The Science Awareness Project showcases a snapshot of today's scientific medical research: the important work of how scientists are discovering the medicines & treatments of tomorrow.
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Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH
Researchers have shown reversal and recovery from Alzheimer's disease in mice. Until now, most research has been focused on how to slow or prevent the…
Alzheimer's Reversed in Mice
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Duke University - Durham, N.C.
When researchers studied a small group of women who over 20 years ago received a breast cancer vaccine as part of their treatment, they were…
An Older Breast Cancer Vaccine Helps Immune System Remember Cancer
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Rockefeller University - New York, N.Y.
It's been almost 30 years since a new class of antibiotics was introduced to the market. The current 6 class types are losing their efficacy…
Finding New Antibiotics in Dirt
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Yale University - New Haven, CT
For the first time in over 40 years, researchers have developed a new therapeutic for treating pain. Those suffering from pain have few options between…
A New Way to Treat Pain
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MD Anderson Cancer Center - Houston, TX
A combination of factors makes pancreatic cancer difficult to treat with methods that are used with other forms of cancer. Late detection often means surgical…
Studying Multiple Ways to Fight Pancreatic Cancer
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UCLA - Los Angeles, CA
Researchers have identified a molecule that can awaken long dormant hair follicles. By age 50, more than half of men and a quarter of women…
A Molecule That Fights Baldness
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Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH
The technology used to image our hearts has not changed much in 40 years. A new method being adopted today called diffusion MRI offers doctors…
A More Detailed MRI for Heart Imaging
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Johnn Hopkins Medicine - Baltimore, MD
Researchers have developed a new test for prostate cancer using a urine sample. The research team identified three biomarkers present in urine that detect the…
New Non-Invasive Test for Prostate Cancer
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Weill Cornell Medicine - New York, N.Y.
Most allergy and asthma medicines focus on the immune system, but new research suggests pain sensing neurons play a major role. Researchers have known for…
Pain Sensing Neurons May Play a Role in Allergies and Asthma
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University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI
A 20-year study using CT Colonography (CTC) as a screening method for colorectal cancer shows it may be a non-invasive option for many people. Colorectal…
A CT Scan May Let You Skip the Colonoscopy
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Mass General Brigham - Boston, M.A.
Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) is a recently recognized cause of dementia that often occurs separate from or alongside Alzheimer’s disease. LATE is estimated to…
A Blood Test May Help Determine Different Types of Dementia
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Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN
Flu vaccines prime our immune systems to recognize and attack a protein on the surface of the virus that effects its ability to infect cells…
Antibody Discovery May Improve Flu Treatments & Vaccines
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