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Alzheimer’s Trigger May Finally Be Found: Scientists Point Beyond Plaques to Tau
The Alzheimer’s trigger has puzzled scientists for decades. Most research has focused on sticky plaques in the brain,…
Mammal Regeneration Breakthrough: Scientists May Have Found Our Hidden ‘Off Switch’
Mammal regeneration has long seemed like the stuff of science fiction. Animals like salamanders can regrow limbs, but…
Stanford Scientists Regrow Lost Cartilage and Reverse Arthritis in Breakthrough Study
Worn-out cartilage and the arthritis it causes affect hundreds of millions of people, and until now, lost cartilage…
World’s Largest Opioid Review Finds the Drugs Often Don’t Work for Acute Pain
Opioids are among the most prescribed drugs for pain, and among the most controversial. A major new review…
New Alzheimer’s Treatment Breakthrough Slows Brain Cell Loss in Early Trials
Body: Alzheimer’s disease has resisted treatment for decades, frustrating researchers and families alike. A new discovery offers a…
New Drug Nearly Doubles Survival in ‘Undruggable’ Pancreatic Cancer
For decades, pancreatic cancer has stood among the most feared diagnoses in medicine, aggressive, hard to detect early,…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Could Discover 100,000 New Exoplanets
The hunt for worlds beyond our solar system is about to enter a dramatically new phase. NASA’s Nancy…
Solar Desalination Breakthrough Turns Seawater to Drinking Water Without Toxic Brine
Desalination has long carried an uncomfortable trade-off. Turning seawater into drinking water has traditionally meant producing brine, a…