Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, will appear before the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday and is likely to face scrutiny over her qualifications for becoming…
Category: 8. Health
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Doomscrolling affecting many Americans' sleep, poll finds
Doomscrolling is taking a toll on many Americans’ rest, a new survey says. More than a third of U.S. adults (38%) say using their phone or tablet to read the news before bed is making their sleep slightly or significantly worse, according to the…
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Study finds no evidence of persistent tick-borne infection in people who link chronic illness to ticks
When researchers studied Norwegians who thought tick bites caused their chronic health problems, they found no objective evidence linking the symptoms to ticks. The same study finds that health problems reported by participants were associated…
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Epigenetic reactivation of the tumor suppressor ZBTB7A by KDM4 inhibition in human acute myeloid leukemia | Science Translational Medicine
CRISPR screens identify ZBTB7A as a tumor suppressor gene, and therapeutic targeting of KDM4 restores its expression to promote AML differentiation.
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The vaccine platform used for COVID-19 primary immunization shapes the quality of the human B cell response to a vaccine boost | Science Translational Medicine
The magnitude and quality of the B cell response to a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine boost depend on the primary series vaccine platform.
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Lymphatic disruption drives lung transplant fibrosis through interleukin-1–mediated hyaluronan accumulation | Science Translational Medicine
Interleukin-1–mediated hyaluronan synthesis in transplanted grafts promotes fibrotic remodeling because of lymphatic disruption.
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Actin depolymerization promotes axon regeneration by restoring axonal mitochondrial transport in mouse models of optic neuropathy | Science Translational Medicine
Actin depolymerization promotes axon regeneration and neuroprotection by enhancing axonal mitochondrial transport.
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A systems immunology approach reveals divergent immune profiles of RSV and SARS-CoV-2 infections in infants | Science Translational Medicine
RSV and SARS-CoV-2 infections induce similar interferon but distinct inflammatory, epigenetic, and natural killer cell responses in infants.
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A peptide immunomodulator activates MST1 to expand and stabilize murine and human regulatory T cells for immune tolerance | Science Translational Medicine
A dual-action peptide that activates MST1 can expand and stabilize murine and human regulatory T cells to induce therapeutic immune tolerance.
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Fat shaming doesn't improve human health, it harms it, researchers find
Adolescence is a period defined by rapid physical, emotional, and social change, and for many young people, it is also shaped by body image issues and weight stigma. Those experiences, researchers say, can drive chronic stress with long-term…
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