Researchers at Rutgers Health and collaborating institutions have uncovered why a widely used leukemia medication eventually stops helping most patients and have also identified a possible strategy to reverse this resistance.
The team pinpointed a protein that enables cancer cells to alter the…
Researchers at Tulane University, working with teams from eight additional institutions, have identified a previously unknown way that nerve cells send messages. This discovery could change how scientists understand pain and may guide the development of safer and more effective treatments.
The…
Cancer biology, drug safety studies and aging research may all benefit from a fluorescent sensor created at Utrecht University. The new technology gives scientists the ability to watch DNA damage and repair unfold inside living cells in real time. This development, described in Nature…
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a natural process in the brain that can remove existing amyloid plaques in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease while also helping preserve memory and thinking ability. This process relies on astrocytes, star shaped support cells, which…
A new NIH announcement includes updated Terms and Conditions to grant awards that can make it even easier to terminate such grants. (Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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So, you’ve put your blood, sweat and tears into a proposal…
Working with Alzheimer’s mouse models, human cells, and donated human brain tissue, researchers found that reducing levels of a molecule called PU.1 can shift microglia into a more protective mode. Microglia are immune cells that live in the brain and help maintain its health. When PU.1 levels…
All health is Global
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The recent meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene was a reminder of how global funding cuts and this year’s changes in priorities have undermined public health and pandemic preparedness.
This conference brings…
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, working with scientists at Northwestern University, have created a noninvasive strategy to treat one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer. Their method relies on carefully designed nanostructures made from…
In the United States, age-related macular degeneration is one of the most common causes of permanent vision loss in adults who are 60 and older. It affects the macula, the central region of the retina that contains tightly packed cells used for sharp, detailed color vision.
Roughly 20 million…
Long Covid syndrome
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Even as the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic fades, the world continues to wrestle with its aftermath — and nowhere is that more evident than in the enduring challenge of Long COVID. The condition, which affects an estimated 7% of U.S. adults, continues to…