panel Backs BPC-157 Peptide Despite Scientists’ Objections

For years, BPC-157 has lived in a legal gray zone — widely discussed in wellness and fitness communities online, yet largely off-limits at licensed pharmacies. That began to shift on Thursday when

Sunita Somvanshi

July 24, 2026

A masked healthcare professional speaks with a patient during a consultation, representing expanded Pharmacy First treatment access.

Health·UK

‘We Still Didn’t Know It Was Cancer’: Man Saw 24 Doctors, Died 12 Days After Diagnosis

Health Alert 24 Doctor Visits. 12 Days to Live. One Missed Diagnosis. The story of Nigel Williams — and what it reveals about pancreatic cancer’s deadliest trait: silence in its early stages.

Tejal Somvanshi

April 28, 2026

Professor Ed Wild and Professor Sarah Tabrizi from UCL's Huntington's Disease Centre standing together in a laboratory wearing white lab coats with UCL insignia.

Health·News·Science

Gene Therapy Slows Huntington’s Disease by 75% in Clinical Trial

A new gene therapy called AMT-130 has successfully slowed the progression of Huntington’s disease by 75% in clinical trials, marking the first time any treatment has effectively slowed this devastating neurological condition.

Tejal Somvanshi

September 24, 2025

Two vaccine vials with blue caps, one standing upright and one lying on its side, labeled as mRNA vaccine against a light blue background.

Health·News·USA

Russia’s Enteromix Cancer Vaccine Shows 80% Tumor Reduction

Russia has developed a cancer vaccine called Enteromix that’s now ready for clinical use, according to an announcement by Veronika Skvortsova, head of Russia’s Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA). She shared

Tejal Somvanshi

September 8, 2025

Health·News

Pfizer Oral GLP-1 Danuglipron Dropped After 73% Nausea and One Liver Injury Case Among 1,400 Patients

Pfizer has pulled the plug on danuglipron (PF-06882961), its experimental once-daily oral GLP-1 receptor agonist for weight management, after a participant in an early-stage dose-optimization trial developed potential drug-induced liver injury (DILI).

Tejal Somvanshi

April 17, 2025

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