Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice(med.stanford.edu)

368 points by mustaphah 7 months ago | 176 comments

Stanford Medicine news article reporting that enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice.

Biomolecular shifts occur in our 40s and 60s (2024)(med.stanford.edu)

162 points by fzliu 1 year ago | 103 comments

Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration(med.stanford.edu)

237 points by gmays 1 year ago | 17 comments

Nicotine pouches, tobacco's latest ploy(med.stanford.edu)

13 points by car 3 months ago | 1 comments

Study suggests most Americans would be healthier without daylight saving time(med.stanford.edu)

74 points by andsoitis 3 months ago | 79 comments

Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain(med.stanford.edu)

613 points by emigre 1 month ago | 241 comments

Stanford Medicine news article on research finding two parallel neural ectoderm progenitor populations that contribute to the developing brain.

New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study(lji.org)

615 points by codebyaditya 3 months ago | 262 comments

La Jolla Institute for Immunology news release on a new HIV vaccine approach that produced high levels of HIV-neutralizing antibodies in non-human primates.

Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine works better than thought(freethink.com)

324 points by nateb2022 2 years ago | 162 comments

Freethink article reporting that Moderna's personalized mRNA cancer vaccine significantly boosts a standard melanoma treatment's effectiveness.

Denmark close to wiping out cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out(gavi.org)

904 points by slu 1 year ago | 333 comments

Gavi VaccinesWork article reporting a Danish nationwide study showing HPV types 16 and 18 nearly eliminated after the vaccine roll-out.

We need scientific dissidents(chronicle.com)

355 points by Georgelemental 3 years ago | 848 comments

Chronicle of Higher Education opinion essay arguing that the early artificial consensus on Covid's origins shows the need for scientific dissidents.

Cystic fibrosis breakthrough has given patients a chance to live longer(theatlantic.com)

394 points by cowboysauce 2 years ago | 139 comments

An Atlantic magazine feature on how the cystic fibrosis treatment Trikafta has extended patients' lives and what living longer means for them.

Scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab(nature.com)

570 points by dataminer 1 year ago | 198 comments

Nature news article about virologist Beata Halassy, who treated her own breast cancer with lab-grown oncolytic viruses, and researchers' warnings against copying her.