Immunity is orchestrated by two responses referred to as the innate and adaptive immune systems. Each system works to minimize and clear infections. The innate immune response is a broad-targeting defense network of immune cells that actively survey the body….
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Start cholesterol tests in childhood, new guidelines say
New heart health recommendations emphasize early testing and treatment to lower cholesterol levels as key to reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.
A group of 11 medical associations including the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released…
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Long-Term Follow-Up Shows Benefits of HPV Vaccination
Certain strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) are closely linked to invasive cervical cancer. Vaccines that protect against these cancer-causing HPV types have been shown to greatly lower the risk of cervical cancer. As a result, the quadrivalent HPV…
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Aramont Fellowships give freedom to concentrate on high-risk, high-reward research — Harvard Gazette
A new cohort of young scientists is pursuing high-risk, high-reward research across the life and physical sciences, engineering, and medicine. Their projects include studying dogs to identify brain biomarkers that can shed light on human health, probing wastewater to detect cancer risk across…
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Study suggests healing skin without scarring may be possible — Harvard Gazette
New findings by Harvard stem cell biologists suggest it may be possible in the future to regrow wounded skin without scarring.
The new study published March 20 in Cell reveals a way to fully regenerate skin by unblocking an embryonic healing mechanism that shuts off after birth. Demonstrated…
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The Protection of Journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna under International Humanitarian Law – EJIL: Talk!
Viktoriia Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist whose reporting focused on crime, human rights and Russia’s actions in occupied Ukraine, died in Russian captivity. She was a freelance journalist, working for various independent news outlets such as Ukrainska Pravda, as well as the Ukrainian…
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Fyodor Lukyanov: Russia Gains from Iran War Short-Term, but Worried about Future Conflicts — Russia in Global Affairs
The Iran War Is Exposing This Major Shift of the 21st Century
Fyodor A. Lukyanov
The US-Israeli war against Iran is forcing a new look at the nature and limits of alliances in the 21st century. In the second…
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An Immune Reaction to EBV can Lead to MS-Related Brain Damage
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections are very common–the vast majority of adults are thought to have been infected at some point. But there has also been mounting evidence that EBV is connected to the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic…
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Recognizing the Importance of the Thymus
It’s long been thought that an organ known as the thymus is crucial to development of the immune system. Early in life, it ensures diversity among immune cells called T cells that fight pathogens and cancers. But it’s been assumed that the thymus then…
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Russia, India, and China Forging a New Eurasian Energy Architecture — Russia in Global Affairs
The global energy system has entered a period of profound structural transformation. As the escalating war in the Middle East continues to disrupt traditional energy supply routes, and the global geoeconomic fragmentation is reshaping trade patterns, a new Eurasian…
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