New Therapies for Alzheimer’s: Slowing Progression and Enhancing Quality of Life

2023-11-02 11:34:00 Alzheimer’s cannot be cured. But now new therapies are about to be approved. Antibodies have been proven to cause amyloid plaques in the brain to disappear. This can slow the progression of the disease, but cannot reverse it. However, in combination with early diagnosis, symptoms can be effectively stopped, says Prof. Dr. Dorothee … Read more

Advancements in RSV Vaccine Development: Progress, Challenges, and Future Outlook

2023-11-01 08:00:00 »RSV has previously accounted for a large proportion of illnesses and deaths around the world. I think that will change dramatically,” says Louis Bont, an infectious diseases pediatrician at the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands. However, he cautions that this positive development is unlikely to occur equally everywhere: costs and infrastructure … Read more

Donanemab Study: Impact on Alzheimer’s Progression and Potential Risks

2023-09-26 12:00:00 The donanemab study was structured similarly. Just over 1,700 test subjects with early signs of Alzheimer’s took part in it and received either the experimental therapy or a dummy drug every two weeks for 18 months. Across the entire patient group, the CDR-SB score fell by 29 percent less in those treated with … Read more

Effects of Microgravity on Astronauts’ Immune System: How to Stay Healthy in Space

2023-06-22 16:22:44 Are you more likely to catch a bad cold in a spaceship than on Earth? Microgravity has negative consequences on the human body, such as bone and muscle loss, decrease in blood volume, or disruption of the immune systemimmune system. Indeed, scientists from the University of Ottawa, in Canada, have analyzed the immune … Read more

Stroke: New approach using antibodies via the nose

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[표지로 읽는 과학] How our body fights COVID-19: Dong-A Science

The name of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) is derived from the Latin corona (crown). If you look at the Corona 19 virus in close-up, the spike protein in the shape of a sharp projection is attached to the nucleus, because this shape resembles a crown. The international scientific journal Science published this week’s cover … Read more

Coronavirus: New danger from Russian bats?

Around two and a half years after the outbreak of the corona pandemic, a newly discovered bat virus called Khosta-2 is causing concern. US researchers from Washington State University warn in one Study from the pathogen they found in Russian horseshoe bats. The virus has “disturbing features”. Also interesting: Immunity vulnerability warning: Who should get … Read more

Our cancer research

To be effective against cancer, it is necessary to implement a therapeutic arsenal combining different types of treatment. Our research teams are developing increasingly sophisticated molecules capable of directly attacking and destroying cancer cells (molecular oncology), or of exploiting the full power of the immune system (immuno-oncology) to support the mechanisms of self-defense of the … Read more