Targeting Ageing: Cambridge’s Breakthrough Drug Development
Cambridge biotechnology startup LinkGevity is developing a revolutionary drug, LINK-001, to target necrosis—believed to be central to ageing. This holistic treatment aims to slow or reverse the ageing process by preventing destructive cellular processes. Early trials are expected by late 2025, with potential implications for various degenerative diseases.
33,000 UK Drivers Lose Licences as Eyesight Crackdown Tightens Grip
A sweeping crackdown by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has seen nearly 33,000 driving licences revoked or refused in recent years, with poor eyesight emerging as a central factor behind the action. Figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests reveal that 32,944 motorists had their licences cancelled over Continue Reading
Standing Tall: Alfie’s Remarkable Journey
By Cicero and Grok4 Health Correspondents Pioneering Surgery Allows Nine-Year-Old Boy to have his leg lengthened that has transformed his life. – LIVERPOOL, UK – In a groundbreaking medical achievement, nine-year-old Alfie Phillips from Northampton has become the first child in the United Kingdom to undergo an innovative leg-lengthening procedure Continue Reading
Holyrood Targets Dentists in Bursary Row as Court Backs Repayment Drive
Scotland’s government has launched legal action against more than 250 dentists in a sweeping effort to claw back public funds it says were not honoured with NHS service. At the heart of the dispute is a bursary scheme that offered dental students £4,000 per year during their studies. In return, Continue Reading
MUSK’S NEURALINK BRAIN CHIP HELPS FIRST PATIENT IN UK
A pioneering British participant in the UK’s first trial of Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant has described the experience as feeling “magical,” saying it has restored a profound sense of hope for people living with severe paralysis. Sebastian Gomez-Pena, who became paralysed from the neck down following a tragic accident Continue Reading
Why We Wake at 3am: The Forgotten Secret of ‘Second Sleep’
By Our Science Correspondent For most of human history, an unbroken eight hours of sleep was not the norm. Long before electric light and factory clocks ruled the night, people across Europe, Africa and Asia lived by a very different rhythm: two sleeps, not one. Known as “first sleep” and Continue Reading
