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Every year in France, 140,000 people have a stroke [1]. Around 80% are ischemic strokes or cerebral infarctions, which occur when a brain artery is obstructed by a blood clot. Studies have shown that the risk of ischemic stroke is increased by the use of antipsychotics: medications with antidopaminergic [2] properties […]

In mice, one area of the brain is constantly tuned in to whether nearby animals are higher or lower in social hierarchy. If you’re reaching for the last piece of pizza at a party and see another hand going for it at the same time, your next move probably depends […]

Using a protein nanoparticle they designed, scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have identified two distinct subtypes of neutrophils and found that one of the subtypes can be used as a drug target for inflammatory diseases. Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that help fight infection, clear […]

Scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a treatment for pulmonary fibrosis by using nanoparticles coated in mannose — a type of sugar — to stop a population of lung cells called macrophages that contribute to lung tissue scarring. The cell-targeting method holds promise for preventing this severe […]

The various geroprotective drugs capable of upregulating cellular maintenance processes in order to modestly slowing aging in short-lived laboratory species are a mixed bunch, ranging from the only technically geroprotective, including well characterized, and well used drugs such as aspirin, to drugs with very mixed data for small effects, such […]