Breakthrough Medical Advances are Built on Biomedical Science

Discoveries in biomedical research drive the advances that help us stay healthier and live longer. We want to highlight a few breakthroughs from this past year. Semaglutide which is a miracle weight loss drug that you may know as Ozempic or Wegovy. They started as a diabetes drug and then researchers noticed they also ease symptoms from other illnesses such as heart disease and even knee pain from arthritis.  

Amazingly, we’re close to having drugs that prevent HIV. Lenacapivir is injected twice a year and has a ninety-nine percent HIV prevention rate.     

There’s a new drug for schizophrenia called Cobenfy that targets muscarinic receptors in the brain.  Few new drugs have been developed for schizophrenia and this one started as an Alzheimer’s drug.  

For Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Duvyzat is a new drug that helps patients regain some mobility.  And for cancer, two new treatments are notable.  Enhertu is a new drug for HER-two positive breast cancer, and Osimertinnib is a new drug to combat non-small cell lung cancer which usually plagues non-smokers. The drug inhibits EGFR, which stimulates cancer cells to grow.  

Finally, let’s recognize that xenotropic transplantation using genetically modified pig-grown organs now being transplanted in humans.  

Read and listen to us this year for many more exciting biomedical and medical advances.  Maybe living to120 isn’t so far off!