Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: Study finds graphene nanoparticles have positive influence on neurons; Packaging CRISPR/Cas9 components with nano-micelles enables brain genome editing; Five-year trends of Medicare payments for neurology drugs reported; Macrophages dampen neuropathic pain.

Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Quality of smartphone-transmitted skin images; A noninvasive test for kidney transplant rejection; Fungal culprit in Crohn’s disease.

Curing HIV remains a dream for now, but it is clearly not a pipe dream. One of the challenges for developing a vaccine is that there is no natural immune response to model such a vaccine on. Over time, an untreated HIV infection will almost certainly kill its host. However, there is a group of elite controllers – people who, although they cannot eliminate the virus, manage to keep it in check.

Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: USPSTF lowers recommended starting age for lung cancer screening; Suppression of collagen production boosts production of Cxcl5; Immigrants from China face barriers to cancer screening.

Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: AI reveals drugs that may be repurposed for Alzheimer’s disease; Treating Parkinson’s disease symptoms with brain cell grafts; Astrocytes are more inflammatory in bipolar disease; Pain on the brain.

Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Rapid POC test for respiratory infections may reduce antibiotic use; Risk-stratification tools help conserve ventilator, ICU bed use; Diverse populations, long reads give genome insights; Neurons contribute to their own lack of regeneration.