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Neurodegenerative Disease
Neurodegenerative Diseases: are debilitating and incurable conditions that result in progressive degeneration and / or death of nerve cells. These neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of people worldwide. Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are the most common types.
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JUN 13, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, England, have found that high doses of ketamine temporarily switch off the ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 07, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Scientists from the University of Nottingham have published their most recent developments on a wearable 49 channel brai ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 05, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Carbon quantum dots are a class of nanoparticles that can be placed to good use for treating neurodegenerative diseases ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by an expanded sequence in the huntingtin gene.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2020Chemistry & Physics
New research reported in Current Opinion in Structural Biology combines structural and spectroscopic approaches to garne ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 16, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers at McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have tested a stem cell treatment method that av ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaMAY 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's is a common form of dementia that affects as many as 5.5 million Americans and the incidence is increasing a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins carry out many of an organism's critical functions, and they are coded for by genes. To make a protein from ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine a future where we could “see” inside the human brain at stunning high resolution, detecting the earl ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The accumulation of aberrant, misfolded proteins is a known feature of several different kinds of brain diseases.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
New research may aid in the development of gene therapies for diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 17, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal Science Advances attempts to model the risk of cancer that astronauts will incur f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 11, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from McGill University in Canada have found a link between mild behavioral impairment (MBI) in elderly indiv ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 09, 2020Neuroscience
Playing music is associated with a range of neurological benefits from maintaining and improving cognitive abilities to ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mutations in a single gene had different biological impacts depending on the context.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 29, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The outermost layer of the brain is called the cerebral cortex, a relatively thin sheet of gray matter that performs a v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Our bodies run on electricity. Neurons send rapidly fired electrical signals through the brain and limbs constantly, ena ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2020Immunology
In the words of C.S. Lewis, “Pain insists upon being attended to.” This is especially true for patients suff ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 15, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Now scientists have learned more about the transport of mRNA in neurons, and the storage and formation of memories.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2020Immunology
A study by researchers at Australia’s RMIT University has uncovered a surprising connection between immune cells i ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 01, 2020Genetics & Genomics
A new therapeutic approach for Huntington's disease may aid patients with other neurodegenerative disorders.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2020Neuroscience
Video: Further explaination of microglia and their various functions. Traumatic Brain Injuries are physical ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaFEB 26, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In humans, motor neurons link thoughts with the motion of the body. Now researchers have learned more about how they are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2020Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia in which amyloid-beta protein builds up in the brain, killing off surrou ...Written By: Annie Lennon
JUN 13, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, England, have found that high doses of ketamine temporarily switch off the
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 07, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Scientists from the University of Nottingham have published their most recent developments on a wearable 49 channel brai
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 05, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Carbon quantum dots are a class of nanoparticles that can be placed to good use for treating neurodegenerative diseases
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by an expanded sequence in the huntingtin gene.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
New research reported in Current Opinion in Structural Biology combines structural and spectroscopic approaches to garne
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 16, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers at McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have tested a stem cell treatment method that av
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
MAY 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's is a common form of dementia that affects as many as 5.5 million Americans and the incidence is increasing a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins carry out many of an organism's critical functions, and they are coded for by genes. To make a protein from
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine a future where we could “see” inside the human brain at stunning high resolution, detecting the earl
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The accumulation of aberrant, misfolded proteins is a known feature of several different kinds of brain diseases.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
New research may aid in the development of gene therapies for diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal Science Advances attempts to model the risk of cancer that astronauts will incur f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 11, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from McGill University in Canada have found a link between mild behavioral impairment (MBI) in elderly indiv
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 09, 2020
Neuroscience
Playing music is associated with a range of neurological benefits from maintaining and improving cognitive abilities to
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mutations in a single gene had different biological impacts depending on the context.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 29, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The outermost layer of the brain is called the cerebral cortex, a relatively thin sheet of gray matter that performs a v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our bodies run on electricity. Neurons send rapidly fired electrical signals through the brain and limbs constantly, ena
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2020
Immunology
In the words of C.S. Lewis, “Pain insists upon being attended to.” This is especially true for patients suff
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 15, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Now scientists have learned more about the transport of mRNA in neurons, and the storage and formation of memories.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2020
Immunology
A study by researchers at Australia’s RMIT University has uncovered a surprising connection between immune cells i
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 01, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
A new therapeutic approach for Huntington's disease may aid patients with other neurodegenerative disorders.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2020
Neuroscience
Video: Further explaination of microglia and their various functions. Traumatic Brain Injuries are physical
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
FEB 26, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In humans, motor neurons link thoughts with the motion of the body. Now researchers have learned more about how they are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2020
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia in which amyloid-beta protein builds up in the brain, killing off surrou
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon