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Antibody cocktail could work as a universal flu treatment

Illustration of antibodies attacking influenza virus particles Science Photo Library/Alamy A cocktail of antibodies could give us a new weapon to fight seasonal flu and new strains that cause pandemics. The mix protected mice from various strains of influenza, but hasn’t yet been tested in humans. Most flu treatments and vaccines rely on prompting the...

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Simple blood test could spot Alzheimer’s years before symptoms

In a landmark study of Hispanic and Latino adults, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a link between self-reported cognitive decline and blood-based biomarkers, which could pave the way for a simple blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. This approach could be faster, less-invasive and...

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Team solves 1,500-year-old mystery behind the 1st pandemic

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the world’s first recorded pandemic—in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the outbreak was first described nearly 1,500 years ago. The landmark discovery, led...