Neuroscience

Brain mechanisms underpinning loss of consciousness identified

The shift from an awake state to unconsciousness is a phenomenon that has long captured the interest of scientists and philosophers alike, but how it happens has remained a mystery—until now. Through studies on rats, a ...

Oncology & Cancer

Light-induced gene therapy disables cancer cells' mitochondria

Researchers are shining a light on cancer cells' energy centers—literally—to damage these power sources and trigger widespread cancer cell death. In a new study, scientists combined strategies to deliver energy-disrupting ...

Oncology & Cancer

Keto diet metabolite may power up CAR T cells to kill cancer

A simple dietary supplement may provide a new approach to boost CAR T cell function, according to a study by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer ...

Neuroscience

Study identifies 13 proteins strongly associated with brain aging

Thirteen proteins linked to brain aging in humans are identified in a Nature Aging paper. Changes in the concentrations of these blood proteins may peak at 57, 70, and 78 years old in humans, and suggest that these ages may ...

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