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US adults who will develop dementia every year will rise to one million in 2060 from 514,000 in 2020, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.
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Semaglutide may combat Alzheimer’s by reducing brain inflammation:Study

HQ Team March 21, 2025: A study from China adds to mounting evidence that semaglutide—a medication widely used for type 2 diabetes (Ozempic)

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Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc’s injection for treating people with advanced Parkinson’s disease got a green light from the US regulator after two earlier rejections.
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Scientists unveil PINK1 protein structure, paving way for Parkinson’s Disease therapies

HQ Team March 20, 2025: Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI, Australia) have uncovered the structure of the PINK1 protein

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Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s experimental drug, donanedab, slowed down cognitive and functional decline in people with early symptoms of the disease, according to a company statement.
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Key protein ArfGAP2 identified as driver of autoimmune diseases

HQ Team March 20, 2025: Researchers have identified a protein, ArfGAP2, that triggers harmful immune responses in autoimmune diseases, offering a novel target

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Eight people have died in Rwanda due to Marburg virus disease and 26 others were confirmed to be infected by the illness — the first such in the eastern-central African nation.
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Study uncovers protein’s dual role in sepsis, offering new treatment hope

HQ Team March 18, 2025: Sepsis, a life-threatening response to infection that triggers organ failure, claims over 11 million lives worldwide annually, according

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The UNICEF and the private-public partnership Gavi Vaccine Alliance will roll out its malaria vaccine for the first time in nine African countries to fight one of the deadliest diseases in the continent, according to the WHO.
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Abrupt cessation of US funds could lead to 3 million HIV-related deaths: WHO

HQ Times March 18, 2025: The strides made in disease containment and eradication such as malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis in the last 20

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Celon Pharma’s pill shows promise in reducing dyskinesia in Parkinson’s trial

HQ Team March 17, 2025: Celon Pharma’s human trial with PDE10A inhibitor, CPL’36, has achieved statistically significant reductions in involuntary movements caused by

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British-Swedish AstraZeneca and Japan's Daiichi Sankyo’s investigational drug for breast cancer failed to significantly improve the overall survival of the patients during an end-stage trial, according to a joint statement.
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AstraZeneca acquires EsoBiotec for $1billion in a bid to push its cell therapy agenda

HQ Team March 17, 2025: AstraZeneca has announced plans to acquire EsoBiotec, a biotechnology company pioneering in vivo cell therapies, for up to

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Eneboparatide (AZP-3601) meets its primary goal in the CALYPSO Phase III trial, offering hope for chronic hypoparathyroidism patients.
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Eneboparatide succeeds in Phase III trial for chronic hypoparathyroidism

HQ Team March 17, 2025: The Phase III CALYPSO trial, led by Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, has shown promising results for eneboparatide (AZP-3601),

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Grey matter in the human brain may be linked to the start of adolescent smoking and nicotine addiction — a study that may have implications for prevention and treatment.
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MIT’s 40Hz gamma stimulation shows promise in slowing Alzheimer’s progression

HQ Team March 15, 2025: A decade of research at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has brought hope to millions battling

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Australian team performs titanium heart transplant on a man who survives outside hospital setting awaiting heart translant
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Australian man becomes world’s first to leave hospital with titanium heart

HQ Team March 15, 2025: An Australian man in his forties has become the first person in the world to be discharged from

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