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Brain Science · alzheimers

20 years of work yields a compound that blocks a new Alzheimer's target and extends lifespan in mice

A new compound slowed brain-cell death and extended lifespan in mice by blocking GRK2, an enzyme behind Alzheimer's that existing drugs don't target, ETH Zurich scientists found.

Peer-reviewed · Cell Reports Medicine / ETH Zurich · 12 June 2026

Brain Science · Gene Therapy

The child who can now hold a conversation she was born unable to have

A single gene-therapy injection restored measurable hearing in five of six children born deaf from an OTOF mutation, and two of them can now hold a conversation.

Peer-reviewed · The Lancet, Regeneron / Mass Eye and Ear · n=6 · 11 June 2026