Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Here's how a new AI tool may predict early signs of Parkinson's disease
In 1991, the world was shocked to learn actor Michael J. Fox had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
May 10, 2023
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ACS Central Science
ACS Central Science publishes the most compelling, important primary reports on research in chemistry and in allied fields, wherein chemical approaches play a key role. It is also the first fully open access journal published by the American Chemical Society.
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- American Chemical Society
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- http://pubs.acs.org/journal/acscii
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chemists' technique reveals whether antibodies neutralize SARS-CoV-2
Antibodies that can disarm a virus, known as neutralizing antibodies, are key to the body's ability to fight off infection. MIT chemists have come up with a new way to identify these neutralizing antibodies in a blood sample, ...
May 10, 2023
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Scientists develop AI tool to predict Parkinson's disease onset
Scientists from UNSW Sydney with collaborators at Boston University have developed a tool that shows early promise in detecting Parkinson's disease years before the first symptoms start appearing.
May 9, 2023
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Immunology
Organoids shown to speed glycoengineered vaccine development
Testing the efficacy of a vaccine candidate is typically a long process, with the immune response of an animal model taking around two months.
Apr 12, 2023
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Immunology
Immunomodulators boost vaccine response and reduce inflammation, finds study
Adjuvants—ingredients that help boost the immune response in vaccines—have been used in vaccines for decades. But inducing a stronger immune response can result in more unwanted side effects, like swelling at the injection ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Medical research
Degrading modified proteins could treat Alzheimer's, other 'undruggable' diseases
Certain diseases, including Alzheimer's, are currently considered "undruggable" because traditional small molecule drugs can't interfere with the proteins responsible for the illnesses. But a new technique that specifically ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Medical research
Antiviral compound could be broadly efficient in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2
A new study led by Gonçalo Bernardes, group leader at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal) and Professor at the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK), published recently in the journal ...
Jan 20, 2023
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Medications
Antibody blunts heroin's lethality, paving the way for a promising new therapy
A monoclonal antibody that targets heroin is effective in blocking the psychoactive and lethal effects of this drug of abuse in mice—offering a new strategy for heroin addiction and overdose treatment, according to a new ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
High-fat diet linked to nitric oxide levels, cancer development
It has long been hypothesized that dietary habits can precede and even exacerbate the development of cancer.
May 17, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mucus could explain why SARS-CoV-2 doesn't spread easily from surfaces
Early in the pandemic, many people fastidiously disinfected surfaces because laboratory studies predicted that SARS-CoV-2 could be easily transmitted in this way. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have found ...
Mar 2, 2022
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