Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a long-term autoimmune condition that affects over 2.9 million people around the world. In MS, the immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin sheath, a protective layer that insulates nerve fibers. This damage…
Category: 5. Health
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When men drink, women and children pay the price
A sweeping global review has revealed that men’s alcohol consumption is causing widespread harm to women and children, from violence and neglect to lost educational and life opportunities. Credit: Shutterstock A new global…
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MIT’s “stealth” immune cells could change cancer treatment forever
Scientists have created a new and more advanced form of immune-based cancer therapy using engineered cells known as CAR-NK (natural killer) cells. Like CAR-T cells, these modified immune cells can be programmed to recognize and attack cancer, but…
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For the first time, scientists pinpoint brain cells linked to depression
Scientists at McGill University and the Douglas Institute have discovered that two distinct types of brain cells show changes in people experiencing depression.
Published in Nature Genetics, the research provides new clues that could guide the…
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A toxic Alzheimer’s protein could be the key to fighting cancer
At first, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer might seem to have little overlap. One gradually destroys memory and cognition, while the other ravages the body through uncontrolled cell growth. Yet scientists at the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center have…
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How to Choose the Right Plan
Two-thirds of bankruptcies in America involve medical debt. The right health plan isn’t a luxury — it’s protection.
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Every fall, open enrollment arrives with its usual fanfare of choice: dozens of plans, glossy brochures, and promises of…
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These Nobel Prize Winners Paved The Way For Quantum Computing
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, a startup using AI to track pathogens, a quantum cooling breakthrough and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here.
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MIT’s new precision gene editing tool could transform medicine
A gene-editing approach called prime editing could one day help treat many illnesses by turning faulty genes into healthy ones. However, the technique sometimes introduces small mistakes into DNA, which can occasionally be harmful.
Researchers at…
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Thousands fall ill as mosquito fever explodes across southern China
A recent editorial in Biocontaminant reveals that Guangdong Province is now facing the largest chikungunya fever outbreak ever documented in China, with more than 4,000 confirmed infections reported since late July. Shunde District in Foshan has…
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How pollution and the microbiome interact with Tregs, the immune system regulators whose discovery was honored with the Nobel Prize
A special group of immune cells known as regulatory T cells, or Tregs for short, became an overnight sensation when a trio of U.S. and Japanese scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Oct. 6, 2025, for their discovery and…
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