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20-Feb-2025

Digging into a decades-old hepatitis B mystery suggests a new potential treatment

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, research led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), Weill Cornell Medicine, and The Rockefeller University identified a vulnerability that opens the door to new treatments.

Journal

Cell

Funder

NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Science Foundation

20-Feb-2025

Study suggests new molecular strategy for treating fragile X syndrome

Picower Institute at MIT
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new MIT study in Cell Reports shows that enhancing activity of a specific component of ‘NMDA’ receptors normalizes protein synthesis, neural activity and seizure susceptibility in the hippocampus of fragile X lab mice.

Journal

Cell Reports

Funder

FRAXA Research Foundation, The Freedom Together Foundation, JPB Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health

20-Feb-2025

Paxlovid’s impact on hospitalization and death in COVID-vaccinated older adults far weaker than previously thought

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Paxlovid does not significantly reduce COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality among vaccinated older adults. The study questions the assumption that Paxlovid’s effectiveness in reducing COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in unvaccinated adults also applies to vaccinated adults.

Journal

JAMA

Funder

Commonwealth Fund, NIH/National Institute on Aging

20-Feb-2025

Hidden genetic causes of congenital heart disease identified

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

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect. Details on their findings were reported in the February 20 online issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.01.024].

Journal

The American Journal of Human Genetics

Funder

NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

20-Feb-2025

Use of greener anesthesia protects patients and the environment

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study performed at Michigan Medicine reveals that the use of less polluting inhaled anesthetic agents reduced harmful emissions by 50% in one year without impacting patient safety or outcomes.

Journal

The Lancet Planetary Health

Funder

NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute