Health
Marijuana use linked to epigenetic changes
Recent and long-term marijuana use is linked to changes in the human epigenome, a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Molecular Psychiatry has found.
Jul 20, 2023
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Study optimizes patient-specific stem cell-based therapy for Parkinson's disease
Scientists from Scripps Research and Cardiff University have made key discoveries in support of a new stem cell-based therapy for Parkinson's disease. The approach, called an autologous therapy, uses induced pluripotent stem ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New research shows Lewy body disease can be detected before symptoms
Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. A research group from Lund University has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms appear, using a spinal ...
Jul 18, 2023
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Neuroscience
Concentrations of PGE2 molecule in the brain linked to both weight loss and weight gain
A team of medical researchers at Memorial University, in Canada, has found evidence showing that concentrations of the PGE2 molecule in the brain can lead to both weight loss and weight gain depending on the amount. In their ...
Immunology
New research shows babies' immunological weak spot and strength
A pair of new studies led by researchers at Columbia University explains why babies get so many common respiratory infections and identifies a specialized cluster of immune cells found only in babies that help them better ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Genetics
Mutation in spike protein allows omicron subvariant BA.5 to efficiently infect lung cells
Omicron-derived virus variants are currently responsible for most SARS-CoV-2 infections worldwide. Compared to earlier virus variants, omicron rarely causes severe disease. According to current knowledge, a major reason for ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Medications
Study suggests anti-inflammatory drugs as promising treatments for Alzheimer's disease
A recent study from the lab of the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Director Linda Van Eldik, Ph.D., centers around the idea that various anti-inflammatory drugs could be effective treatments for Alzheimer's ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Neuroscience
Trading sickness for health: Swapping brain cells points to new Huntington's therapies
New research appearing in the journal Nature Biotechnology answers important questions about the viability of treatments that seek to replace diseased and aged cells in the central nervous system with healthy ones. Its findings ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study discovers how specialized white blood cells operate, could lead to preventive treatments
Researchers have cracked how a particular type of immune cell develops in the body and protects against infection and disease. And the discovery could help in the development of more preventive treatments, according to a ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers develop new marker for cancer cell motility
Researchers led by Leipzig University have found a application in oncology for the scientific field of Physics of Cancer. This is a milestone for the new research field, proving its clinical relevance for the first time. ...
Jul 13, 2023
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