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How dogs are helping researchers track the spread of a dangerous disease in Calif.  sfgate.com This growing fungal disease outbreak spreads through dust and dirt  USA Today California is seeing a spike in cases of Valley Fever  NPR Valley Fever is spreading across the arid West, affecting people and dogs  University of California What is valley fever? Cases of fungal infection on upward trend, …

Gemma Botting Matt and Gemma Botting with their children Amelie and Hugo Gemma Botting burst into tears when she saw the news headlines this week about a treatment for Huntington’s. “I must have cried for three hours. Then the kids got home from school and I showed my daughter the BBC story and she burst into tears.” Gemma’s husband, Matt, …

New Treatment Shows Promise for Huntington’s Disease  The New York Times A Huntington’s Disease Treatment Is Closer Than Ever  Time Magazine Preliminary but promising gene therapy shows 75% reduction in Huntington’s disease progression  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos A clever genetic technique may treat a horrible brain condition  The Economist Huntington’s disease successfully treated for first time  BBC Source link

A key protein in the brain could reveal if someone is likely to develop Alzheimer’s later in life, a study has revealed.  Researchers from Florida International University investigated the role of TSPO, a protein that serves as a biomarker of brain inflammation, to see when in life it increases and where it rises in the brain. For the study, advanced imaging software was …

While sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the provisional data from 2024, released Wednesday, the total number of cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis declined 9% from 2023, down a third consecutive year.  Gonorrhea cases declined for …

After a mouse received treatment to eliminate immune cells called microglia, it was injected with human progenitor cells that developed into human immune cells (green, pink and blue) in the animal’s brain.Credit: M. M.-D. Madler et al./Nature A fresh supply of the immune cells that keep the brain tidy might one day help to treat a host of conditions, from …

A brain scan of a person with Huntington’s disease, which causes a loss of brain volume as neurons are killed off by the accumulation of a mutant protein.Credit: Zephyr/Science Photo Library A one-time gene therapy can markedly slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, potentially paving the way for the first ever treatment to alter the course of this rare, inherited …

A two-year boy who made a miraculous recovery after being born at 33 weeks now faces a major setback as a rare disorder threatens his life.  Jack Drury defied odds by leaving the hospital’s NICU just 17 days after his premature birth. His family are now braced to fight a new challenge after he was diagnosed with infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy.  ‘I …

Researchers in the United Kingdom say they have successfully trialed what could become the world’s first gene therapy for Huntington’s disease – a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that is typically inherited. While the results of the clinical trial are not yet formally published or peer reviewed, principal investigator and neuroscientist Ed Wild from University College London says the gene therapy, called …

The finding set Feinstein on a decade-long search for the truth about the amygdala’s role in fear. It turns out that there are actually two different fear pathways in the brain, depending on whether the threat is external or internal. Getty ImagesCaption: Subject S M jumped out of a plane on a skydive and felt no fear because of her …