On September 24
On September 24, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Gene therapy slows Huntington's disease in landmark trial (2025).
On this day
On 24 September 2025, the biotechnology firm uniQure reported pivotal trial results showing that its gene therapy AMT-130 slowed the progression of Huntington's disease by roughly 75 percent over three years, the first treatment ever to…
Also this week in history (Sep 21 – Sep 27)
On 27 September 1825 the Stockton and Darlington Railway in County Durham opened as the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives. On opening day George Stephenson's locomotive 'Locomotion No.
From late September to mid-October 1529 Suleiman the Magnificent besieged Vienna, the Habsburg capital, with an army of over 100,000. The roughly 21,000 defenders under Niklas Graf Salm held the city behind hastily strengthened walls.
The Catholic Church mounted a sustained response to the Reformation through institutional renewal and doctrinal clarification.
On 25 September 1555 the imperial Diet at Augsburg proclaimed a religious settlement that ended decades of conflict between Emperor Charles V and the Lutheran princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
Published on 27 September 1962, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring documented the ecological damage caused by the indiscriminate use of synthetic pesticides, especially DDT, including harm to bird populations, wildlife and human health.