Higher Brain Glucose Levels May Mean More-Severe Alzheimer Disease

Connections between glucose metabolism, Alzheimer’s pathology, symptoms

CREDIT: NIA

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Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D.

An Immunotherapy Pioneer Tells All

BY EMILY PETRUS, NINDS

Steven Rosenberg is widely considered the father of cancer immunotherapy. His 40-year scientific journey has led to an explosion of immunotherapy treatments for numerous cancer types both at the NIH and across the globe.

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Nobel Laureate Roderick MacKinnon Describes How Ion Channels Work

Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series Presentation in September 2017

BY ANNE DAVIDSON, NICHD

Listening to Nobel Laureate Roderick MacKinnon describe how ion channels function is like having Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates explain binary code. MacKinnon was the opening act for the 2017-2018 season of the NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS), held on September 27, 2017, in Masur Auditorium (Building 10).

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