Neuroscience

AI models of the brain could serve as 'digital twins' in research

Much as a pilot might practice maneuvers in a flight simulator, scientists might soon be able to perform experiments on a realistic simulation of the mouse brain. In a new study, Stanford Medicine researchers and collaborators ...

Health

Brain food: Preventing a stroke through dietary choices

You might not remember what you ate for breakfast yesterday, but your body certainly does. For better or worse, your dietary history is embedded in your body. It's in your bones, gut, heart, blood, and brain. All the breakfasts, ...

Oncology & Cancer

High-fat diet promotes breast cancer metastasis in animal models

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, and a greater probability for the cancer to spread to other organs. But the causes of this association are still not well understood. Researchers at ...

HIV & AIDS

Worm eradication: A surprising ally in the fight against HIV

Researchers from the Munich Tropical Institute, the Tanzanian NIMR-MMRC, DZIF, together with colleagues from Bonn, have discovered a risk factor for HIV infection that has received little attention to date. In an earlier ...

Oncology & Cancer

Personalized cancer vaccine proves promising in a phase 1 trial

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, led by Nina Bhardwaj, MD, Ph.D., Ward-Coleman Chair in Cancer Research and Director of the Vaccine and Cell Therapy Laboratory, have tested a promising new type ...

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