by Douglas Johnson, Medical University of South Carolina Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs the years add up, it’s common to notice slight changes in our ability to remember and think. Older people who have more marked changes than their peers can be diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Currently, we can’t easily predict which of these patients...
By Tatum Hunter for Washington PostUpdated April 27, 2023 at 2:25 p.m. EDT|Published April 27, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Search bots have answers — but can you trust them with your questions? Since OpenAI, Microsoft and Google introduced AI chatbots, millions of people have experimented with a new way to search the internet: Engaging...
Many immune cells crucial for our immune system develop in a small organ next to our heart: the thymus. With age, however, the thymus shrinks, and the number of effective immune cells declines. Max Planck Research groups from Freiburg and Würzburg have now identified the processes that control the development and composition of thymic tissue...
