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A new study shows that the recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) may reduce the risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, in adults aged 65 and older. This finding suggests that routine vaccination could offer a simple, safe way to protect brain health in older populations.
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Researchers have discovered that blocking a protein called HMGB1 can restore the brain’s ability to produce new neurons and improve spatial learning after heavy alcohol use during adolescence. This opens new avenues for developing treatments to reverse the long-term brain damage caused by teenage binge drinking.
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By using a patient’s own urine cells, scientists created “mini-brains” in a dish that reveal unique protein patterns linked to the severity of Dravet syndrome, a severe form of childhood epilepsy. This technique could one day help doctors predict how the disease will progress in individual patients and guide personalized treatment plans.
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