When it comes to memory, immune cells are known as the "bad cops" of the brain. But new research shows they could also be turned into "good cops" to power memory and learning.
Feb 11, 2020
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Iron levels in brain tissue rise during development and are correlated with cognitive abilities, according to research in children and young adults recently published in JNeurosci. Future work could lead to iron supplementation ...
Jan 27, 2020
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When young Indian adults, who have been vaccinated at birth, are once again given the BCG vaccine, their immune response against tuberculosis (TB) improves and they may be less likely to develop the disease, finds a new study ...
Jan 23, 2020
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A massive research effort over more than a quarter century has tried to make personalized blood stem cells for use in treating leukemias, among many other uses. One way researchers have gone about this is to sample a patient's ...
Jan 16, 2020
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A pilot gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, restoring patients' ability to make fetal hemoglobin, has produced good results in the first three patients to receive it. Investigators at Boston Children's Hospital ...
Jan 10, 2020
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A research team at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found an easier way to harvest healing factors—molecules that promote tissue growth and regeneration—from adult stem cells.
Dec 23, 2019
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Scientists have developed a new gene-therapy technique by transforming human cells into mass producers of tiny nano-sized particles full of genetic material that has the potential to reverse disease processes.
Dec 17, 2019
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New findings from a clinical trial show that treatment with the immunotherapy drug blinatumomab is superior to standard chemotherapy for children and young adults with high- or intermediate-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic ...
Dec 10, 2019
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Adolescents and young adults who were born to mothers with HIV but remained uninfected themselves still face a greatly heightened risk of obesity and asthma-like symptoms, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) ...
Nov 15, 2019
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Children and teens with abnormal heart rhythms (cardiac arrhythmias) are more likely to have depression, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared with those of similar ages without chronic medical ...
Nov 11, 2019
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