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Are you planning to watch the total solar eclipse on April 8? Its path travels from Mazatlán, Mexico, through Texas, the Midwest, New England and Newfoundland, and it will be the last total solar eclipse viewable across North America until 2044. Catch it if you can! (I'm going to a relative's house in Ohio and am hoping for clear skies ... but prepared for clouds.) Scientific American contributing editor Rebecca Boyle previews the spectacle and explains why scientists are thrilled with the opportunity it offers to study…

Recent research has unveiled that the GDF15 protein may enhance diabetes treatment by reducing glucose synthesis and liver fibrosis, offering a new approach to managing type 2 diabetes and associated metabolic disorders.New methods to decrease glucose production in the liverA study led by the University of Barcelona and the Biomedical Research Networking Center in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM) uncovered a novel mechanism that could enhance the effectiveness of existing diabetes treatments. This…

A recent study reveals a potential link between past medical treatment with contaminated human growth hormone and the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease in five individuals, underscoring the importance of preventing accidental amyloid-beta transmission in medical procedures.A team of researchers from UCL and UCLH reports that five instances of Alzheimer’s disease may be linked to medical treatments received decades earlier.Alzheimer’s disease is caused by the amyloid-beta protein and is usually a sporadic condition of…

The scientists found that people with long covid exhibit changes in a suite of proteins involved in the complement system, which helps the immune system destroy microbes and clear away cellular debris. The results echo what at least one other group has found.  None of the existing research proves that these changes drive the disease. But they offer up a new avenue for treatment exploration by helping doctors pick the best people to trial certain drugs “There aren’t really any effective therapies,” says Aran…

Researchers have discovered a crucial link between Alzheimer’s disease and fat metabolism, specifically focusing on the amyloid-beta protein and sulfatides. The study, which also considers the impact of diet and lifestyle, opens new possibilities for treatment and prevention. This groundbreaking work could significantly influence future approaches to Alzheimer’s disease.Recent research by Professors Marcus Grimm and Tobias Hartmann at the Rhineland Campus of SRH University of Applied Health Sciences in Leverkusen and…

Following a trail of evidence that started with a study of fruit flies nearly 25 years ago, researchers have found adding a hyperactive form of the protein Rac2 to macrophages, immune cells that eat pathogens, causes them to cannibalize T cells. The novel technique could potentially boost the effectiveness of an emerging cancer treatment.Rac proteins have been around for a long time. Deeply conserved in evolution, the proteins are thought to have been present in the earliest nucleated cells. But, despite their age,…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There are many different skincare products and beauty services on the market that all promise to make you appear younger and slow down the effects of aging; we see countless procedures, such as botox injections or facelifts, being done almost routinely on shows like The Real Housewives, not to mention an entire industry of multivitamins. While there have been amazing…

Researchers discovered a crucial protein, TAF15, in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) cases. This finding, offering new treatment avenues, was achieved using advanced neuropathologic and molecular techniques, marking a breakthrough in understanding and potentially treating this form of dementia.Discovery could lead to new, targeted therapeutics for frontotemporal dementia.An international team of researchers including experts at the Indiana University School of Medicine has identified a protein found in the brains of people…

An example of what a deep brain stimulation device looks like under X-ray imaging.Photo: Hellerhoff/Wikimedia CommonsThe idea of using electricity to treat mental illness has understandably come with some stigma, given the grim and sometimes abusive history of “shock therapy” in the earliest days of psychiatry. But in the modern day, various methods of brain stimulation have shown real promise in improving depression and other illnesses that otherwise looked untreatable. These treatments, it’s theorized, can somewhat…

December 18, 20233min readSeveral research teams have created an atlas of the mouse brain. The map, which has more than 5,300 cell clusters, should help to improve the treatment of brain diseasesBy Karin Schlott How many different cell clusters are in the brain of a mouse? Where are they located, and what are their functions? A large international team of researchers has tackled this enormously difficult puzzle and presented a complete cell atlas of the mouse brain.Experts at the Brain Research through Advancing…