People with the hereditary disease familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) have a greatly increased risk of developing a malignant tumor of the duodenum. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the Cluster of Excellence…
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An earth-abundant mineral for sustainable spintronics
In 2023, EPFL researchers succeeded in sending and storing data using charge-free magnetic waves called spin waves, rather than traditional electron flows. The team from the Lab of Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Magnonics, led by Dirk Grundler,…
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New cell therapy shows promising results in advanced tumor diseases
In recent years, cell therapies have developed alongside chemotherapy and immunotherapy to become a new pillar in the treatment of patients with blood and lymph gland cancer. In solid tumors, such as skin, lung, or bone and soft tissue cancer…
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Pope Francis’s nephew remembers father figure ‘Uncle Jorge’
Santiago VanegasBBC News Mundo
José Ignacio BergoglioJosé Ignacio with his uncle, Jorge Mario To his family, Pope Francis was simply “Jorge Mario” – even during the 12 years that he was pontiff.
“When Jorge decided to accept the papacy, he…
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Immune cells drive congenital paralysis disease
Patients with spastic paraplegia type 15 develop movement disorders during adolescence that may ultimately require the use of a wheelchair. In the early stages of this rare hereditary disease the brain appears to play a major role by…
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In Down syndrome mice, 40Hz light and sound improve cognition, neurogenesis, connectivity
Studies by a growing number of labs have identified neurological health benefits from exposing human volunteers or animal models to light, sound and/or tactile stimulation at the brain’s “gamma” frequency rhythm of 40Hz. In the latest such…
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This injected protein-like polymer helps tissues heal after a heart attack
Researchers have developed a new therapy that can be injected intravenously right after a heart attack to promote healing and prevent heart failure.
The therapy both prompts the immune system to encourage tissue repair and promotes survival of…
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Chimpanzee stem cells offer new insights into early embryonic development
Chimpanzee naive pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) can now be grown in cellular cultures, reveals a recent study. They successfully created chimpanzee early embryo models, called ‘blastoids,’ and found that the inhibition of a specific regulatory…
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AI helps unravel a cause of Alzheimer’s disease and identify a therapeutic candidate
A new study found that a gene recently recognized as a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease is actually a cause of it, due to its previously unknown secondary function. Researchers at the University of California San Diego used artificial…
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New body-fluid biomarker for Parkinson’s disease discovered
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually diagnosed in its late stage on the basis of clinical symptoms, mainly motor disorders. By this point, however, the brain is already severely and irreparably damaged. Moreover,…
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