Exploring Memory, Cancer Treatments, and Gut Bacteria

Today, you’ll learn about the remarkable social memory of chimps, the gut bacteria that could help fight cancer, and how gene therapy might one day help you out with that pesky lower back pain.  

Chimp Memory 

• “Chimps Can Still Remember Faces After a Quarter Century.” by Carl Zimmer. 2023.  
• “Bonobos and chimpanzees remember familiar conspecifics for decades.” by Laura S. Lewis, et al. 2023.  

Bacterial Tumor Killer 

• “Gut bacteria boost immune response to fight tumors.” by Marta Wegorzewska. 2024.  
• “The Human Microbiome and Its Impacts on Health.” by Grace A. Ogunrinola, et al. 2020.  

Gene Disc Repair 

• “Gene therapy relieves back pain, repairs damaged disc in mice.” by Emily Caldwell. 2024.  
• “Increased Frequency of Low Back Pain in Recent Times: Does the Answer Lie in COVID-19?” by Sreedhar Sathu, et al. 2023.  

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