Biotech advancements facilitate life-altering treatments for patients. Gene therapy with a viral vector enabled a previously deaf child to hear by restoring the function of a vital protein. Similarly, people with inherited retinal diseases have regained vision through gene therapies that replace defective genes with functioning ones. Trametinib, a drug originally for melanoma, shrank a rare type of brain tumor in a child, offering hope for repurposing existing drugs for other cancer types. [The “Biotech Christmas miracles” also included an anecdote of successful immunotherapy for stage 4 glioblastoma.]
M&S issues update as crippling nationwide IT outage still ongoing – The Sun
Marks & Spencer (M&S) halted online orders in the UK and Ireland following a cyber attack, leading to a 5% drop in share price. Physical
