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95% of kids with “bubble boy” disease cured by one-time gene therapy

AI maps how a new antibiotic targets gut bacteria: « MIT CSAIL and McMaster researchers used a generative AI model to reveal how a narrow-spectrum antibiotic attacks disease-causing bacteria, speeding up a process that normally takes years. »

Breakthrough Gene Therapy Slows Huntington's Disease by 75% : ScienceAlert

Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in UK gene therapy trial | Surgical procedure to treat devastating illness slowed progress of disease by 75% in patients after three years

Huntington's disease treated for first time

Study Links Microplastic Exposure to Alzheimer's Disease in Mice

Three-Minute Take-Home Test May Identify Symptoms Linked to Alzheimer's Disease

FDA approves first nasal spray diuretic for heart, liver and kidney disease | Aiming to prevent a common and costly issue that results in more than a million hospitalizations each year.

The Next Era of Gene Editing Will Be Disease Agnostic

Climate Change Is Bringing Legionnaire’s Disease to a Town Near You

'Neural pruning' drives smell loss in early, silent stages of Alzheimer's | Scientists uncover the mechanism behind the loss of smell – which can be one of the first indicators of Alzheimer's disease

Magnetized pen detects Parkinson's disease in its earliest stages | The prototype pen is able to detect subtle Parkinson's-related tremors via writing exercises such as drawing continuous spirals

Nanoflowers: The new frontier in healing brain cells & treating disease

SpaceX just launched disease-causing bacteria to the International Space Station

How Not to Study a Disease (2023)

Super-resolution microscopes reveal new details of cells and disease

Researchers have discovered that newborns have high levels of the tau protein, which is elevated in older people with Alzheimer’s disease, but that it causes them no harm | The discovery opens the door to developing new ways of treating or preventing the neurodegenerative condition.

Breakthrough brain sugar discovery turns the tables on Alzheimer's disease | Sugar stores in the brain were previously thought to be unimportant

Doctors find Parkinson's markers by looking inside ears | Analysis of ear wax to detect Parkinson's Disease would be a cheap, non-invasive way to detect the condition in its early stages

Pancreatic cancer vaccine eradicates trace of disease in early trials