For decades, the medical community viewed neuroinflammation as the “enemy”—a destructive byproduct of diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s that needed to be suppressed at all costs. However, a sweeping review published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation reveals a far more nuanced reality: the brain’s immune system is not merely a passenger in neurodegeneration, but … Read more
Nearly 40 years after the discovery of HIV, a functional cure – a state where the virus is suppressed without lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) – is moving from the realm of possibility to a tangible goal. Recent breakthroughs, spearheaded by researchers at the Gladstone Institutes and detailed in publications across News-Medical, Medical Xpress, and EurekAlert!, … Read more
The search for effective Alzheimer’s treatments has long been plagued by incremental progress and limited clinical benefit. Now, a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences signals a potentially paradigm-shifting approach: repurposing CAR-T cell therapy – a technology that has revolutionized cancer treatment – to target the amyloid plaques at the … Read more
The relentless search for the root causes of multiple sclerosis (MS) has taken a significant turn, with new research from UCSF pointing to a potentially crucial role for the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and a specific type of immune cell. This isn’t simply confirming EBV’s presence – long known to be nearly universal in MS patients … Read more