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5-Nov-2025

Protective microglia subtype offers potential new therapeutic pathway in Alzheimer’s disease

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

International research team identifies distinct population of neuroprotective immune cells of the central nervous system

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, European Research Council, Cure Alzheimer's Fund, Freedom Together Foundation, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Alzheimer's Association, BrightFocus Foundation, National Multiple Sclerosis Society

5-Nov-2025

Heavy alcohol use linked to risk of brain bleed earlier in life

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham suggests that heavy alcohol use may lead to more severe brain bleeds and cause long-term brain vessel damage at a younger age.

Journal: Neurology
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

5-Nov-2025

Urban fungi show signs of thermal adaptation

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that common fungal species may be adapting to higher temperatures in warmer sites within cities compared to cooler sites in the same city.A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that common fungal species may be adapting to higher temperatures in warmer sites within cities compared to cooler sites in the same city.

Journal: ISME Communications
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

5-Nov-2025

Brain pathway may fuel both aggression, self-harm

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC found that early-life trauma changes a brain circuit linked to both aggression and self-harm. In mouse studies, the team showed that trauma makes certain calcium channels overactive, increasing vulnerability to these behaviors later in life.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, Seale Innovation Fund, Integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia

5-Nov-2025

MIT study finds targets for a new tuberculosis vaccine

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A large-scale MIT screen of tuberculosis proteins revealed several possible antigens that could be developed as a new vaccine for TB, the world’s deadliest infectious disease.

Journal: Science Translational Medicine
Funder: MIT Center for Precision Cancer Research at the Koch Institute, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research