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Scientists finally crack mystery of rare COVID adenovirus vaccine blood clots
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
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New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Wipes Out Tumors and Blocks Drug Resistance in Mouse Model. Human Trials Pending
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
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A new mouse model approach to treating osteoarthritis by encouraging cartilage regeneration.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 17, 2026 Source:A hopeful future for Arthritis Treatment
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Scientists Develop IV Therapy That Repairs the Brain After Stroke
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
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Epigenetic Switch to Turn Memories On and Off Created in Mice.
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
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Nanoparticle anti-cancer vaccine shown to be effective against triple negative breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, and melanoma in mouse model study.
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
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Development of microchip antibody testing against viral proteins has streamlined the ability to test efficacy of immune response.
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
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Blocking Brain Inflammation Molecule May Halt Alzheimer’s
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
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Growing organs (almost) from scratch. Caveats abound but research is trying to address these.
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