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Brain Diseases
Brain Diseases: is a broad term for any brain disease that alters brain function or structure. The top three most common brain diseases are - Epilepsy, ALS, and Parkinson's Disease.
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DEC 12, 2019Health & Medicine
While it may be the most wonderful time of the year filled with an abundance of sweet treats, new research cautions thos ...Written By: Tiffany DazetDEC 11, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers using mouse models of Alzheimer disease were able to demonstrate that the investigational drug candidates &l ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 09, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Lots of people drink alcohol, but not everyone develops a drinking problem. Researchers are starting to learn more about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The scientists are hopeful that this work will lead to new therapeutics for neurodegenerative disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Pimavanserin, also known as Nuplazid, was approved in the US to treat Parkinson’s-related psychosis in 2016. Now, ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 04, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found a drug that can correct the memory and learning impairments that are linked to Down syndrome.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2019Neuroscience
A study from Helsinki University Hospital, Finland suggests that excessive usage of certain antibiotics may increase one ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 04, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Findings from a new animal study suggest that exposure to cadmium, a neurotoxin, leads to accelerated cognitive impairme ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 02, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
A non-invasive ultrasound procedure may provide lasting relief from tremors in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 26, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
Blurred or double vision, and in extreme cases, complete vision loss are amongst the earliest symptoms of multiple scler ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 26, 2019Neuroscience
Worldwide, 9 in every 10 people breathe highly polluted air. A known contributing factor for many respiratory illnesses ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 25, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have long known that the cause behind Alexander disease is a genetic culprit—mainly a mutation leading ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 24, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists used studies on cell and animal models to reveal insights into lethal childhood brain cancers and find promis ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 22, 2019Immunology
Unresolved inflammation in a pregnant woman’s body can lead to serious depression during and after pregnancy. A ne ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 17, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
When people get sick, they often also feel tired, which can be as troublesome as their disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Cancer cells can change their identity and can take on new functions and characteristics, which is often rooted in epige ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2019Neuroscience
Scientists at Northwestern University have dicovered a new mechanism in the brain that may be responsable for the early ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 10, 2019Neuroscience
For over two decades, researchers have been studying an extended family of over 1,200 people from Columbia known for hav ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 10, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found that a drug called rapamycin can help restore blood flow to the brain that is lost during aging.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2019Cancer
Flashback fifty years ago and many of the modern world’s inventions and discoveries would have been undreamed of & ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 08, 2019Neuroscience
It has been almost two decades since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was approved. Now, Chinese reglators have grant ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 07, 2019Neuroscience
Scientists at the University of California Berkeley used improved functional MRI resolution to show that similar neural ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaNOV 06, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden were able to pinpoint 10 tumor-specific potential drug targets for the fat ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 06, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
Opioid addiction is a long-lasting (chronic) disease that can cause major health, social, and economic problems. Op ...Written By: Nupur Srivastava
DEC 12, 2019
Health & Medicine
While it may be the most wonderful time of the year filled with an abundance of sweet treats, new research cautions thos
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
DEC 11, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers using mouse models of Alzheimer disease were able to demonstrate that the investigational drug candidates &l
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 09, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Lots of people drink alcohol, but not everyone develops a drinking problem. Researchers are starting to learn more about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The scientists are hopeful that this work will lead to new therapeutics for neurodegenerative disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Pimavanserin, also known as Nuplazid, was approved in the US to treat Parkinson’s-related psychosis in 2016. Now,
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 04, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found a drug that can correct the memory and learning impairments that are linked to Down syndrome.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2019
Neuroscience
A study from Helsinki University Hospital, Finland suggests that excessive usage of certain antibiotics may increase one
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 04, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Findings from a new animal study suggest that exposure to cadmium, a neurotoxin, leads to accelerated cognitive impairme
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 02, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A non-invasive ultrasound procedure may provide lasting relief from tremors in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 26, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
Blurred or double vision, and in extreme cases, complete vision loss are amongst the earliest symptoms of multiple scler
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 26, 2019
Neuroscience
Worldwide, 9 in every 10 people breathe highly polluted air. A known contributing factor for many respiratory illnesses
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 25, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have long known that the cause behind Alexander disease is a genetic culprit—mainly a mutation leading
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 24, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists used studies on cell and animal models to reveal insights into lethal childhood brain cancers and find promis
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 22, 2019
Immunology
Unresolved inflammation in a pregnant woman’s body can lead to serious depression during and after pregnancy. A ne
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 17, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
When people get sick, they often also feel tired, which can be as troublesome as their disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer cells can change their identity and can take on new functions and characteristics, which is often rooted in epige
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2019
Neuroscience
Scientists at Northwestern University have dicovered a new mechanism in the brain that may be responsable for the early
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 10, 2019
Neuroscience
For over two decades, researchers have been studying an extended family of over 1,200 people from Columbia known for hav
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 10, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found that a drug called rapamycin can help restore blood flow to the brain that is lost during aging.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2019
Cancer
Flashback fifty years ago and many of the modern world’s inventions and discoveries would have been undreamed of &
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 08, 2019
Neuroscience
It has been almost two decades since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was approved. Now, Chinese reglators have grant
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 07, 2019
Neuroscience
Scientists at the University of California Berkeley used improved functional MRI resolution to show that similar neural
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
NOV 06, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden were able to pinpoint 10 tumor-specific potential drug targets for the fat
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 06, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
Opioid addiction is a long-lasting (chronic) disease that can cause major health, social, and economic problems. Op
...
Written By:
Nupur Srivastava