Ozempic shows anti-aging effects in trial(trial.medpath.com)

376 points by amichail 1 year ago | 665 comments

MedPath news article on a randomized trial of 108 people with HIV-associated lipohypertrophy where weekly Ozempic reversed epigenetic biological age by 3.1 years.

Sodium ascorbate treatment for sepsis moves to next phase of human trials(florey.edu.au)

154 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 67 comments

FDA approves a CRISPR-based medicine for treatment of sickle cell disease(statnews.com)

498 points by divbzero 2 years ago | 215 comments

STAT News article reporting the FDA's December 2023 approval of Casgevy, the first CRISPR-based medicine, for treating sickle cell disease.

CRISPR gene-editing treatment eliminates HIV-like virus from non-human primates(nature.com)

211 points by kibwen 3 years ago | 34 comments

New targeted chemotherapy able to kill all solid tumors in preclinical research(eurekalert.org)

178 points by beefman 3 years ago | 27 comments

Men on Viagra may reduce their Alzheimer's risk – study(bbc.co.uk)

36 points by sjcsjc 2 years ago | 39 comments