Neuroscience
Lifestyle changes, not a magic pill, can reverse Alzheimer's
Last summer, a research group from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) quietly published the results of a new approach in the treatment …
Women's NewsAlzheimer's: Word processing duration may predict onset
Recent research published in the journal <i>NeuroImage Clinical</i> suggests that the time it takes for someone to process written words may be a reliable …
Alzheimer's DiseaseLink between Adolescent Pot Smoking and Psychosis Strengthens
BERLIN—Society’s embrace of cannabis to treat nausea, pain and other conditions proceeds apace with the drive to legalize the plant for recreational …
CannabisWhat Is Neurolinguistics?
The interdisciplinary study of language processing in the brain, with an emphasis on the processing of spoken language when certain areas of the …
LinguisticsHow nerves fuel prostate cancer growth
Certain nerves support the growth of prostate cancer via a tumor vessel proliferating "switch," according to a study by researchers from the Albert …
MedicineInterleukin-10 from CD4+ follicular regulatory T cells promotes the germinal center response
CD4+ follicular regulatory T (Tfr) cells express key molecules that are associated with regulatory T cell and follicular helper T cell functions. …
Life SciencesStanford researchers named 2017 STAT Wunderkinds | Scope Blog
Picking out scientists — or musicians, designers or most anyone — before their great discovery, amazing insight or groundbreaking innovation, is, …
Stanford UniversityAre migraines a self-defense mechanism?
An emerging theory suggests that migraine attacks might be the brain's self-protective response to oxidative stress, which is a cellular process tied …
MedicineScientists developed a way to precisely edit genes in the human brain
Limits of Gene Editing<p>Technologies designed for editing the human genome are transforming biomedical science and providing us with relatively simple …
GeneticsLower brain glucose levels found in people with obesity, type 2 diabetes
Glucose levels are reduced in the brains of individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes compared to lean individuals, according to a new Yale study. …
DiabetesA new discovery means gene-targeting drugs could slow down the progression of Parkinson's
Over the last 10 years as a doctor specialising in Parkinson’s disease, I have been asked by my patients many times whether a cure was in sight. I …
Parkinson's DiseaseSix degrees of separation: Why it is a small world after all
It's a small world after all - and now science has explained why. A study conducted by the University of Leicester and KU Leuven, Belgium, examined …
ChemistryA Light in the Dark: Living with Alzheimer’s Disease
Loss. Gradual, continual, unrelenting loss. The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), has been characterized many different ways, …
PhotojournalismMelding brain and machine: A tale of neuroscience, technology and ethics
People have been imagining what would happen if we stuck computers in our brains for a surprisingly long time — since at least 1879 in fact, when …
The BrainDiscovery lights path for Alzheimer's research
Rice, Miami researchers identify binding site on amyloid beta peptide, learn to modify its structure<p>HOUSTON -- (Oct. 19, 2017) -- A probe invented at …
Life SciencesGene circuit switches on inside cancer cells, triggers immune attack
Researchers at MIT have developed a synthetic gene circuit that triggers the body’s immune system to attack cancers when it detects signs of the …
CancerHarvard scientists receive nearly $8.5M through NIH program
Eight Harvard scientists will receive nearly $8.5 million in funding through the National Institutes of Health’s High Risk, High Reward program to …
HarvardResearchers observe individual cellular receptors at work
Using a revolutionary live-cell microscopy technique, an international team of scientist has for the first time observed individual receptors for …
BiologyWhitehead Institute - News - 2017 - Study reveals key molecular link in major cell growth pathway
October 19, 2017<p>Cambridge, MA – A team of scientists led by Whitehead Institute has uncovered a surprising molecular link that connects how cells …
BiologyNothing Wasted
Breast cancer cells recycle ammonia, a waste byproduct of cell metabolism, and use it as a source of nitrogen to fuel tumor growth, report scientists …
BiologyScientists gain new window to mysteries of concussions
Douglas Smith, a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania, has a concise way of summing up where scientists are at in their understanding of concussions and the lasting havoc they can wreak in the brain.<p>"We're almost up to the starting line," said Smith, who directs UPenn's …
The BrainAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Outlook |<p>Outlook home<br>• Content<br>• Related articles<br>• Video<br>• Sponsors<p><b>Nature Outlook:</b> Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis<p>Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a …
ALSPhysical Training Against Brain Aging | Guy Forer
Training is Not “Exercising”<p>The term "training" does not have the same meaning as the terms "exercise" or "exercise training", which are used by …
Life SciencesMultiple Sclerosis: Oligodendrocytes from stemmcells
Recent publication in GLIA (Journal)<p>MS is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) of still largely unknown aetiology and is …
Life SciencesExercise, not drugs, the focus of new Victoria Parkinson's centre
Anonymous $500,000 donation launches stand-alone community centre for movement disorders<p>When Jillian Carson was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at …
Parkinson's DiseaseColorectal cancer: New, less toxic drug target uncovered
A team of researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London, in the United Kingdom, set out to explore novel therapeutic options for treating …
CancerThe Drosophila embryo at single-cell transcriptome resolution
When looking at populations of cells, features such as cell heterogeneity and localization are masked. However, single-cell sequencing reveals …
BiologyFirst Trial of DBS for Stroke Recovery: Initial Patient’s Functional Progress Continues Through 5 Months
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MedicineThe big business behind why Dallas researchers want to get into your brain
North Texas researchers want to delve deeply into the intricacies of the human brain.<p>And to do it, they’re shoring up research programs, adding space …
TexasGlioblastoma, brain tumour that took Gord Downie's life, tough to treat: doctors
TORONTO — The death of Canadian singer-songwriter Gord Downie from glioblastoma is a grim reminder of the daunting nature of the invasive brain …
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