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Deadly alcoholic hepatitis finds hope in epigenetics

Deadly alcoholic hepatitis finds hope in epigenetics

With a high mortality rate and no treatment, alcoholic hepatitis is a tragic diagnosis. But a new molecule that alters patient epigenetics may become the first effective therapy for the disease.
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Musical medicine for Parkinson’s disease

Musical medicine for Parkinson’s disease

By measuring neural oscillations in the brain, Isabelle Buard studies the effect of music therapy on improving fine motor movements in neurological disorders.
A cartoon shows a silhouette of a human head without a top. Smaller people stand around the head. Most are elevated by ladders and poles and pulling on threads that start in the head and end in question marks.

What foraging teaches about mental health

What foraging teaches about mental health

Investigating the neural and molecular pathways that help foragers decide when to look for better resources could lead to new ways to treat mental health conditions.
Different colored lines ranging from red to blue indicate the trajectories of Fyn proteins within a neuron.

Tracking the movement of individual proteins in dementia

Tracking the movement of individual proteins in dementia

A dementia-associated tau mutation promotes unusual clustering of Fyn, a protein important for learning and memory.
Illustrations of multiple coronavirus structures in red emerge from the mouth of a man.

COVID-19 severity ties to testosterone metabolism

COVID-19 severity ties to testosterone metabolism

Inhibiting an enzyme variant that contributes to severe COVID-19 in men holds promise for treating SARS-CoV-2 infections. 
A photograph of Immunicom’s LW-02 cartridge.

Filtering out cancer’s invisibility cloak

Filtering out cancer’s invisibility cloak

By removing immunosuppressive factors from the blood, researchers hope to give the immune system a fighting chance against advanced tumors.
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