lithium

by University of Pittsburgh edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes  The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Lithium—a decades-old treatment for bipolar disorder—may hold potential neuroprotective benefits beyond mood stabilization. An exploratory clinical trial from the University of Pittsburgh suggests that low-dose oral lithium may help slow the decline of verbal memory, or […]

Lithium, a widely used treatment for bipolar disorder and other mood disorders, has shown early promise in suppressing HIV, McGill University researchers report. Scanning electron micrograph of an HIV-infected H9 T cell, colorized in Halloween colors. Image credit: NIAID A new study published in iScience found lithium can prevent infected cells from reactivating, and that it does