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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Psoriasis rates rise globally, with highest burden in wealthier regions
Researchers in China report that global incidence rates of psoriasis rose slightly from 1990 to 2021 and are projected to continue rising for both men and women through 2050.
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Single dose RSV vaccine protection found to wane over 18 months
Research led by the Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System in Portland, Oregon, found that a single dose of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine reduced RSV infections and RSV-related emergency visits, hospitalizations, ...
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Medical research news
Drug that costs as little as 50 cents per day could save hospitals thousands
A study led by McMaster University researchers shows that a widely available and inexpensive medication not only prevents potentially serious stomach bleeding in critically ill patients, but also saves hospitals thousands ...
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Electrotherapy using injectable nanoparticles offers hope for glioblastoma treatment
Electrotherapy using injectable nanoparticles delivered directly into the tumor could pave the way for new treatment options for glioblastoma, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden.
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More accessible urban parks linked with greater physical activity across US cities
The health benefits of nature are well-known, but its role in encouraging day-to-day physical activity across different regions and demographics has been less clear. This question carries new urgency as the world faces a ...
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Switching risk and protective alleles improves Alzheimer's-disease-like signatures and disruptions in mice
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive degradation of brain cells, as well as an associated decline in memory and other mental functions. Earlier research found that different ...
Why some people with HIV achieve remission after antibody treatment
Researchers led by a team from Mass General Brigham and the Ragon Institute have discovered why some people living with HIV who are given a treatment called broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies (bNAbs) can safely stop ...
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Mutant GFAP disrupts mitochondrial fission in astrocytes, offering insight into Alexander disease
Some brain disorders are straightforward, such as the direct frontal lobe assault of a concussion or traumatic brain injury. Others, like Alexander disease, are akin to guerrilla warfare. Patients suffering from this genetic ...
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Why strange cures made sense in mysterious times
Feeding bread to a donkey to treat whooping cough, rubbing a black snail on a wart and impaling it on a thorn are two of the hundreds of remarkable rural Irish remedies once believed to cure ailments.
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New technique maps genetic variants driving neurodegenerative disease risk
Disease development is often shaped by genetics, with how much or how little a gene is expressed influencing disease risk. While advances in technology and sequencing methods have led to a greater understanding of gene structure, ...
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Hormone-disrupting chemicals from plastics shown to promote a chronic inflammatory skin condition
A Johns Hopkins Medicine study involving a dozen people with the inflammatory skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), which mostly affects skin folds, is believed to be the first to provide evidence that hormone-disrupting ...
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Unexpected pathway for IgA antibody production may help improve vaccines
Scientists led by Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, Ph.D., the Roy and Elaine Patterson Professor of Medicine and director of the Center for Human Immunobiology, have discovered how critical IgA antibodies are produced through unexpected ...
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Landscape of KRAS mutations and targeted therapies in colorectal cancer mapped in new study
A team of researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) has studied alterations in the KRAS gene in colorectal cancer by combining genomic analyses with a systematic ...
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Study investigates treatment safety in cases of late HIV diagnosis
About 40 million people worldwide are living with HIV infection. In the United Kingdom, there are approximately 100,000 people affected. If the infection is not treated, the body will eventually be unable to defend itself ...
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Fatty food smells during pregnancy may raise obesity risk in offspring
A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research has found that the smell of fatty foods during pregnancy increases the risk of overweight and obesity in children. The researchers fed pregnant mice a healthy ...
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Stem cell organoids mimic aspects of early limb development
Scientists at EPFL have created a scalable 3D organoid model that captures key features of early limb development, revealing how a specialized signaling center shapes both cell identity and tissue organization.
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Long-term HIV control: Combination therapy points way to a possible cure
A new study from UC San Francisco shows it may be possible to control HIV without long-term antiviral treatment—an advance that points the way toward a possible cure for a disease that affects 40 million people around the ...
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Singing mice speak volumes: Brain mechanisms behind song production explored in new research
All mice squeak, but only some sing. Scotinomys teguina, aka Alston's singing mice, hail from the cloud forests of Costa Rica. More than 2,000 miles north, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) neuroscientists study these ...
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Inflammation and metabolic stress combine to drive a new cell death pathway—mitoxyperilysis
In several disease conditions, including infections and cancers, innate immune activation and nutrient scarcity occur together. A study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, published in Cell, found that this combination ...
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Protein abnormality illuminates communication struggles in autism
A DGIST research team identified that the mutation of the collybistin protein found in autistic patients weakens the brain's inhibitory synaptic function and leads to communication deficiencies. The results of this research ...
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