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Brain Damage
Brain Damage: is an injury that causes the destruction or deterioration of brain cells. In the U.S., every year, about 2.6 million people have some type of brain injury -- whether as a result of trauma, stroke, tumor, or other illnesses.
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APR 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
Researchers are working to digitally preserve the bodies of lemurs that have died so future students and scientists ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 24, 2017Health & Medicine
New research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain. Re ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 22, 2017Videos
This video from Nature discusses the pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Learn about what happens ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Naked mole rats are very interesting mammals that live under extreme conditions, and they have a unique coping mechanism ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 18, 2017Cancer
Chemotherapy is intended to be an aggressive attack on cancer, but all too often, the body also sustains major injuries ...APR 15, 2017Health & Medicine
How effective is aspirin for treating peripheral vascular disease, really? A large-scale meta-analysis introduces the id ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have used a grafting technique plus a reagent that is approved for use in humans to enable blind zebrafish t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2017Neuroscience
Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, is the subject of a lot of research in the neuroscience field. It’s common in the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 04, 2017Neuroscience
While the Zika virus has not been in the headlines as much recently as when it was first discovered, there is still acti ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2017Neuroscience
While the field of neuroscience isn’t known for flash or glamour, winning the annual Brain Prize is definitely som ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 23, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Australia is famous for harboring many of the world’s deadliest creatures. And while people would be wise to avoid ...MAR 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
'Stem cells' were harvested from liposuction fat of three patients and injected into the eyes of those people, who subse ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2017Infographics
Feeling forgetful? Finding it hard to focus? Have a shortened temper? You might need more sleep… Sleep deprivatio ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 22, 2017Technology
Image Credit: yourschantz/Pixabay LA JOLLA, CA – February 22, 2017 – The MagnaSafe Registry, a new multicent ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)FEB 22, 2017Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disorder that results in dementia and is caused by repeated ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Brain tumors are difficult to detect, often only becoming apparent long after symptoms like seizures have begun. New wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 15, 2017Neuroscience
Head injuries are always dangerous, even if they first appear to be minor. From just a small bump to a full on Trau ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium and King's College London have found more evidence for the role and importance o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Some malignant tumors found in brain cancer patients or in some types of leukemia have specific mutations in the IDH1 or ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 07, 2017Neuroscience
No matter where you go, there will be some particulate matter in the air you breathe. Some of it occurs naturally, like ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 06, 2017Microbiology
JUPITER, FL – February 6, 2017 – The most frightening aspect of Zika virus has been its ability to produce s ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)FEB 06, 2017Videos
Researchers are looking into the possibility that stem cells could be used to treat patients suffering from a variety of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A rare cluster of 14 cases of severe amnesia in Massachusetts has doctors and CDC officials worried and on the hunt for ...FEB 01, 2017Neuroscience
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder in the United States. Patients who have it are of all ages and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Researchers are working to digitally preserve the bodies of lemurs that have died so future students and scientists
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
New research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain. Re
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 22, 2017
Videos
This video from Nature discusses the pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Learn about what happens
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Naked mole rats are very interesting mammals that live under extreme conditions, and they have a unique coping mechanism
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 18, 2017
Cancer
Chemotherapy is intended to be an aggressive attack on cancer, but all too often, the body also sustains major injuries
...
APR 15, 2017
Health & Medicine
How effective is aspirin for treating peripheral vascular disease, really? A large-scale meta-analysis introduces the id
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have used a grafting technique plus a reagent that is approved for use in humans to enable blind zebrafish t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2017
Neuroscience
Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, is the subject of a lot of research in the neuroscience field. It’s common in the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 04, 2017
Neuroscience
While the Zika virus has not been in the headlines as much recently as when it was first discovered, there is still acti
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2017
Neuroscience
While the field of neuroscience isn’t known for flash or glamour, winning the annual Brain Prize is definitely som
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 23, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Australia is famous for harboring many of the world’s deadliest creatures. And while people would be wise to avoid
...
MAR 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
'Stem cells' were harvested from liposuction fat of three patients and injected into the eyes of those people, who subse
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2017
Infographics
Feeling forgetful? Finding it hard to focus? Have a shortened temper? You might need more sleep… Sleep deprivatio
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 22, 2017
Technology
Image Credit: yourschantz/Pixabay LA JOLLA, CA – February 22, 2017 – The MagnaSafe Registry, a new multicent
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 22, 2017
Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disorder that results in dementia and is caused by repeated
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Brain tumors are difficult to detect, often only becoming apparent long after symptoms like seizures have begun. New wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2017
Neuroscience
Head injuries are always dangerous, even if they first appear to be minor. From just a small bump to a full on Trau
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium and King's College London have found more evidence for the role and importance o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Some malignant tumors found in brain cancer patients or in some types of leukemia have specific mutations in the IDH1 or
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 07, 2017
Neuroscience
No matter where you go, there will be some particulate matter in the air you breathe. Some of it occurs naturally, like
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 06, 2017
Microbiology
JUPITER, FL – February 6, 2017 – The most frightening aspect of Zika virus has been its ability to produce s
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 06, 2017
Videos
Researchers are looking into the possibility that stem cells could be used to treat patients suffering from a variety of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A rare cluster of 14 cases of severe amnesia in Massachusetts has doctors and CDC officials worried and on the hunt for
...
FEB 01, 2017
Neuroscience
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder in the United States. Patients who have it are of all ages and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim