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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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AUG 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have identified a drug that has slowed the progression of a rare genetic disease in clinical trials.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2017Videos
In this video, you can see a 2017 Koch Institute Image Award winner, "Body of Knowledge." This research is part of the D ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2017Cardiology
Supporters of the legalization of marijuana often claim that the drug is harmless and safe to use, but a recent study su ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2017Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 08, 2017Neuroscience
The expression, "It's not brain surgery!" is meant to emphasize that something isn't as complicated as ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an organelle in nerve cells that will have implications for disease research.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2017Videos
Glioblastoma is a type of aggressive brain tumor, and while it is rare, it's still the most common malignant primary bra ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
One reason cancer is so deadly is that cancer cells can break away from where they originated and spread disease through ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2017Immunology
An intricate relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the part of the brain that senses smell contribute ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 02, 2017Neuroscience
Patients who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are often isolated socially because of the impairme ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 31, 2017Immunology
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition usually associated with the nervous system, appears to have a connection to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 27, 2017Cancer
Brain cancer is on higher on the discussion list this week after news broke of Senator John McCain’s recent gliobl ...JUL 27, 2017Videos
With the recent news that Senator John McCain is suffering from a brain tumor, there's been a of talk about brain cancer ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 25, 2017Neuroscience
Crossword puzzles are a good way to pass the time and people who enjoy them are often wordsmiths who read a lot and have ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists may have found a way to screen for Alzheimer’s disease years before patients develop severe signs of ne ...JUL 19, 2017Microbiology
An examination of post-mortem brains of Alzheimer's patients revealed bacteria in different levels and proportions than ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A compound that is very similar to an investigational drug enabled researchers to learn more about a rare disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2017Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
An old antibiotic that’s been around since the 1970s could be repurposed to be a new antidepressant. So far, resea ...JUL 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
NF2 affects thousands of people. New research could help bring treatment to those patients.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a new study, men and women have different immune responses to bipolar disorder. The findings have big ...JUL 11, 2017Microbiology
Yogurt is more than an excellent source of protein, calcium, and gut-healthy probiotic bacteria. A protein isolated from ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioJUL 11, 2017Health & Medicine
Despite intense resear ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A natural compound Salk Institute scientists have been studying has been shown to reduce the mental deficits and inflamm ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have identified a drug that has slowed the progression of a rare genetic disease in clinical trials.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2017
Videos
In this video, you can see a 2017 Koch Institute Image Award winner, "Body of Knowledge." This research is part of the D
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2017
Cardiology
Supporters of the legalization of marijuana often claim that the drug is harmless and safe to use, but a recent study su
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2017
Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 08, 2017
Neuroscience
The expression, "It's not brain surgery!" is meant to emphasize that something isn't as complicated as
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an organelle in nerve cells that will have implications for disease research.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2017
Videos
Glioblastoma is a type of aggressive brain tumor, and while it is rare, it's still the most common malignant primary bra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
One reason cancer is so deadly is that cancer cells can break away from where they originated and spread disease through
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2017
Immunology
An intricate relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the part of the brain that senses smell contribute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 02, 2017
Neuroscience
Patients who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are often isolated socially because of the impairme
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 31, 2017
Immunology
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition usually associated with the nervous system, appears to have a connection to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 27, 2017
Cancer
Brain cancer is on higher on the discussion list this week after news broke of Senator John McCain’s recent gliobl
...
JUL 27, 2017
Videos
With the recent news that Senator John McCain is suffering from a brain tumor, there's been a of talk about brain cancer
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 25, 2017
Neuroscience
Crossword puzzles are a good way to pass the time and people who enjoy them are often wordsmiths who read a lot and have
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists may have found a way to screen for Alzheimer’s disease years before patients develop severe signs of ne
...
JUL 19, 2017
Microbiology
An examination of post-mortem brains of Alzheimer's patients revealed bacteria in different levels and proportions than
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A compound that is very similar to an investigational drug enabled researchers to learn more about a rare disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2017
Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
An old antibiotic that’s been around since the 1970s could be repurposed to be a new antidepressant. So far, resea
...
JUL 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
NF2 affects thousands of people. New research could help bring treatment to those patients.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a new study, men and women have different immune responses to bipolar disorder. The findings have big
...
JUL 11, 2017
Microbiology
Yogurt is more than an excellent source of protein, calcium, and gut-healthy probiotic bacteria. A protein isolated from
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
JUL 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
Despite intense resear
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A natural compound Salk Institute scientists have been studying has been shown to reduce the mental deficits and inflamm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch