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Common drug restores youthful function to clean up aging brains

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Michael Franco

Restoring the brain's ability to drain itself of dirty fluid could go a long way toward fighting diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

A drug used to induce labor in pregnant women has been shown to reactivate tiny waste-clearing pumps in the brains of old mice. The finding could hold promise as a new way to fight Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and overall cognitive decline.

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Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Brain, University of Rochester, Spinal, anti-aging

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Common drug restores youthful function to clean up aging brains

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Michael Franco

Restoring the brain's ability to drain itself of dirty fluid could go a long way toward fighting diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle

Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Brain, University of Rochester, Spinal, anti-aging

Continue reading Common drug restores youthful function to clean up aging brains→

Plasma fireballs from black holes are now being made here on Earth

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Michael Irving

Supermassive black holes have been known to belch gigantic beams of plasma into space – and now scientists have managed to recreate these fireballs in a lab at CERN.Continue ReadingCategory: Physics, ScienceTags: Black hole, Supermassive black hole, As… Continue reading Plasma fireballs from black holes are now being made here on Earth→

Would we exist if Earth’s magnetic field hadn’t collapsed 500m years ago?

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Michael Irving

The Earth’s magnetic field is vital for life – without it, the Sun’s radiation would sterilize the planet. But a new study suggests we wouldn’t be here at all if that magnetic field hadn’t almost completely collapsed half a billion years ago.Continue R… Continue reading Would we exist if Earth’s magnetic field hadn’t collapsed 500m years ago?→

The surprising reason we blink so much more than we need to

Posted on April 16, 2024 by Michael Irving

Blinking keeps our eyes moist – but we actually blink way more often than we need to if that was the only reason. Scientists at the University of Rochester have now found that the involuntary action plays a bigger role than we thought, helping us proce… Continue reading The surprising reason we blink so much more than we need to→

How the ‘oxygen bottleneck’ could help spot exoplanets with alien tech

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Michael Franco

Look at the development of Earth-bound tech and you’ll find fire at the heart of it, says a duo of researchers. And what does fire need to burn? Oxygen, whose chemical signature could provide clues to technological societies on worlds beyond our own.Co… Continue reading How the ‘oxygen bottleneck’ could help spot exoplanets with alien tech→

Laser fusion reactors could make their own fuel pellets in a flash

Posted on July 14, 2023 by David Szondy

As the question of how to make a laser fusion reactor practical rises, scientists at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) have come up with a way for fusion lasers to essentially manufacture their own fuel pellets.Continu… Continue reading Laser fusion reactors could make their own fuel pellets in a flash→

Combo therapy trial achieves 94% remission rate for Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Michael Irving

A combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy has proven promising in treating patients with advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma, and removes the need for radiation therapy in kids. In a new phase 3 clinical trial, 94% of patients receiving the combo treatment… Continue reading Combo therapy trial achieves 94% remission rate for Hodgkin’s lymphoma→