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A potential breakthrough in using electrical pulses to treat deadly glioblastoma brain tumors
Posted in Medicine on 24th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
Experiments are leading toward effective treatments for humans with glioblastoma, the most common and deadly malignant brain tumor.
Attacking Alzheimers with ultrasound
Posted in Medicine on 22nd Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
Opening the blood-brain barrier allows the body to remove plaque in the hippocampus.
UK Government pledges 00m to dementia research
Posted in Science on 21st Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
David Cameron said an international dementia institute would be established over the next five years in a bid to make the UK a world leader for research and medical trials.
Science behind commonly used anti-depressants appears to be backwards, researchers say
Posted in Medicine on 19th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
It appears that their brains are overcoming the effects of the medication, rather than being assisted directly by them.
New laser probe identifies brain cancer cells in real time
Posted in Medicine on 18th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
An intraoperative handheld probe for cancer-cell-detection enables surgeons, for the first time, to detect more than 92% of invasive brain cancer cells during surgery.