Finally Some Unequivocally Good News (hopefully)

With all the partisan bitterness interspersed around this never-ending pandemic and its concurrent economy-destroying lockdowns, we've been at a loss for good news for quite some time.

While this study is only regarding mice, it may be that we end this godawful year with some unequivocally good news. From the University of California San Francisco,

​Just a few doses of an experimental drug can reverse age-related declines in memory and mental flexibility in mice, according to a new study by UC San Francisco scientists. The drug, called ISRIB, has already been shown in laboratory studies to restore memory function months after traumatic brain injury (TBI), reverse cognitive impairments in Down Syndrome, prevent noise-related hearing loss, fight certain types of prostate cancer, and even enhance cognition in healthy animals.
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In the new study, published Dec. 1, 2020, in the open-access journal eLife, researchers showed rapid restoration of youthful cognitive abilities in aged mice, accompanied by a rejuvenation of brain and immune cells that could help explain improvements in brain function.

Of course that's a long way from being a cure for humans, but it's quite encouraging.

I would definitely be a huge game changer if brain injuries and age-related cognitive declines could be reversed or even stopped entirely. Hopefully something big will come of this research. We shall see.