Research Stash Weekly Review #9

Antioxidant Treatment Prevents Sexual Transmission of Zika in Mice

Credit: Simanjuntak Y, et al. (2018)

The antioxidant drug ebselen can prevent sexual transmission of Zika virus from male to female mice, according to new research. The results hint at a potential role for ebselen in preventing Zika spread among humans. Read More

Alzheimer’s Disease Proteins May Be Contagious and Spread Through Dirty Medical Tools

A new study published online in Acta Neuropathologica suggests that eight young adults who developed serious brain plaque buildup may have been “infected” with amyloid proteins via dirty medical instruments during brain surgeries in their youth. Read More

Another Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise In Mice

In what researchers call the first step toward personalized vaccines for a multitude of cancers, a vaccine made from stem cells protected mice from tumors. Read More

For The First Time, Scientists Directly Observe How Northern Lights Are Formed

When it comes to natural shows, it doesn’t get much better than the Northern Lights. This dazzling light show was admired by humans since the beginning of time, but scientists still haven’t been able to fully confirm theories about its formation – until now. Read More

Scientists Explore Ties Between Alzheimer’s And Brain’s Ancient Immune System

Beer has fueled a lot of bad ideas. But on a Friday afternoon in 2007, it helped two Alzheimer’s researchers come up with a really a good one. Read More

World’s First Human-Sheep Hybrids Pave Way for Diabetes Cure and Mass Organ Transplants

Human-sheep hybrids have been created by scientists for the first time, opening the door to organs being grown inside the farmyard animals for use in transplants or to cure diabetes. Read More

Scientists Find Nearly 100 New ‘Exoplanets’ in Hunt for Life in Space

Scientists have discovered nearly 100 new ‘exoplanets’ in the search for Earth-like planets that could support life. Read More

Physics Creates New Form of Light That Could Drive the Quantum Computing Revolution

For the first time, scientists have watched groups of three photons interacting and effectively producing a new form of light. Read More

Genetic Data Reveals the World Was Populated From a Single Location

We know a whole lot about our recent history, the time after civilizations started writing things down so they wouldn’t forget.  Read More

Researchers Say They’ve Created a 90% Accurate Blood Test for Autism

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complicated neurological condition caused by a variety of risk factors, including our genes and environment (but no, not vaccines), that interact in ways we still understand little about. Read More

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