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The study used an accepted primate model to show that sustained release of glial-derived neurotrophic factor in a region of the brain called the ventral tegmental area (VTA) may prevent a return to excessive alcohol use after a period of abstinence.

Receiving a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine or booster during pregnancy can benefit pregnant people and their newborn infants, according to findings recently published in Vaccine.

Researchers have developed a new form of gene therapy that can stop cell division in a particularly aggressive type of cancer.

What can scientific research tell us about the graying of hair? Stress, and the "jamming" of stem cells appear to be contributing factors.

Researchers reversed hearing loss in mice by restoring the function of a defective gene. The proof-of-concept study suggests that some types of hearing loss caused by reduced gene activity could be reversible.

Analysis of all existing literature on the topic has revealed no evidence for an increase in sudden cardiac arrest or an increase in myocarditis in athletes after COVID-19 vaccination.

For the first time, scientists have investigated and revealed how neutralizing antibodies, including those described as broadly neutralizing, contribute to virus control in some HIV-1 carriers after treatment interruption.

A new inhaled drug has been identified for preventing lung damage triggered by overactive immune cells in illnesses such as pneumonia and COVID-19.

Booster shot being developed to avoid recapturing koalas to fight Chlamydia disease.

A study details a new vaccine against the Epstein Barr virus (EBV), one of the world’s most successful infectious agents and a cause of cancer and multiple sclerosis.