Christopher Plaisier, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University,…
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Researchers create first detailed atlas of the developing mouse brain
Researchers at Harvard University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have created a first detailed atlas of a…
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Patients in bind as brain cancer drug price rises to $1,000 per pill
The maker of the expensive brain cancer drug Gleostine has removed it from the Medicare drug rebate program, a move…
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Study identifies new drug to halt dementia in athletes after repeated head injuries
A world-first international study led by the University of South Australia has identified a new drug to stop athletes from…
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Training the brain to recognize voices
During the pandemic, people around the world have spent their lives in unusually quiet places—often at home, isolated or bubbled…
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Study examines a pathway responsible for the formation of tau tangles in the brain
Since the discovery of Alzheimer's disease over a century ago, two hallmarks of the devastating illness have taken center stage….
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Cardiovascular risk factors accumulated from childhood linked to poorer brain function at midlife
Managing weight, blood pressure and cholesterol in children may help protect brain function in later life, according to new research…
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Can a newborn’s brain discriminate speech sounds?
People’s ability to perceive speech sounds has been deeply studied, specially during someone’s first year of life, but what happens…
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K162 molecule could inhibit β-amyloids ' toxicity associated with Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a form of progressive dementia interfering with daily living. It is caused by the decline in…
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Novel ultrasensitive assay to measure cathepsin B in the blood
Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research demonstrated the potential of a novel blood test for cathepsin B,…
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