Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have discovered that childhood cognitive function shares significant genetic overlap with longevity, showing a genetic correlation of 0.35. Using genome-wide association data from over 400,000 participants, the study provides the first evidence linking childhood intelligence genes with lifespan. The findings, published in Genomic Psychiatry, suggest that genetic variants associated with higher childhood cognitive abilities are also linked to longer parental lifespans.

Researchers from the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology have found that two targeted immunotherapy drugs lead to high remission rates and long survival with reasonable side effects for older patients with a tough-to-treat form of leukemia. The results of Alliance A041703 Cohort 1, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, focused on treating patients aged 60 years and older with newly diagnosed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with immunotherapy medications inotuzumab ozogamicin and blinatumomab. Historically, this group has faced poor outcomes with traditional chemotherapy due to high rates of treatment-related death and relapse.