Universal vaccine against respiratory infections and allergens(med.stanford.edu)

319 points by phony-account 7 months ago | 114 comments

Stanford Medicine news article about a universal vaccine designed to protect against multiple respiratory infections and allergens.

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.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

Repetitive negative thinking associated with cognitive decline in older adults(bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com)

465 points by redbell 1 year ago | 173 comments

Open-access BMC Psychiatry research article reporting a cross-sectional study linking repetitive negative thinking to cognitive function decline in older adults.

Aging may be a program, not a breakdown(quantamagazine.org)

33 points by elo2000 1 month ago | 36 comments

Quanta Magazine Q&A with Junyue Cao on single-cell studies of mouse cells suggesting aging is a programmed remodeling of cell populations rather than random wear.

Aging brains blend memories together instead of just forgetting them(studyfinds.com)

323 points by mdp2021 1 month ago | 129 comments

StudyFinds article on Binghamton University research suggesting aging brains blend similar memories together rather than simply forgetting them.

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)

336 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 121 comments

MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.