By Michael Franco June 12, 2025 Facebook Twitter Flipboard LinkedIn Reddit This illustration shows a healthy neuron on the left, a neuron around which amyloid plaques are clumping in the middle, and the resultant dead neuron being digested by specialized cells known as microglia on the right Depositphotos View 1 Images Taking inspiration from the CAR […]
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By Bronwyn Thompson June 12, 2025 Facebook Twitter Flipboard LinkedIn Reddit Treatment hope: Vaccine has the potential to kill all pancreatic cancer cells Depositphotos View 1 Images We could be on the verge of a major cancer treatment breakthrough, with a new vaccine shown to completely obliterate pancreatic cancer cells in preclinical trials. This paves the
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By Hugo Francisco de SouzaReviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc.Jun 11 2025 A new analysis shows that targeting high-risk regions with the IXCHIQ vaccine could dramatically curb the global impact of chikungunya, offering hope against this rapidly spreading mosquito-borne virus. Study: Global burden of chikungunya virus infections and the potential benefit of vaccination campaigns. Image Credit: frank60 / Shutterstock
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The promise of genome editing to help understand human diseases and create new therapies is vast, but technological limitations have limited advancement of the field. While existing editing technologies can alter or delete single base pairs within the human genome’s 3 billion base pairs, they are limited in their ability to alter multiple locations simultaneously — and
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When researchers from Yale and Duke University analyzed numerous brands of popular vaping products, they found that a majority contained neotame, an artificial sweetener that is 7,000-13,000 times sweeter than table sugar. In addition to concerns about whether the chemical is contained in many products, “little to nothing” is known about its health effects when inhaled. Image
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The venous system maintains the health of our brains by removing deoxygenated blood and other waste products, but its complexity and variability have made scientific study difficult. Now, a UC Berkeley-led team of researchers has developed an innovative MRI technique that may expand our understanding of this critical system. How DiSpect works: Water spins in blood are
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Mass General Brigham study reveals how exercise rewires the brain at the cellular level, offering fresh insights into potential treatment strategies for Alzheimer’s Peer-Reviewed Publication Mass General Brigham FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail image: Using a combination of advanced genetic analysis and high-resolution microscopy, scientists have identified a distinct subtype of brain support cells—astrocytes enriched in the protein cadherin-4 (CDH4),
This prospect emerges from an article published in Cell by experts from Gemelli and the Catholic University Peer-Reviewed Publication Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail The article summarizes results of research and possible future clinical applications of the microbiome and provides instructions for doctors. More communication is needed between basic and clinical research to accelerate
Older adults are well-aware of their financial skills, but Alzheimer’s impairs their judgment Peer-Reviewed Publication Binghamton University FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail image: A new study from Binghamton University, Stat University of New York reveals how aging can sharpen financial self-awareness, but Alzheimer’s erodes it. view more Credit: “Analyzing Financial Data” by Dave Dugdale is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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by Massachusetts General Hospital edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Why do people develop antibodies to food? While clinicians have long observed that healthy humans develop a particular type of antibody, called IgG, to the foods they eat, the reasons for this phenomenon have remained unknown. Researchers, led by investigators from
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