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An artist uses the canvas to make sense of her partner’s illness, and her own

09.05.2023

For Lauryn Welch, a 32-year-old artist with roots in New Hampshire, painting and chronic illness were synchronized revelations. Learning her longtime partner, Samuel Geiger, had a connective tissue disorder called …

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‘That is my dream’: Scientist who uncovered likely leading cause of MS wants to tackle ALS next

16.03.2023

Alberto Ascherio began his career as a young doctor treating tropical diseases in South American rainforests and parts of Africa. Over the next quarter-century, he made his way to what …

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Study offers a genetic explanation for why some drugs trigger a deadly brain disease

14.12.2022

Medicines that reshape or tamp down immune responses may be life-changing for patients with cancer and autoimmune disorders, but in some cases they can awaken a dormant virus and unleash …

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Black Death may have influenced evolution of genes involved in immune responses, study finds

19.10.2022

The phrase “Black Death mass burial site” tends to evoke images of haphazard piles of diseased deceased like the “bring out your dead” Monty Python scene. But Hendrik Poinar, anthropology …

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Borrowing CAR-T tool from cancer therapy, lupus patients go into remission

15.09.2022

Rheumatology — the study of immune-system-driven diseases of the bones, joints, muscles, and in-betweens — has inherited plenty of hand-me-downs from cancer research. For example, there are ways of squelching …

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