Health & Medicine
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Human Immune System’s Complex Defense Network Fights Infection
ROME, July 14 — A new filing outlines the fundamental architecture of the human immune system, a biological network that researchers describe…
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Glioblastoma: The Most Aggressive Form of Brain Cancer
CHICAGO, July 14 — Glioblastoma remains one of the most formidable diagnoses in medicine. It’s the most common and aggressive malignant brain…
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How Vaccines Work: The Science of Immune Memory and Herd Immunity
WASHINGTON, July 14 — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a panel advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bases…
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Edward Jenner Performed First Vaccination In 1796 Using Cowpox
LONDON, July 14 — The first vaccination in history was performed in 1796 by English physician Edward Jenner, who inoculated a boy…
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Zelig Eshhar, Israeli Immunologist Behind CAR T-Cell Therapy, Dies at 84
REHOVOT, July 14 — A quiet revolution in cancer care began in a single laboratory in Israel nearly four decades ago. Today,…
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FDA’s Accelerated Approval of Aduhelm Fuels Alzheimer’s Drug Controversy
WASHINGTON, July 14 — The story of aducanumab, the first Alzheimer’s treatment to target the underlying disease process rather than just symptoms,…
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Model Finds DNA Mutations Alone Could Cap Median Human Lifespan at 146 to 194 Years
WASHINGTON, July 14 — The global race to slow human aging is no longer a fringe scientific pursuit; it is a strategic…
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Innate vs. Adaptive Immunity: Two-Layered Defense System
MANILA, July 14 — For families across Asia, the idea of being protected from a disease long after recovery is something many…
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Buck Institute in Novato: How a Marin County Trust Built an Aging Research Center
NOVATO, Calif., July 14 — 1999. That is the year the Buck Institute for Research on Aging opened its doors, becoming the…
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Jean Twenge Ties the Teen Mental Health Slide After 2012 to Smartphones and Social Media
MANILA, July 14 — For communities across Asia watching their children grow up with smartphones and tablets in hand, the research of…
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Heavy Screen Time Linked to Shorter Attention Spans in Children, Studies Find
LONDON, July 14 — The relationship between children’s screen time and cognitive development has come under renewed scrutiny, with research pointing to…
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Antiques Roadshow Expert Theo Burrell Dies at 39 After Brain Tumour Campaign
LONDON, July 14 — Theo Burrell received a brain cancer diagnosis in 2020. Since that time, she has become a public figure…
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Next-Generation CAR T-Cell Therapies Aim at Solid Tumors and Off-the-Shelf Donor Cells
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 — The next generation of cancer immunotherapy is racing toward a milestone that could change how thousands of…
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Geneticist Nir Barzilai’s TAME Metformin Aging Trial Still Waits for Funding
NEW YORK, July 14 — The figure that matters: 200. That is the number of peer-reviewed papers Dr. Nir Barzilai has published…
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New Alzheimer’s Drug Lecanemab Slows Cognitive Decline in Trial
WASHINGTON, July 14 — For the millions of American families watching a loved one slowly lose their memories, the arrival of lecanemab…
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James Allison’s CTLA-4 Discovery Pioneered Cancer Checkpoint Therapy
HOUSTON, July 14 — The technical reality of cancer immunotherapy is that the body’s own T cells often have the means to…
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Vaccine Development Timeline: From 1796 to mRNA in 2020
ROME, July 14 — For families, the story of vaccines is not a dry list of dates and laboratories. It is the…
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Immune System’s Key Players: Cells, Tissues, Organs
WASHINGTON, July 14 — Every day, inside the hollow chambers of our bones, a quiet manufacturing miracle unfolds. For a healthy adult,…
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Emily Whitehead, first child to get CAR-T therapy, cancer-free since 2012
PHILADELPHIA, July 14 — On the pediatric oncology floor of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the scene in 2012 was dire. A…
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The Hallmarks of Aging: What Drives Cellular Decline, Now 12 in Number
WASHINGTON, July 14 — A scientific framework first laid out in 2013 has become the dominant map for researchers trying to understand…
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Immunotherapy harnesses immune system to fight cancer tumors
NEW YORK, July 14 — When James Allison and Tasuku Honjo shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2018, they…
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Caloric Restriction Study Links Diet to Longer Lifespan
NEW YORK, July 14 — For decades, the idea that eating less could help you live longer has hovered at the edge…
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How Joseph Meister Became the First Person Given Pasteur’s Rabies Vaccine
PARIS, July 14 — One hundred and thirty-nine years after a nine-year-old boy became the first human to survive a rabies infection…
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Jammu and Kashmir Reviews Cancer Care Strategy With Tata Memorial as Partner
SRINAGAR, July 13 — A plan to reshape how cancer is fought across Jammu and Kashmir took its first formal shape today,…
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