Brain changes in Huntington’s disease decades before diagnosis will guide future prevention trials
Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington’s disease, finds a…
Ricerca Svizzera, la stimolazione dell’ ipotalamo consente ai pazienti paralizzati di camminare di nuovo. Studio su Nature Medicine
Gli scienziati dell’EPFL di Losanna e del CHUV (Centro ospedaliero universitario del Vaud), guidati dal professor Grégoire Courtine e dalla professoressa Jocelyne Bloch, hanno raggiunto un traguardo importante nel trattamento…
RICOVERO PER COVID: IL CERVELLO INVECCHIA DI 20 ANNI. STUDIO SU NATURE MEDICINE
Un ricovero per Covid grave può segnare a tal punto che, dopo 12-18 mesi, ci sono ancora i segni della perdita di funzione cognitiva. L’entità dei danni osservati dai ricercatori?…
Immunotherapy approach shows potential in some people with metastatic solid tumors
Early findings from a small clinical trial provide evidence that a new cellular immunotherapy approach may be effective in treating metastatic solid tumors. In the trial, researchers from the National…
Researchers optimize genetic tests for diverse populations to tackle health disparities
To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing…
275 million new genetic variants identified in NIH precision medicine data
Researchers have discovered more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variants, identified from data shared by nearly 250,000 participants of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program.…