Every year, we’re reminded to return to the pharmacy for a flu shot. Why can’t we have a flu vaccine that offers long-term protection, like those for measles or polio? That’s because the influenza virus continuously evolves, so the immune response we build up one year might not work the next year—or even on the version of the flu you catch the same year. As a result, the virus remains dangerous:…
This cluster randomized clinical trial evaluated if a reduced-sodium, added-potassium salt substitute compared with regular salt decreases the risk of stroke recurrence and death in…
Scientific Reports – Unique events improve episodic richness, enhance mood, and alter the perception of time during isolation
Protein therapeutics such as antibodies require in-depth in vivo characterization during development and consequently account for a large proportio…
One of the most enduring questions humans have is how long we’re going to live. With this comes the question of how much of our…
One of Australia’s most common gynecological cancers could be detected sooner and more accurately thanks to a specialized artificial intelligence (AI) model, new research shows.
This cross-sectional study describes Medicaid managed care plans’ coverage and management of acamprosate, naltrexone, and disulfiram for alcohol use disorder and examines associations of plan…
Nature Microbiology – The FDA-approved antiviral baloxavir improves disease outcomes in mice compared with oseltamivir after ocular and intranasal challenge with A(H5N1)-contaminated cow milk.
A highly conserved motif in human PD-1 but absent in rodent PD-1 is linked to differential inhibitory activity.
Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive brain tumor driven by glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs), which represent an appealing target for therapeutic interventions. The cellular prion…
Nature Communications – Extracellular mRNAs are found to play an important role in premetastatic organs. Here this group reports the non-vesicular extracellular IL1β-mRNA complexes binding…
