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A Reasons to be Cheerful report shows how school-day cycling programs can support attention, confidence and calmer classrooms.
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A UK-led clinical trial found that just nine weeks of immunotherapy before surgery left colorectal cancer patients with zero relapses after nearly three years — dramatically outperforming standard chemotherapy.
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Researchers found that arginine — a cheap, widely available amino acid — can reduce toxic amyloid protein buildup in the brain, improve behaviour, and lower brain inflammation in Alzheimer's models.
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A world-first trial at UC Davis Health has shown that applying placenta-derived stem cells to a fetus's spine during in-utero surgery for spina b…
March 21, 2026 · spina bifida · stem cells
The World Health Organization has officially verified Chile as having eliminated leprosy — making it the first country in the Americas, and only …
March 21, 2026 · leprosy · Chile
US and Japanese researchers have cracked a longstanding puzzle in biotech: growing hair follicles in the lab that actually work. By identifying a…
March 21, 2026 · hair loss · hair follicle
A new Cleveland Clinic study of nearly 8,000 real-world patients found that 45% of people who stopped taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic either main…
March 21, 2026 · Ozempic · GLP-1
Researchers have reprogrammed the probiotic bacterium E. coli Nissle 1917 to infiltrate solid tumours in mice and produce the FDA-approved antica…
March 21, 2026 · cancer · bacteriaCompass Pathways' COMP360 synthetic psilocybin has now passed two pivotal Phase 3 trials for treatment-resistant depression, meeting primary endp…
March 21, 2026 · psilocybin · depressionMichigan State University, Henry Ford Health, and Arizona State University have developed TriMag — microrobots smaller than a human hair that com…
March 21, 2026 · microrobot · cancerWashington University scientists engineered astrocytes — the brain's most abundant support cells — with the same CAR 'homing device' used in canc…
March 21, 2026 · Alzheimer's · CAR astrocyteThe FDA has approved nivolumab (Opdivo) in combination with standard chemotherapy as a frontline treatment for Stage III and IV classical Hodgkin…
March 22, 2026 · Hodgkin lymphoma · nivolumabRocket Pharmaceuticals' gene therapy Kresladi is awaiting FDA approval by March 28, 2026, for a rare immune disorder called LAD-1 that is near-un…
March 22, 2026 · gene therapy · LAD-1New statistics from Cancer Research UK show that cancer death rates have fallen nearly 29% since their 1989 peak — from 355 deaths per 100,000 to…
March 22, 2026 · cancer · UKA new vaccine platform called DoriVac uses 'DNA origami' — precisely folded DNA nanostructures — to present antigens to the immune system in a mo…
March 22, 2026 · vaccine · DNA origamiResearchers at Temple University have developed an mRNA-based therapy that, in a single injection, activates cardiac regeneration in mice after a…
March 22, 2026 · mRNA · heart attackA new 'genetic blueprint' therapy from Melbourne's Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre has achieved a 95% long-term remission rate in treated patients.
April 8, 2026 · health · medicineWHO has launched a year-long World Health Day 2026 campaign focused on science-led health progress and international collaboration.
April 9, 2026 · world health day · WHO
In a major breakthrough announced on April 24, 2026, WHO prequalified the first malaria treatment designed specifically for newborns and young in…
April 26, 2026 · health · malariaFEEL BETTER DAILY
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