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🔬 Scientists Just Reversed 'Permanent' Nerve Damage — Plus a Cannibal Star, a 40-Million-Year-Old Ant & More

9 min · 5. Juni 2026
Episode 🔬 Scientists Just Reversed 'Permanent' Nerve Damage — Plus a Cannibal Star, a 40-Million-Year-Old Ant & More Cover

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Cambridge scientists have achieved what was once thought impossible, reversing a form of permanent nerve damage by identifying and switching off a hidden biological brake — with major implications for spinal injury and neurological disease. In cancer research, a new drug targeting the long-labeled 'undruggable' KRAS mutation has dramatically extended survival in pancreatic cancer patients, cutting the risk of death by sixty percent. Scientists have also uncovered the first clear molecular explanation for how a common forever chemical causes craniofacial birth defects in developing fetuses. Out in space, a cannibal star caught in the act of consuming its companion has provided the strongest evidence yet for the origin of one of astronomy's most puzzling repeating cosmic signals. Rounding out the episode, researchers uncovered three previously unknown fossil insects hidden for decades inside the amber collection of the poet Goethe, including a forty-million-year-old ant preserved in stunning detail. Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/ [https://peerreviewd.com/] Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site [https://60sec.site/] and Artificial Intelligence Radio [https://artificialintelligenceradio.com]

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