An international team of 79 researchers have collaborated on a study published in Nature Medicine to delve into perivascular spaces (PVS), a poorly understood artifact seen in magnetic resonance imaging of cerebral small ...
An experimental drug that is already in clinical trials for other diseases could disrupt a positive feedback loop that exacerbates pulmonary arterial hypertension, a dangerous and rapidly fatal condition for which there is ...
An experimental vaccine against breast cancer safely generated a strong immune response to a key tumor protein, researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle report in a paper published by the ...
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New monkey studies show that one shot of an experimental Ebola vaccine can trigger fast protection, but the effect waned unless the animals got a booster shot made a different way.
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Just over two years ago, Melinda Bachini decided she was done with chemotherapy to treat her cholangiocarcinoma—a rare cancer of the bile duct that runs from the liver to the intestines.
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Star-shaped glial cells, so-called astrocytes, are more than just a supporting cell of the brain. They are actively involved in learning processes and interact with nerve cells. But what exactly is it that astrocytes do?
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In an animal model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Brazilian researchers tested a therapy that combines photobiomodulation using laser light or light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with idebenone, an antioxidant compound investigated ...
Jun 14, 2024
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A drug approved to treat eczema provided significant improvement in the symptoms of patients with severe itching diseases that currently have no targeted treatments, according to a study published in JAMA Dermatology.
Jun 6, 2024
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In a major advance for the treatment of the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma, Northwestern Medicine scientists have used ultrasound technology to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and provide a small dose of a chemotherapy ...
Jun 6, 2024
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Even though the human visual system has sophisticated machinery for processing color, the brain has no problem recognizing objects in black-and-white images. A new study from MIT offers a possible explanation for how the ...
May 23, 2024
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