Predicting Change in the Alzheimer’s Brain

MIT researchers are developing a computer system that uses genetic, demographic, and clinical data to help predict...

An Accessible Approach to Making a Mini-brain

If you need a working miniature brain – say for drug testing, to test neural tissue transplants, or to experiment...

Drug used to treat cancer appears to sharpen memory

New Rutgers research published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that a drug – RGFP966 – administered to...

Study sheds light on powerful process that turns food into energy

The way in which our cells convert food into fuel is shared by almost all living things -- now scientists have...

Low Dose Beta-Blockers As Effective As High Dose After a Heart Attack

In a surprising new finding, heart attack patients treated with a substantially lower dosage of beta-blockers than...

Separate cell types encode memory’s time, place

Distinct groups of brain cells stamp memories with place and time information, new research suggests. The results,...

Man walks again after years of paralysis

The ability to walk has been restored following a spinal cord injury, using one's own brain power, according to...

Protein Structures Assemble and Disassemble On Command

Scientists have deciphered the genetic code that instructs proteins to either self-assemble or disassemble in...

Chinese scientists row over long-sought protein that senses magnetism

A dispute has broken out at two of China’s most prestigious universities over a potentially groundbreaking discovery...

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