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16-Jul-2025

Discovery could battle Alzheimer’s by boosting blood flow to brain

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research suggests an unexpected way doctors may be able to improve blood flow to the brain to battle Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Owens Family Foundation, American Heart Association, UVA Brain Institute

16-Jul-2025

TTUHSC’s Logsdon receives grant to study vascular side of traumatic brain injuries

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Grant and Award Announcement

The pathophysiological mechanisms associated with the onset and progression of age-related diseases, and potential impacts of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) on aging, are not completely understood. Uncovering these mechanisms could lead to new clinical methods capable of reducing the development of age-related disease. Supported by a three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, Aric F. Logsdon, Ph.D., from the TTUHSC School of Medicine will study how brain endothelial cells handle the stressors of neuroinflammation.

Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging

16-Jul-2025

How the brain turns our intended words into the sounds of speech

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Speaking is one of the most complicated things a human can do. Before you even say a word, your brain has to translate what you want to say into a perfectly sequenced set of instructions to the dozens of muscles you use to speak.

Journal: Nature Human Behaviour
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

15-Jul-2025

Understanding how the superfungus Candida auris withstands antifungal treatment

Michigan State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A groundbreaking study from Michigan State University (MSU), recently published in Nature Communications, has revealed how the multidrug-resistant superfungus Candida auris uniquely reconstructs its cell wall to survive antifungal treatments. The discovery marks a significant step toward understanding and combating one of the most dangerous fungal pathogens threatening hospitalized patients worldwide.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Swiss National Science Foundation, Fondation Santos-Suarez pour la Recherche Médicale

15-Jul-2025

Hidden bacterial redundancy could be antibiotic game-changer

Michigan State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In the ongoing battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, MSU researchers have made a discovery that could reshape how we target deadly pathogens like staph infections.

Journal: mBio
Funder: National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health