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  • New drug repairs brain connections lost in Alzheimer's

    Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, have developed what they say is the first experimental drug meant to restore the synapses--or brain connections--destroyed in Alzheimer's disease.

Scientists identify new compound that kills drug-resistant TB

Incidence rates of tuberculosis have been subsiding worldwide in recent years, but a new challenge has cropped up--the emergence TB strains that are resistant to current drugs.

Inovio says H7N9 bird flu vaccine effective in mice

Another vaccine has shown promise in early-stage studies against the virulent H7N9 avian influenza strain, which has so far infected more than 130 people and caused 39 deaths.

Breast cancer cell growth thwarted by osteoporosis drug in preclinical studies

An osteoporosis drug approved in Europe could have another potential use--treating breast cancer, even cases in which the cancer has become resistant to current therapies.

New genetic mutations found in families with early-onset Alzheimer's

Researchers at the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital identified a type of mutation known as copy-number variants (CNVs)--deletions, duplications, or rearrangements of human genomic DNA--in the members of 10 families with early-onset Alzheimer's.

Scientists discover new antibacterial molecules to fight anthrax, TB

As antibiotic resistance rises globally, there is a growing need for new antibiotics to treat a vast array of bacterial conditions and diseases, from anthrax poisoning to tuberculosis.

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