{
  "id": 59619,
  "title": "Experimental treatment significantly slows progression of a fatal brain disease in women during clinical trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/experimental-treatment-significantly-slows-progression-of-a-fatal",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-02T21:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-experimental-treatment-significantly-fatal-brain.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Researchers at Tel Aviv University have presented new findings indicating that the experimental drug Davunetide may significantly slow the progression of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) in women, who exhibited a markedly different response to treatment than men. These results reinforce the need for sex-specific medicine in neurodegenerative diseases.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}