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Researchers find a "consciousness switch" deep in the brain
Posted in Medicine, Science on 15th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
There's an incredible amount we don't understand about the workings of the human body and brain, and consciousness itself remains one of the great mysteries of science.
Brain Barriers Breached to Attack Tumors
Posted in Medicine on 17th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
Yale researchers have found a way to get immune system rescuers through the brain’s protective drainage system.
Algorithm Identifies New Treatment for Neuroblastoma
Posted in Medicine, Science on 12th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
Using a computer algorithm, scientists at Uppsala University have identified a promising new treatment for neuroblastoma. This form of cancer in children, which occurs in specialised nerve cells in the sympathetic nervous system, may be life-threatening.
Brain imaging breakthrough predicts Alzheimer's decline in early stages
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
Utilizing a recently developed brain imaging technique new research suggests that measuring accumulated levels of a protein called tau may predict future neurodegeneration associated with Alzihemer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s Drugs Reverse Broader Aging
Posted in Medicine on 14th Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
“We are now using a variety of animal models to investigate how this neuroprotective pathway regulates specific molecular aspects of mitochondrial biology, and their effects on aging and Alzheimer’s,”