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In 1,712 adults tracked more than 23 years by the ARIC study, frequent TV watching predicted shrunken frontal and Alzheimer’s-signature regions while frequent occupational sitting predicted the opposite. The difference held after adjusting for exercise.
Engineered macrophages struggle to expand and persist as cancer therapies. USC researchers found a way to grow their upstream progenitors on a massive scale by blocking one enzyme. CAR-engineered versions attacked leukemia and solid tumors in mice. A new receptor design even recruited the host’s immune system across mismatch barriers.