Archive: 23/10/2019
US and Gates Foundation plan $200m for sickle cell, HIV cures
The US government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged Wednesday to jointly invest $200 million over the next four years to achieve affordable gene therapy-based cures for sickle cell disease (SCD) and HIV.
Oct 23, 2019
Lowest-paid workers have longest retirements
The lowest-paid workers in the UK have three more years of retirement on average compared to their professional counterparts, but are more likely to suffer ill health after stopping work, a new UCL-led study suggests.
Oct 23, 2019
Study looks at distribution of new cases of diabetes, density of specialists
In the last five years, the landscape of type 2 diabetes treatment has changed dramatically. Two new classes of drugs—SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists—have been shown to prevent some of the most serious diabetes ...
Oct 23, 2019