Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In autumn’s top news stories, researchers have discovered that a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes may be suitable for treating autoimmune disorders; the world’s first flu-resistant chickens made possible through gene editing; the research exploring neuronal cell death in Alzheimer’s disease; the first ever womb transplant in the UK; the new research which has successfully reversed hearing loss in mice; and the new model of the blood-brain-barrier to study Covid-19.

Chapters:
00:18 Type 2 diabetes drug
00:55 Flu-resistant chickens
01:40 How neurons die in Alzheimer’s Disease
02:34 First UK womb transplant
03:20 Reversing hearing loss
03:48 Covid-19 and the brain


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Credits
Graphical Abstract from Alewo Idoko-Akoh et al.
Image from Alzheimer’s Research UK
Image from UCL
Womb transplant images from Imperial College London