{
  "id": 144695,
  "title": "Alzheimer's Paper Retracted; MS Before Epstein-Barr Infection; Brain Aging Map",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/alzheimers-paper-retracted-ms-before-epstein-barr-infection-brain",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-04T18:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
    "slug": "medpage-today",
    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/generalneurology/122482"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 2024 report on a severe Alzheimer's disease patient who experienced improvement following an intravenous mesenchymal stem cell transplant was withdrawn by Case Reports in Neurological Medicine and its publisher, John Wiley & Sons. Researchers discovered mitochondrial plaques within mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and human brain tissue. Automated speech analyses were utilized to identify primary progressive aphasia variants in a cross-sectional study. In a Canadian study encompassing 6-year-olds, it was found that one in five individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) exhibited evidence of MS onset prior to laboratory-confirmed Epstein-Barr virus infection. Serum glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) was associated with progression in two real-world MS cohorts, independent of relapse activity (PIRA). Longitudinal data from the Veterans Health Administration revealed that men who were veterans of the Air Force, Navy, or Coast Guard had elevated rates of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) compared to their Army veteran counterparts. Following the suicide of a 21-year Coast Guard veteran, his daughter interviewed other Coast Guard surfmen, uncovering numerous cognitive and mental health issues among them. A deep learning framework employing MRI was employed to map regional brain aging in correlation with cognition throughout human adulthood. Researchers utilized electrocorticography to reconstruct melodies from brain activity of individuals imagining how songs would continue after listening to brief musical excerpts.",
  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- A 2024 report of a severe Alzheimer's disease patient who improved after an intravenous mesenchymal stem cell transplant was retracted by Case Reports in Neurological Medicine and its publisher John Wiley & Sons. Researchers...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}