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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, an academic medical center known for biomedical research in neuroscience, cancer, and immunology.

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  • Washington University School of Medicine
  • Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
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Antibody that keeps T cells out of the brain preserved memory tissue in tauopathy mice

Washington University researchers report that a CXCR3-blocking antibody halved brain T cells and spared 40% more memory-region tissue in tauopathy mice. Tau levels never fell, evidence the immune reaction to tau does much of the killing.

Publishers:genengnews.com neurosciencenews.com sciencedaily.com

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Lymph-node-like immune hubs in mouse skull bone marrow respond to glioblastoma before distant nodes do

The WashU group reports in Nature that the structures activate in mice before distant lymph nodes get the signal, and that a gel of three immune proteins placed under the scalp boosted the antitumor response.

Publishers:sciencedaily.com

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Evidence52
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WashU team ties a widening biological age gap to cancer before 55

A Nature Medicine study from Washington University reports that more recent generations look biologically older than earlier ones did at the same age, and that a larger gap goes with higher risk of early-onset cancer.

Publishers:sciencedaily.com

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Evidence52
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Hype gap+18
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One enzyme sets the chromatin mark that links early stress to adult anxiety in mice

WashU and Princeton report that early-life stress raises SETD7 in mouse dopamine neurons, leaving stress genes easier to switch on. Blocking the mark it deposits prevented the adult phenotype.

Publishers:sciencedaily.com

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Evidence46
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Hype gap+34
Incentives68
Confidence44