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In the Quest for a TBI Therapy, Astrocytes May Be the Bull’s-Eye

Treatment could aim to raise levels of a neuroprotective molecule, studies hint.

School of Nursing to Coordinate South Texas Latino Alzheimer’s Research Network

Latino voices to shape new studies to improve care, support for families living with dementia

Drought-Exposure History Improves Recovery of Grassland Communities from Subsequent Drought

When a plant community is exposed to drought, the different species undergo evolutionary changes. An international study with UZH participation now shows that this leads to improved resilience to future drought stress over time.

What Older Adults Do While They Sit Affects Dementia Risk, Study Finds

Researchers explored the link between sedentary behavior and risk of dementia and found that type of activity matters when it comes to brain aging.

Gestures Can Improve Understanding in Language Disorders

When words fail, gestures can help to get the message across – especially for people who have a language disorder. An international research team has now shown that listeners attend the gestures of people with aphasia more often and for much longer than previously thought. This has implications for the use of gestures in speech therapy.

More Than One Asteroid Could Have Spelled Doom For The Dinosaurs

A newly discovered impact crater below the seafloor hints at the possibility that more than one asteroid hit Earth during the time when dinosaurs went extinct.

Restraining a Liver Enzyme Could Help Us Trim Down, Reduce Appetite

Novel approach identified to tackle metabolic diseases.

More Than Meets The Eye: How Patterns In Nature Arise

University of Arizona-led research sheds light on how a certain kind of pattern in nature arises.

Social Development of Infants Unaffected by Covid-19 Pandemic

Health issues and loss, social isolation and mental health problems – the pandemic has had a drastic effect on our society. But how have the youngest members of society been coping with these changes? Researchers at the University of Zurich have found that the presence of parents and caregivers is enough to mitigate the pandemic’s negative effects on the social development of infants.

Individual Cells Are Smarter Than Thought

Humans make decisions based on various sensory information which is integrated into a holistic percept by the brain. But how do single cells make decisions? Much more autonomously than previously thought, as researchers from the University of Zurich have now shown. Cells base their decisions not only on outside signals like growth factors, but also on information they receive from inside the cell. This can even lead to treatment-resistant cancer cells.

Team Discovers Novel Drug Target for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias

mRNA quality control identified as novel drug target for Alzheimer’s and related dementias

As Reflective Satellites Fill The Skies, Uarizona Students Are Making Sure Astronomers Can Adapt

University of Arizona students have completed one of the first comprehensive peer-reviewed brightness studies to characterize mega-constellation satellites cluttering the skies.

In the Race to Solve Alzheimer’s Disease, Scientists Find More Needles in the Haystack

Thanks to international collaboration, more genetic variations for Alzheimer’s disease are known today than ever before.

Small Fraction of Eligible Texas Clinicians Prescribing Lifesaving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

Despite scientific evidence that the medication buprenorphine/naloxone (or Suboxone) effectively treats opioid use disorder (OUD)

The Life-Changing Artificial Pancreas

Device helps manage type 1 diabetes in very young children

The Not So Swinging Sixties

Young people behaving responsibly in the 1960s helped to defeat fierce opposition to the UK’s first sexual health clinics, a new study argues.

The massive need for equitable Latino representation in clinical trials

Contributed and written by Cliff Despres, Institute for Health Promotion Research

Faulty BRCA Genes Linked To Prostate And Pancreatic Cancers

Faulty versions of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are well known to increase the risk of breast cancer in men and women, and in ovarian cancer. Now BRCA1 and BRCA2 have been linked to several other cancers, including those that affect men.

Promising Compound Kills Range of Hard-To-Treat Cancers by Targeting a Previously Undiscovered Vulnerability

ERX-41, developed by UT Health San Antonio scientists, exploits a previously unrecognized weakness in breast cancer and other solid tumors.

UT Health San Antonio Researchers Discover How Vitamin B12 Can Protect Against Infections

Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have discovered how Vitamin B12 (VB12) can play an integral role in the regulation of host intestinal homeostasis, shaping the gut microbiome health and protecting against pathogenic infections, as found in mouse models.