By Brenda Goodman, CNN Published 7:53 AM EDT, Fri April 28, 2023 The CDC is investigating a cluster of rare and serious brain abscesses in kids in and around Las Vegas. BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesCNN — Disease detectives with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a cluster of rare and serious...
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Sensory cells taste cerebrospinal fluid to fight brain infections
by Marie Simon, Paris Brain Institute Graphical abstract. Credit: Current Biology (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.039 Sensory neurons pick up information from our senses and relay it to the rest of the nervous system. But this is not their only mission. In a new study published in the journal Current Biology, Claire Wyart at the Paris Brain Institute, and...
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Antibodies block specific viruses that cause arthritis, brain infections
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified two antibodies that protect animals from disease caused by alphaviruses. The antibodies worked for every alphavirus tested, meaning they potentially could form the basis of treatments or serve as a template for a universal vaccine. The findings are published Aug. 19 in the journal Cell....