Very early exposure to even a very small dose of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in infant mice can lead to cognitive decline later in life, according to findings from a new Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal PLoS Pathogens. This is significant because of emerging data in human studies showing an association between HSV and Alzheimer’s disease in humans.
Findings from a new Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal mBio, highlight key differences in the gut microbiome of infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) compared to that of healthy infants, and how these alterations may adversely affect their health.
Geisel researcher Paul Barr, PhD, MSc, discusses his work to improve patient outcomes through the development of new tools to enhance communications between patients and their healthcare providers.
Dartmouth School of Medicine Dean Duane Compton, PhD, has announced that Marnie Halpern, PhD, has been reappointed to a second term as chair of the Department of Molecular and Systems Biology. Halpern has served as chair since 2020, and was named the Andrew Thomson, Jr. MD 1946 Professor at Geisel in 2021.
Findings from a new study, conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and collaborating institutions and published in the journal e-clinical Medicine, a member of the Lancet family of journals, show beneficial effects on functionally important respiratory symptoms when persons who smoke switch completely to e-cigarettes.
Last Wednesday evening, in one of the highlights of the week for the Hybrid MPH program’s December Intensive session, 25 second-year students got to share the Applied Practice Experience (APE) component of their coursework with peers, faculty, and staff—presenting their research projects at a poster fair and reception held at the Class of 1953 Commons.
The return of winter weather served as a snowy welcome to candidates enrolled in the Geisel School of Medicine’s Hybrid Master of Public Health (MPH) program, as they returned to campus last week to take part in their December Intensive session.
Lauren Walker, PhD, assistant professor of Molecular and Systems Biology, has been named the Frank and Myra Weiser Scholar in the Neurosciences at the Geisel School of Medicine.
More than 100 members of the Geisel School of Medicine’s research community gathered recently in Auditorium E at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center to learn about some of the most advanced tools and technologies available today within the areas of single cell and spatial transcriptomics.
In his recent perspective piece in the journal Science, and in this Q & A, Randy Noelle, PhD, an emeritus professor of microbiology and immunology at Geisel, discusses efforts to develop CD40L antagonists and why they are proving to be powerful autoimmune drugs that have the potential to fundamentally change the way we treat inflammatory diseases.
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