Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • 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

  • Study looks at organ-specific blood plasma proteins to track organ age and disease risks.

    February 9, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 9, 2024 Source:Scientists can now predict which of your organs will fail first Reference:Organ aging signatures in the plasma proteome track health and disease

  • Study points to a group of proteins that may be associated with future dementia outcomes.

    July 24, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 24, 2023 Source:Protein imbalance during middle age linked to dementia risk 25 years later Reference:Proteomics analysis of plasma from middle-aged adults identifies protein markers of dementia risk in later life

  • For the first time in years, researchers have identified a new susceptibility gene for breast cancer: study

    March 29, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 29, 2023 Source:For the first time in years, researchers have identified a new susceptibility gene for breast cancer: study Reference:Variants in ATRIP are associated with breast cancer susceptibility in the Polish population and UK Biobank

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