Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • New monoclonal antibodies designed to stop Epstein Barr virus from attaching to and entering human immune cells

    April 16, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 16, 2026 Source:95% of people carry this virus and scientists may have just found how to stop it Reference:Transgenic mouse-derived human monoclonal antibodies targeting EBV gp350 and gp42 provide basis for therapeutic development.

  • 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

  • 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

  • New agent blocks the degradation pathway in cartilage and restores cartilage in mice and in vitro human cartilage. If it is shown to work in humans, it will have great potential to mitigate osteoarthritic age-related changes.

    January 13, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 13, 2026 Source:Anti-Aging Injection Regrows Knee Cartilage and Prevents Arthritis Reference:Inhibition of 15-hydroxy prostaglandin dehydrogenase promotes cartilage regeneration

  • 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

  • Does ‘zombie deer disease’ pose risks for humans? No evidence to date that it does.

    February 22, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 22, 2024 Source:Does ‘zombie deer disease’ pose risks for humans?

  • 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

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