New screening tool could help diagnose early cognitive decline in dementia from home
An international team of scientists have developed a new way to screen for age-related cognitive decline at home using a ...
Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals receives $3.4 million grant from NINDS to advance new therapies for ALS
Credit: © Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- June 20, 2018 -- Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals, leaders in stress granule biology, an exciting ...
University of Michigan researchers use gene silencing to alleviate common ataxia
In what researchers are calling a game changer for future ataxia treatments, a new study showed the ability to turn ...
Planned movements and spontaneous reactions are processed differently in the brain
Credit: German Primate Center -- Leibniz Institute for Primate Research The runners are lined up at the starting line, patiently ...
Simple sugar delays neurodegeneration caused by enzyme deficiency
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new therapeutic approach may one day delay neurodegeneration typical of a disease called mucopolysaccharidoses ...
New tissue-imaging technology could enable real-time diagnostics, map cancer progression
Credit: Image courtesy of Stephen Boppart CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new microscope system can image living tissue in real time ...
Robot bloodhound tracks odors on the ground
Bloodhounds are famous for their ability to track scents over great distances. Now researchers have developed a modern-day bloodhound - ...
Life-saving stroke educational program goes global
PHILADELPHIA - In an effort to improve stroke recognition and reduce life-threatening pre-hospital delays worldwide, an international team lead by ...
New study sheds light on the growing phenomenon of radicalized European youths
Credit: European Psychiatry Philadelphia, June 20, 2018 - A study published in European Psychiatry reports on factors underlying the current ...
Self-care and social ties can help men recover from the suicide of a loved one
Credit: University of British Columbia Recovering from the suicide of a friend, partner or family member can be emotionally challenging ...
Coconut oil prolongs life in peroxisomal disorders
Credit: © Margret Bülow/Julia Sellin "Lorenzo's Oil" was to help a seriously ill boy suffering from a peroxisomal disorder (adrenoleukodystrophy/ALD). ...
A collaborative development of a dengue vaccine candidate successful in preclinical study
In-Cell-Art (ICA), a biotechnology company specialized in nanocarrier technologies, BioNet-Asia (BNA), an innovative vaccine developer, and the research team led ...
New tool using Facebook data shows worldwide gender gap
Credit: UC3M This tool produces a metric, called the Facebook Gender Divide, based on the aggregate statistics of almost 1,5 ...
Finnish scientists analyzed the proteome of T helper 17 cells
Credit: Turku Centre for Biotechnology T helper 17 (Th17) cells belong to a group of T cells with essential functions ...
A case of ‘kiss and tell’: Chromosomal kissing gets less elusive
Credit: Luft Lab, MDC How are chromosomes arranged in the cell nucleus? Is it possible that they communicate with one ...
Towards personalised medicine: One type of data is not enough
Credit: EMBL-EBI 19 June, Heidelberg, Hinxton - EMBL researchers have designed a computational method to jointly analyse multiple types of ...
Having a meal activates the functioning of human brown fat
The importance of the human brown adipose tissue (BAT) has become clearer during the past ten years. Using positron emission ...
$10-million gift for brain research, young researchers and faster patient results
A transformative gift of $10 million from the Irving Ludmer Family Foundation in support of the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics ...
Weight loss reverses heart condition in obesity sufferers
Australian research shows for the first time that obese people who are suffering from atrial fibrillation can reduce or reverse ...
A dual-therapy approach to boost motor recovery after a stroke
Paralysis of an arm and/or leg is one of the most common effects of a stroke. But thanks to research ...
