The Most Significant Genetic Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease Has Been Untangled
The researchers believe that new treatments and medications for the condition might result from the findings More than 5.8 million people in the United States…
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A New Yale-Developed Model Could Lead to Improved Treatment of Diabetes and Obesity
A new model that will allow scientists to better study and treat metabolic illnesses Despite the fact that insulin was discovered more than a century…
Power of Grassroots Innovation: How a Nondescript Box Has Been Saving Lives During the COVID Pandemic
One afternoon, a dozen Arizona State University students gathered to spend the morning cutting cardboard, taping fans, and assembling filters in an effort to build…
Lipid and Glucose Levels at Age 35 Linked With Alzheimer’s Disease Later in Life
Living your best life at 35, ignoring cholesterol and glucose levels, may impact your chances of getting Alzheimer’s disease (AD) later in life. According to…
Game-Changing Digital Toolbox May Help Diagnose Dementia Earlier
Detection of subtle differences in cognitive behaviors may help delay, prevent the onset. Detecting cognitive changes early in the onset of dementia would be a…
New Research Shows COVID-19 Vaccines Do Not Cause Infertility
New findings by Boston University School of Public Health investigators indicate that COVID-19 vaccination does not impair fertility—but males who become infected by the coronavirus…
Cracking the Neural Code to the Brain: How Do We Provide Meaning to Our Environment?
Neuroscientists uncover how the brain perceives sensory information – and how this process can malfunction. The brain is the most complex organ in our body…
Walking Is Good, but Moderate-Vigorous Exercise Boosts Fitness 3x More
With help from 2,000 Framingham Heart Study participants, BU researchers studied how much being sedentary, walking, and routine exercise impacts fitness. Exercise is healthy. That…
Breakthrough for SHIELD Team Studying Our Solar System’s Protective Magnetic “Force Field”
Astrophysicists on BU’s NASA-funded SHIELD team reach another milestone on their quest to understand the heliosphere. A multi-institutional team of astrophysicists headquartered at Boston University,…
Extreme Heat May Affect Adults Aged 18–64 More Than the Elderly
A new study found that days of extreme heat were associated with a higher risk of emergency department visits among adults aged 18-64, compared to…
New Study Reveals Lung Cell Roles in Pulmonary Immunity – Essential to COVID-19, Pneumonia, Lung Cancer, Asthma and COPD
Findings have implications in understanding, preventing and treating multiple lung diseases. Lung immunity is essential to combat all pulmonary diseases, including COVID-19, pneumonia, lung cancer,…
Depression Rates Tripled and Symptoms Intensified During First Year of COVID-19 Pandemic
People with lower incomes and who experienced multiple COVID-related stressors were more likely to feel the toll of the pandemic, as the socioeconomic inequities in…
Astronomers Discover a Strangely Shaped Spot on the Surface of a Baby Star 450 Million Light-Years Away
What a Young Star Can Teach Us About the Birth of Our Planet, Sun, and Solar System Astronomers have discovered a strangely shaped spot on…
Bizarre, Metallic Star Spotted Hurtling Out of the Milky Way at 2 Million Miles an Hour
About 2,000 light-years away from Earth, there is a star catapulting toward the edge of the Milky Way. This particular star, known as LP 40−365,…
Wasting Taxpayers Money: Lottery-Based Incentives Do Not Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
Would you be more willing to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus if you could participate in a lottery for cash and prizes? The answer…
Potential Treatment May Prevent Cancer Cells From Hijacking Metabolic Pathways
Metabolic Enzyme Promotes Neuroblastoma Aggressiveness High-risk neuroblastoma is an aggressive childhood cancer with poor treatment outcomes. Despite intensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy, less than 50 percent…
Recipe Revealed for Even More Powerful COVID-19 Vaccines – Better Protection Against Coronavirus Variants
NEIDL, Broad Institute scientists say next-generation vaccines could stimulate another arm of the immune system, imparting better protection against coronavirus variants. A new study looking…
Antibody-Secreting Cells in the Lung Can Prevent Respiratory Infections From Becoming Severe
Understanding how antibodies and antibody-secreting cells can fight against lung infection will provide new directions for improving vaccines to prevent severe respiratory infection and for…
