Posts Tagged ‘scientific breakthroughs’

Matthias Tschöp Accepts the Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement

ADA2023: A Golden Age of Obesity Medicine?

June 26, 2023 — “We may be on the cusp of an era of astonishing innovation – the limits of which aren’t even clear yet,” writes David Wallace-Wells in the New York Times. Among other breakthroughs, he cites the transformation in care that semaglutide and tirzepatide are bringing for the most prevalent chronic disease in the world – obesity. […]

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ARPA-H: Aiming for Breakthroughs in Obesity Science

March 20, 2022 — “Focusing on cancer, focusing on obesity, focusing on diabetes, a whole range of diseases … we’re going to make significant breakthroughs.” This in a nutshell is the aspiration for ARPA-H, as voiced by President Joe Biden. It is a new agency with a billion dollars of funding for the next three years, passed in a bipartisan […]