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Stem cell/gene therapy holds HIV at bay in mouse trials
Scientists have successfully transplanted anti-HIV stem cells into mice that served as surrogates for infected patients. Bigger still, however, the process successfully expanded and safeguarded HIV-resistant immune cells, and the cells themselves kept growing even when confronted with the virus.
Potential Alzheimer's treatment disrupts amyloid protein formation
Another potential new Alzheimer's treatment is in the works--a group of compounds that appeared, in the lab, to disrupt the formation of those ominous clumps of amyloid protein many blame for propelling the mental decline in patients with the deadly disease.
Next-gen nanoparticles deliver cancer drugs at just the right moment
Nanoparticles often deliver cancer drugs prematurely, releasing their cargo at the slightest trigger, missing their target. Researchers concocted a new version that appears able to last longer,...
Two Rift Valley fever vaccines provide solid results
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, University of Connecticut and University of Texas Medical Branch have developed two potential vaccines for the mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever.
