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Decoding the molecular ties between vascular disease and Alzheimer’s

NIH consortium uses big data, team science to uncover complex interplay of factors.

Seeking a better understanding of vascular contributions to Alzheimer’s disease, the National Institutes of Health has launched the Molecular Mechanisms of the Vascular Etiology of Alzheimer’s Disease (M²OVE-AD) Consortium, a team-science venture to build a nuanced model of Alzheimer’s disease that more accurately reflects its many causes and pathways. Scientists have long been interested in how the vascular system — the body’s network of large and small blood vessels — may be involved in the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Scientists from diverse fields using the latest methodologies will work collaboratively towards shared goals: to dissect the complex molecular mechanisms by which vascular risk factors influence Alzheimer’s disease and identify new targets for treatment and prevention.

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Malawi tests first unmanned aerial vehicle flights for HIV early infant diagnosis

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Children look on as UNICEF and the Government of Malawi test the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to reduce waiting times of infant HIV tests.

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Circuit for experience-informed decision-making ID’d in rats

Memory and executive hubs work in lockstep during awake mental replay.

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Brain circuitry underlying memory for location and experience-based decision-making has been discovered in rats.

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Zika Poses Serious Threat to Puerto Rico: U.S. Health Officials

They say funds needed to battle the virus, which has been linked to severe birth defects.

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Elderly With Advanced Colon Cancer Often Get Costly, Dubious Treatments: Study

Drugs come with many side effects, may add only one month to survival, researchers add.

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Drug Duo May Rapidly Shrink Breast Tumors in Some Patients

Researchers say combo therapy worked well for about 1 in 4 women with HER2-positive breast cancer.

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Certain Biopsy Method Tied to Better Outcomes After Kidney Cancer

Image-guided testing of tissue from the kidney mass may lead to improved treatments, researchers say.

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This National Kidney Month, help your children adopt healthy habits

NIH statement from Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

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On World Kidney Day, teach your children healthy habits to last a lifetime.

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Superbugs: MEPs want to curb use of antibiotics in farming

To fight the growing resistance of bacteria to the antibiotics, the use of existing antimicrobial drugs should be restricted, and new ones should be developed, said the European Parliament on Thursday. In a vote on draft plans to update an EU law on veterinary medicines, MEPs advocate banning collective and preventive antibiotic treatment of animals, and back measures to stimulate research into new medicines.

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A child’s first eight years critical for substance abuse prevention

NIH releases summary of research on early childhood risk and protective factors.

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