Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Scientists finally crack mystery of rare COVID adenovirus vaccine blood clots

    April 15, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 15, 2026 Source:Scientists finally crack mystery of rare COVID vaccine blood clots Reference:Adenoviral Inciting Antigen and Somatic Hypermutation in VITT

  • New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Wipes Out Tumors and Blocks Drug Resistance in Mouse Model. Human Trials Pending

    March 20, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 20, 2026 Source:New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Wipes Out Tumors and Blocks Drug Resistance Reference:A targeted combination therapy achieves effective pancreatic cancer regression and prevents tumor resistance

  • A new mouse model approach to treating osteoarthritis by encouraging cartilage regeneration.

    March 17, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 17, 2026 Source:A hopeful future for Arthritis Treatment

  • Scientists Develop IV Therapy That Repairs the Brain After Stroke

    February 3, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 3, 2026 Source:Scientists Develop IV Therapy That Repairs the Brain After Stroke Reference:Toward development of a dynamic supramolecular peptide therapy for acute ischemic stroke

  • Epigenetic Switch to Turn Memories On and Off Created in Mice.

    November 14, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 14, 2025 Source:Epigenetic Switch to Turn Memories On and Off Created Reference:Cell-type and locus-specific epigenetic editing of memory expression

  • Nanoparticle anti-cancer vaccine shown to be effective against triple negative breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, and melanoma in mouse model study.

    October 28, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 28, 2025 Source:This experimental “super vaccine” stopped cancer cold in the lab Reference:Super-adjuvant nanoparticles for platform cancer vaccination

  • Development of microchip antibody testing against viral proteins has streamlined the ability to test efficacy of immune response.

    August 19, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 19, 2025 Source:Breakthrough microchip reveals how your body fights viruses—in just 90 minutes Reference:Microfluidics combined with electron microscopy for rapid and high-throughput mapping of antibody–viral glycoprotein complexes

  • Blocking Brain Inflammation Molecule May Halt Alzheimer’s

    June 4, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 4, 2025 Source: Blocking Brain Inflammation Molecule May Halt Alzheimer’s Reference: STING deletion protects against amyloid β–induced Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis

  • Growing organs (almost) from scratch. Caveats abound but research is trying to address these.

    March 4, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 4, 2024 Source:Growing organs (almost) from scratchU of T researchers are working on growing kidneys, lungs, and more in the lab to address the organ donor shortage

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