Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid so potent that a miniscule amount equivalent to several grains of saltcan cause afataloverdose. Yet it's difficult for people who use drugs to detect, which presents a major public health hazard ...
Jan 19, 2019
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In a new study, a research team based at Brown and Yale implicates a specific mitochondrial protein and pathway in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from exposure to cigarette smoke. Observations ...
May 4, 2015
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For more than four decades, Barry Prizant has worked as a clinical scholar, researcher and consultant to persons with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Through his 2015 book "Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism," ...
Apr 21, 2016
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A protein that has shown early promise in preventing the loss of muscle function in mouse models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, has been found in a new study to be a key player in the process of joining nerves to muscles.
Feb 14, 2012
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In a study in the journal Neuron, scientists describe a new high data-rate, low-power wireless brain sensor. The technology is designed to enable neuroscience research that cannot be accomplished with current sensors that ...
Dec 4, 2014
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A new study pinpoints working memory as a source of learning difficulties in people with schizophrenia.
Oct 7, 2014
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In rare cases—for instance, among siblings in two families from Pakistan and Oman described in a new study—children have been born with an unnamed neurological disorder. Now researchers have not only identified the genetic ...
Sep 5, 2016
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Scientists have found that decreasing the levels of or blocking a specific protein commonly found in humans and many other animals allowed them to slow the spread of two different kinds of cancer to the lungs of mice. The ...
Dec 22, 2014
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Brown University researchers have traced a genetic deficiency implicated in autism in humans to specific molecular and cellular consequences that cause clear deficits in mice in how well neurons can grow the intricate branches ...
Sep 12, 2013
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The capacity of formaldehyde, a chemical frequently used in manufactured goods such as automotive parts and wood products, to damage DNA, interfere with cell replication and cause cancer inspired new federal regulations this ...
Sep 29, 2016
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