Alternatives to animal testing are finally taking off(spectrum.ieee.org)
325 points by rbanffy | 98 comments
IEEE Spectrum feature on organ-on-a-chip and other technologies emerging as alternatives to animal testing in biomedical research.
#drug-development on Hacker News
9 stories tagged drug-development, newest first.
Terrence Tao does not understand cancer medicine(drvinayprasad.com)
17 points by elo2000 | 7 comments
Vinay Prasad's Substack post arguing that Terence Tao misused a cancer drug analogy when discussing AI solving math problems without explaining mechanisms.
Clinical trial of a prion disease drug candidate begins enrolling participants(broadinstitute.org)
147 points by luu | 39 comments
Broad Institute news article announcing that a clinical trial of an siRNA drug candidate targeting the prion protein has begun enrolling human participants.
New pancreatic cancer drug might open the door to much longer survival times(economist.com)
413 points by andsoitis | 143 comments
Economist article reporting that a promising pancreatic cancer drug may be the first of a new class of treatments targeting a cancer master switch.
It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis(thetimes.com)
375 points by shoggouth | 146 comments
Times article profiling Simon Westbrook, a former Pfizer scientist who spent his redundancy money and 14 years developing an osteoarthritis treatment.
Jake Seliger has died(marginalrevolution.com)
908 points by A_D_E_P_T | 189 comments
Alex Tabarrok's Marginal Revolution post remembering writer Jake Seliger after his death from cancer, noting his advocacy for faster drug development.
Cystic fibrosis breakthrough has given patients a chance to live longer(theatlantic.com)
394 points by cowboysauce | 139 comments
An Atlantic magazine feature on how the cystic fibrosis treatment Trikafta has extended patients' lives and what living longer means for them.
Cystic fibrosis treatment wins Breakthrough Prize(nature.com)
385 points by LinuxBender | 172 comments
Nature news article reporting that a life-changing cystic fibrosis treatment won a US$3-million Breakthrough Prize in September 2023.
First 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan(mainichi.jp)
905 points by elorant | 278 comments
Mainichi news article on a Japanese research team's tooth regrowth medication heading to clinical trials starting July 2024.