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U.S. Dementia costs to exceed $780 billion this year

University of Southern California
Reports and Proceedings

The total economic burden of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the United States will reach $781 billion this year, finds a USC-led research team aiming to provide the most comprehensive accounting yet of dementia's growing economic toll.

Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging

How bacteria in our aging guts can elevate risk of leukemia and perhaps more

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

"This study significantly advances our understanding about how blood cancers develop and progress, especially in older adults," says corresponding author Dr. Dan Starczynowski, Cincinnati Children's.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Parts of our DNA may evolve much faster than previously thought

University of Utah Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers has used advanced DNA sequencing to develop the most comprehensive atlas yet of genetic change through generations, laying the foundations for new insights into the roots of human disease and evolution.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Terry Fox Research Institute, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Study finds psychedelics can reverse neuroimmune interactions that boost fear

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study suggests that fear and the immune system are connected in previously unknown ways. Researchers at Mass General Brigham found that the immune system can influence stress and fear behaviors by changing how brain cells communicate.

Journal: Nature
Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Basic Science Research Program funded by the NRF of Korea/Ministry of Education, Human Frontier Science Program, Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung foundation, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, NIH/National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, International Progressive MS Alliance, Leopoldina Research Fellow Grant of the German Academy of Sciences, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ministry of Education, The Gene Lay Institute of Immunology and Inflammation of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital

Phoenician culture spread mainly through cultural exchange

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Ancient DNA analysis challenges our understanding of the ancient Phoenician-Punic civilization. An international team of researchers analyzing genome-wide data from 210 ancient individuals has found that Levantine Phoenician towns contributed little genetically to Punic populations in the central and western Mediterranean despite their deep cultural, economic, and linguistic connections.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, John Templeton Foundation

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