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House Hearing Highlights Partisan Divide on Drug Pricing and Healthcare Affordability

Feb 18, 2026

A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Feb. 11 revealed sharp partisan divisions over drug pricing solutions, with Republicans focusing on PBM reform and supply chain transparency while Democrats defended existing price negotiation policies and warned of threats from research funding cuts.

Scientists Engineer CAR-T Cells to Target Amyloid in Alzheimer's Disease

Feb 19, 2026

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have adapted CAR-T immunotherapy to target aggregated amyloid-beta in mice, with transient CAR expression clearing brain plaques. The approach uses CD4+ T cells engineered with receptors based on lecanemab antibody sequences.