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This week in medicine: more pancreatic cancer progress, a best-in-class ulcerative colitis drug, and more

5 highlights from the biggest cancer conference in the world

This week in medicine: new drug classes, and progress for disease prevention

NK-cell immunotherapy was developed for oncology, but may take off elsewhere

This week in medicine: guided cancer therapy, a new Alzheimer's trial, and more

Progress in medicine this week: a breakthrough cardiac drug, a new cancer drug, and more...

Progress in medicine this week: GLP1s for addiction; fixing hair loss; and more

This week's medical progress (including the first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss)

A breakthrough week for KRAS inhibitors

Medical breakthroughs this week (including a better, potentially curative, sickle cell therapy)

Charts of the week: multiple myeloma progress, predicting clinical trials with AI, and GLP1s eating the world

5 breakthroughs in medicine this week (including the first FDA-approved weekly insulin!)

Charts of the week: how cancer survival was transformed, trial by trial

We need to talk about fasting.

A muscle-sparing weight loss medicine

Can we finally target p53 in cancer?

Early stages of a breast cancer vaccine

Does cancer screening increase lifespan?

The convoluted story of bacteria in tumours

How the EBV virus causes multiple sclerosis

Towards a vaccine to prevent colorectal cancer

A breakthrough treatment for hepatitis B

5 clinical trials to watch in 2026

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