September 2024- Volume 20, Issue 5
In this Issue
Neuroscience
Developing new drugs to treat addiction
Developing new drugs to treat addiction
No pharmaceutical treatments exist for addictions to drugs like cocaine or cannabis. Now, scientists are engineering gene therapies, immunotherapies, and more.
Infectious Disease
Predicting protection for maternal GBS vaccines
Predicting protection for maternal GBS vaccines
A new model predicts how well maternal vaccines protect babies from Group B Streptococcus, propelling much needed shots through late-stage clinical trials.
Biomarkers
Preventing autoimmune disease
Preventing autoimmune disease
Once symptoms show up, it’s too late to cure many autoimmune diseases. Researchers are investigating ways to prevent the conditions from starting at all.
