Looking at your biological age — how old your body really is — can give a clearer picture of your heart disease risk than traditional tools alone. This finding comes from a newly published multicentre study conducted in collaboration between…
Category: 5. Health
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HIV drugs offer ‘substantial’ Alzheimer’s protection, new research indicates
UVA Health scientists are calling for clinical trials testing the potential of HIV drugs called NRTIs to prevent Alzheimer’s disease after discovering that patients taking the drugs are substantially less likely to develop the memory-robbing…
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Reactivity to tumor antigens is important for TIL therapy
A team of researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center has found new insight into why some lung cancer patients do not benefit from tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL therapy. Their findings, published in Nature Cancer, may help improve future ways…
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Engineering an antibody against flu with sticky staying power
Scientists have engineered a monoclonal antibody that can protect mice from a lethal dose of influenza A, a new study shows. The new molecule combines the specificity of a mature flu fighter with the broad binding capacity of a more general…
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Building vaccines for future versions of a virus
Effective vaccines dramatically changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, preventing illness, reducing disease severity, and saving millions of lives.
However, five years later, SARS-CoV-2 is still circulating, and in the process, evolving…
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Incidence of several early-onset cancers increased between 2010 and 2019
In the United States, breast, colorectal, endometrial, pancreatic, and kidney cancers are becoming increasingly common among people under age 50, according to a study published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer…
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AI-designed DNA controls genes in healthy mammalian cells for first time
A study published today in the journal Cell marks the first reported instance of generative AI designing synthetic molecules that can successfully control gene expression in healthy mammalian cells. Researchers at the Centre for Genomic…
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Vitamin supplements slow down the progression of glaucoma
A vitamin supplement that improves metabolism in the eye appears to slow down damage to the optic nerve in glaucoma. Promising results have been published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine. The researchers behind the study have now started a…
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$1.8 billion in NIH grant cuts hit minority health research the hardest
The headlines keep coming: Another federal grant funding medical research terminated. Another lab devoted to mental health losing its funding. Another clinical trial stopped.
It’s all part of actions the Trump administration says…
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Novel Antivenom ‘Cocktail’ Neutralizes Venomous Snake Bites
Venom from snakes and other animals can have fatal effects if not treated. Venom is a toxic substance and includes various components, including neurotoxins. Consequently, the neurotoxins within the venom…
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