Tiny magnetic particles from air pollution have for the first time been discovered to be lodged in human brains– and researchers think they could be a possible cause of Alzheimer’s disease.... Read more
A team of researchers has built a mathematical model that describes the molecular events associated with the beginning stage of learning and memory formation in the human brain. The research... Read more
Major depression now believed to be caused by abnormalities in immune cells of the brain; may revolutionize next-generation psychiatric medication treatment, according to Hebrew University o... Read more
The world population is rapidly ageing, which means the number of disabled and dependent people is increasing since these rates increase with age, particularly after the age of 80 The world... Read more
Initial results in mice could lead to new way to fight neurodegenerative diseases There’s new hope in the fight against Huntington’s disease. A group of researchers that includes scientists... Read more
Scientists stop cells dying in mouse brains – offering hope to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s sufferers
What’s exciting is the emergence of a common mechanism of brain cell death, across a range of different neurodegenerative disorders A chemical command that halts brain cells dyi... Read more
The iBrain is part of a new generation of portable neural devices Already surrounded by machines that allow him, painstakingly, to communicate, the physicist Stephen Hawking last summer donn... Read more
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory invention able to quickly predict three-dimensional structure of protein could have huge implications for drug discovery and human health. While scientists h... Read more
A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has discovered a novel way to convert human skin cells into brain cells, advancing medicine and human health by offering new hope for regenerative med... Read more