An Alzheimer’s drug deemed too costly for the National Health Service (NHS) can slow progression of dementia by up to eight years, researchers have claimed.
Medicines assessor NICE ruled in June that the benefits of two breakthrough therapies were too modest to justify the price, after trials showed they could delay progression from
Scientists claim to have found a way to restore vision in people with a common developmental eye disorder by “rebooting” the retina to its early state, enabling it to grow and cure itself.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US found that temporarily anesthetising the retina could reverse the vision
International Press Breakfast in Moscow Explores the Role of Journalism in a Changing World “Journalist in a Changing World: How the Media Shape the Future”
19 November 2025 · Moscow · Assembly Hall of the World Peoples’ Assembly: The World Peoples’ Assembly hosted an International Press Breakfast
A Global Challenge in Numbers
The progress made in cell therapies to treat the most severe cases of diabetes marks a significant scientific milestone. However, it is important to recognize that while a few thousand transplantation of insulin-producing cells can be life-saving for individual patients, such interventions will have limited
A Poem by Blerina Pëllumbi, an Albanian poetess based in Paris
Angels embrace silently, smiling,
In a mad world that gives wings to noise,
Where life’s truths are born and lost,
Where they start to sing – and start to weep…
Blerina Pëllumbi, born in the beautiful city of Korçë, Albania,
