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A study has identified how an existing medication could improve immunotherapy outcomes for fibrolamellar carcinoma. The rare liver cancer currently has no cure and often spreads before detection. Researchers demonstrated the approach using patient tumor samples.

25. juni 2026 Rapportert av AI

A new study shows that healthy older adults experienced real improvements in memory, physical function, and stress levels after taking placebo pills for three weeks. The benefits occurred even when participants knew the pills were inactive. Researchers at Università Cattolica in Milan conducted the trial.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine report that tubulin—the building block of microtubules—can shift Tau and alpha-synuclein inside cellular condensates away from disease-linked aggregation and toward roles that support healthy neurons.

20. juni 2026 Rapportert av AI Faktasjekket

Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine report that unusually high activity of the DNA-repair gene EXO1 can damage newly replicated DNA and create BRCA-like weaknesses in some tumors, potentially helping identify patients who could respond to certain treatments used for BRCA-mutant cancers.

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have proposed that amyloid beta disrupts tau protein function inside neurons, potentially triggering Alzheimer's disease. The findings challenge the focus on external plaques as the primary cause.

17. juni 2026 Rapportert av AI Faktasjekket

A Binghamton University-led study suggests that changes in how children look at happy and sad faces over time track with depressive symptoms—and that the pattern differs depending on whether their mothers have a history of major depressive disorder.