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A drug considered to be a ‘huge breakthrough’ for the treatment of Alzheimer’s, Lecanemab, has been approved for use in the UK - but it’s been announced that it won’t be available on the NHS in England.
David Thomas, Head of Policy & Public Affairs at Alzheimer’s Research UK, tells Tech & Science Daily why it’s a bittersweet moment for people living with dementia.
In trials, Lecanemab was shown to slow cognitive decline by about a quarter in patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s over the course of 18 months.
Alzheimer’s Research UK says they’ve written to the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, asking for his leadership to bring together The National Institute for Care Excellence, the company, and the NHS to look at how we can provide some access to Lecanemab while more data is collected.
World-leading sleep expert and neuroscientist Professor Russel Foster from Oxford University, tells our sister podcast, Brave New World, why napping is seen as controversial in the sleep science community.
Professor Foster says that he does get concerned about napping particularly with youngsters and adolescents.
New research suggests the Moon’s south pole was once covered in an ocean of magma.
The findings from the Physical Research Laboratory in India, back up a theory that magma formed the Moon's surface around 4.5 billion years ago.
Remnants of the ocean were found by India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 mission that landed on the south pole last August.
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Heartbreak as one half of a world-famous gay penguin couple dies, UK heat-related deaths are predicted to soar by end of century with 3C of warming, and a young inventor of an accessible device pitches the idea to Paralympian Ellie Challis.
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