Daily Digest Featured Daily Digest — September 21, 2026 A gene therapy restores night vision, Chile eliminates dog rabies, and a record year for renewables.
mental health COMP360 Psilocybin Meets Primary Endpoint in Second Phase 3 Depression Trial Two supervised doses produced a highly significant MADRS drop in treatment-resistant depression.
rabies Chile Becomes First South American Country to Eliminate Dog-Transmitted Rabies WHO validates 50 years without a human case — and the systems that kept it that way.
gene therapy First Successful Pivotal Gene Therapy for a Blinding Eye Disease Restores Night Vision Beacon's laru-zova helped 31% of high-dose patients gain 15 letters of low-light vision — versus none in the control group.
health Supercharged Vitamin K Compounds Show Promise for Brain Regeneration Supercharged Vitamin K Compounds Show Promise for Brain Regeneration Positive developments continue in this important area. The continued advancement in this area represents an important step forward. Positive developments continue in this important area. These developments build upon previous research and contribute to growing knowledge in the field. Key Facts
health Leucine Found to Supercharge Mitochondrial Function Leucine Found to Supercharge Mitochondrial Function Positive developments continue in this important area. The continued advancement in this area represents an important step forward. Positive developments continue in this important area. These developments build upon previous research and contribute to growing knowledge in the field. Key Facts * This development represents
health Breakthrough Treatment for Hypoparathyroidism Shows Positive Phase 3 Results Breakthrough Treatment for Hypoparathyroidism Shows Positive Phase 3 Results Positive developments continue in this important area. The continued advancement in this area represents an important step forward. Positive developments continue in this important area. These developments build upon previous research and contribute to growing knowledge in the field. Key Facts
Health & Medicine Supercharged Vitamin K Compounds Show Promise for Brain Regeneration Supercharged vitamin K compounds show promise for brain regeneration and treating neurological conditions.
Health & Medicine Leucine Found to Supercharge Mitochondrial Function Leucine found to supercharge mitochondrial function by protecting energy-producing proteins inside cells.
Health & Medicine Breakthrough Treatment for Hypoparathyroidism Shows Positive Phase 3 Results Positive results from the CALYPSO Phase III trial showed that eneboparatide met its primary endpoint for hypoparathyroidism treatment.
Health & Medicine Leucine Discovery Could Unlock New Treatments for Mitochondrial Disease and Ageing New research reveals how the common nutrient leucine protects mitochondrial function, potentially opening new treatments for mitochondrial diseases and age-related cellular decline.
Positive News Blood Test Predicts How Diseases Will Progress — Before Symptoms Worsen Blood Test Predicts How Diseases Will Progress — Before Symptoms Worsen...
Positive News Nine-Week Immunotherapy Keeps Colon Cancer Patients Cancer-Free for Nearly Three Years Nine-Week Immunotherapy Keeps Colon Cancer Patients Cancer-Free for Nearly Three Years...
Health & Medicine The Invisible Struggle: New Hope for Severe Skin Disease Avalo Therapeutics has brought a new beacon of hope with its Phase 2 LOTUS trial for abdakibart.
Health & Medicine Dignity in Care: Takeda’s New Treatment Slashes Infusion Time For those with Primary Immunodeficiency Disease, a new therapy offers the same efficacy with half the clinic time.
Health & Medicine Precision Heart Health: New Therapy Improves Life for HCM Patients Cytokinetics reports Phase 3 success for aficamten, targeting a complex genetic heart condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Health & Medicine Science for the Underserved: A New Hope for Hookworm Vaccination A multi-institutional effort has produced a glimmer of hope for those suffering from hookworm, a pervasive neglected tropical disease.
Health & Medicine Democratizing Survival: The Rise of Low-Cost Cancer Biosimilars Samsung Bioepis is working to break the financial barrier to life-saving immunotherapy with a proposed biosimilar to Keytruda.
Health & Medicine Epstein-Barr Virus Breakthrough Offers Hope for Cancer Prevention Researchers at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center have announced a significant leap forward in preventative medicine. They have successfully developed monoclonal antibodies capable of blocking the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) from infecting human immune cells. Given that EBV is estimated to infect roughly 95% of the human population at some point
Health & Medicine Breakthrough Pancreatic Cancer Drug Doubles Survival Time New drug daraxonrasib achieves unprecedented survival benefits in pancreatic cancer by targeting the previously "undruggable" KRAS mutation.
