❤️ Health Tech
Health Tech, or digital health, helps us understand and take control of our own health. But we also cover more traditional health news like medicines, vaccines and medical procedures.
✂️ New CRISPR technique makes gene editing much safer
Scientists have created a new version of CRISPR gene editing that makes 60 times fewer errors than before.
🧬 For the first time: Gene therapy slows Huntington's disease by 75%
The study shows that patients who received high doses had fewer symptoms and produced 8.2 percent less of a protein that indicates dying nerve cells.
🅾️ Biotech company develops blood type that fits all patients
RedC Biotech develops technology to produce universal red blood cells that can be transfused to all patients. The technology eliminates the need for blood donors by cultivating blood cells from stem cells in large bioreactors.
📉 Tuberculosis medicine cheapest ever - enables treatment of thousands more
The money saved equals 71,000 additional bedaquiline courses.
👴 Ozempic shown to reverse biological aging
A study showed that Ozempic treatment for 32 weeks reduced biological age by an average of 3.1 years.
🧠 New technology to analyze thousands of cells simultaneously - could transform treatment of brain diseases
The technology can identify early warning signals for Alzheimer's before symptoms appear, when treatments have a better chance of working.
⚕️ AI develops two new antibiotics against drug-resistant gonorrhoea and MRSA
AI analyzed 36 million chemical structures and created molecules atom by atom and killed the superbugs in laboratory tests and animal trials.
💖 Risk of dying from cardiovascular disease has decreased by 75% since 1950
Medical advances in drugs, surgery and emergency care have significantly improved survival. Public health efforts have reduced risk factors such as smoking and high cholesterol.
📉 Diarrhea-related deaths among children reduced by 72 percent in 25 years
Deaths from diarrhea among children under five have dropped from 3.1 million annually in 1997 to 340,000 today. Rotavirus vaccines that cost $200 per dose in the 2000s now cost about one dollar. Since 1990, 2.6 billion people have gained access to safe drinking water.