Medicine
The Immune System Is Killing The Brain In Alzheimer's, And Scientists Just Found A Way To Stop It
Posted in Medicine, Science on 2nd Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
This is mouse data, and Alzheimer's has a long and humbling history of results that looked transformative in rodents and failed in humans. Longer-term studies are needed to confirm that protecting brain tissue in the short term translates into sustained cognitive benefit.
Stanford Built A Virtual Biotech Company With 37,000 AI Employees, And It's Already Finding Cancer Treatments
Posted in Business, Medicine, Science, Software on 1st Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Drug discovery is one of humanity's most expensive and least efficient processes. It takes over a decade, costs hundreds of millions of dollars, and still fails 90% of the time — most drug candidates that enter clinical trials never reach patients.
The Virtual Cell That Could End Cancer Treatment Guesswork
Posted in Medicine, Science, Software on 1st Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
A tool that narrows the guesswork, even partially, is worth building on. ProteinTalks is not yet that tool. But it's a credible step toward it.
Researchers Find Prostate Cancer Treatment That Is ‘as Effective As’ Surgery
Posted in Medicine, Science on 1st Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
New data suggests some patients can have a highly targeted form of radiotherapy instead of having their whole prostate removed.
Focusing On The 'obesity Paradox' To Improve Cancer Treatment Success
Posted in Medicine, Science on 1st Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
The link between obesity and immunotherapy may have less to do with body weight than previously thought and more to do with how diet and gut bacteria work together to influence the immune system.