Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Possible dementia vaccine closer after mice studies
A preventive treatment for dementia may proceed to clinical trials after successful animal testing.
Dec 31, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists study the benefits of worms
Of all the things young children put in their mouths, dirt may provoke the most concern among parents fearful that eating it will give kids worms.
Aug 3, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers identify potent antibody cocktail with potential to treat COVID-19
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) evaluated several human antibodies to determine the most potent combination to be mixed in a cocktail and used as a promising anti-viral therapy against ...
Jun 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experimental antiviral proves effective in halting spread and damage of COVID-19
An experimental antiviral drug can significantly decrease levels of the virus causing COVID-19 and the damage it causes in the lungs, according to new research.
Apr 16, 2021
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Neuroscience
Researchers demonstrate first human use of high-bandwidth wireless brain-computer interface
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are an emerging assistive technology, enabling people with paralysis to type on computer screens or manipulate robotic prostheses just by thinking about moving their own bodies. For years, ...
Apr 1, 2021
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Neuroscience
Promising multiple sclerosis drug may worsen disease, research suggests
A drug that has shown promise for treating multiple sclerosis may actually make the debilitating disease worse, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests.
Nov 13, 2020
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Medical research
Extracts of the plant A. annua are active against SARS-CoV-2
Chemists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Potsdam, Germany) in close collaboration with virologists at Freie Universität Berlin have shown in laboratory studies that aqueous and ethanolic extracts ...
Jun 25, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers identify correlation between MBI and Alzheimer's
In recent years, scientists have conducted more than 100 clinical trials in the hopes of finding new indicators capable of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease prior to the manifestation of clinical symptoms such as memory loss. ...
Apr 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Protective antibodies identified for rare, polio-like disease in children
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have isolated human monoclonal antibodies that potentially can prevent a rare but devastating polio-like illness ...
Jul 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A COVID-19 vaccine by fall is possible, but at what cost?
(HealthDay)—Efforts to create a COVID-19 vaccine are proceeding at an unprecedented pace, with eight different candidates now being tested in humans around the world.
May 11, 2020
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