Promising Alzheimer’s drug fails in large trial
An experimental Alzheimer’s drug called Solanezumab that previously showed promise in its ability to slow the memory deterioration observed in Alzheimer’s patients recently failed in clinical trials.
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An experimental Alzheimer’s drug called Solanezumab that previously showed promise in its ability to slow the memory deterioration observed in Alzheimer’s patients recently failed in clinical trials.
Craving chocolate? Go ahead and grab a few pieces. A number of recent studies have found that compounds in cocoa called flavanol could improve cardiovascular health and reduce blood pressure.
There may finally be an excuse to make amusement park trips a priority yearly. Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) discovered that riding certain types of roller coasters can help patients pass kidney stones with an approximated 70 percent success rate. They suggest trying to ride roller coasters once a year as maintenance to reduce the chance of developing any stones.
At a United Nations General Assembly meeting on Sept. 21, the first ever called only to discuss drug-resistant bacteria, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stated that antimicrobial resistance is a “fundamental threat” to global health and safety.
This past July and August have tied each other for the hottest months on Earth since NASA’s record-keeping began in 1880. The past two months boast temperatures averaging 0.84 degrees Celsius (1.27 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the earth’s average temperature.
Your dog does not tilt its head when you talk to it because it is confused or wants to be cute. Thanks to researchers from Hopkins, we now know this behavior, similar to one observed in bats, is not just for show.
Results published in the journal Autism Research by researchers from the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine, University of Washington Bothell and Seattle Children’s Research Institute found that for children with autism, exposure to diagnostic ultrasound during the first trimester of pregnancy increased the severity of their autism symptoms.
Although the first case of Zika was recorded in 1947, the virus only developed public and scientific interest many years later in 2015 when a pandemic outbreak began in South America. The outbreak spread to multiple regions worldwide. The disease is primarily spread through travelers who have been bitten by mosquitoes contamined by the virus and sexual contact between infected and uninfected people.
Over the past few months, Apple has found itself in a flurry of legal bouts with the U.S. government regarding data access and privacy of Apple users’ devices. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked Apple for assistance in accessing information from particular devices, such as the iPhone of the San Bernardino killer Syed Farook, since the FBI hoped that GPS data from Farook’s phone will provide them with information regarding who Farook contacted after the shooting and where he traveled immediately after the shooting.
Researchers have developed a means to specifically identify and target tumor cells using specialized immune cells called T-cells, as well as antigens, that flag the earliest mutations of tumor cells.
Currently, it is commonly thought that the cells in the non-reproductive organs of both sexes are relatively similar — and that any difference in lung or heart or liver function is due solely to the different hormones that circulate in males and females.
Researchers in the Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found that high doses of cocaine in mice kill brain cells by way of overactive autophagy, a “housekeeping” process through which cells rid themselves of debris and waste.
The Modular Prosthetic Limb, developed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (APL), has achieved new levels of operability thanks to a pioneering surgical procedure that allows the prosthetic to be directly and biomechanically attached to the amputee’s bone.