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Research roundup: Muscles from the lab, and more
We know you want to keep up with the relentless march of progress, but sometimes it’s just too relentless. So why not forget all those endlessly...
Research roundup: The microbiome in neurodegenerative disease, and more
It’s looking increasingly likely that our little bacterial buddies have a major influence on neurodegenerative disease, from producing extra amy...
Research roundup: The importance of energy in Alzheimer’s, and more
Since the world of Alzheimer’s therapeutics hasn’t seen much practical benefit from targeting harmful proteins like amyloid-beta, maybe ot...
Research roundup: Tau tangles guilty by association, and more
It looks like those clumps of tau protein that form inside the neurons of Alzheimer’s brains may actually be protective, and the real damage mig...
A bountiful harvest of research
Keeping one eye on your calories, and the other on that delicious-looking pumpkin pie? Don’t worry–your Thanksgiving sins probably wonR...
Research roundup: Scars into hearts, and more
We can reprogram existing scar tissue into healthy organ tissue, but we didn’t know what was actually going on inside these newly revitalized ce...
Research roundup: The Hippo in your heart, and more
The Hippo pathway controls cellular regeneration, so why not modify it to heal the heart after the scarring caused by a heart attack? Six weeks later,...
Research roundup: Untangling ApoE4, and more
It’s been known for ages that individuals with two ApoE4 alleles were virtually destined to develop Alzheimer’s, but its link with the hal...
Research roundup: Drifters in your epigenome, and more
Epigenetic markers “drift” as we age to cause unintended gene expression changes, but you might be able to slow this via caloric restricti...