Monash University Engineering researchers have successfully used "bioinks" containing living nerve cells (neurons) to print 3D nerve networks that can grow in the laboratory and transmit and respond to nerve signals. The ...
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Shorter telomeres on the ends of white blood cell chromosomes may signal a heightened dementia risk, suggest the results of a large, long-term study published online in the journal General Psychiatry.
Sep 12, 2023
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Health benefits that have resulted from reductions in fine particulate air pollution aren't distributed equally among populations in the U.S., a new Yale-led study finds. Racial and ethnic minorities—and Black people in ...
Aug 31, 2023
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A study led by Dr. Hyun Kyoung Lee, associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine and investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, has discovered a new biological ...
Aug 24, 2023
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Most of us who've reached middle age have noticed a slowing in memory and cognition, but scientists don't have a clear picture of the molecular changes that take place in the brain to cause it.
Aug 17, 2023
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The spinal cord is harder to access and study than even the brain. The challenges posed by its mobility and anatomical structure have made understanding exactly how it functions difficult.
Aug 7, 2023
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While it's known that the white matter loss will lead to neurological deficits, there is currently no treatment to help these infants avoid the outcome.
Aug 3, 2023
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and colleagues have developed a novel, anatomically accurate reference model of the human brain, entirely made from soft organic materials, for use ...
Jul 13, 2023
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A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that growing up in poverty may influence the wiring of a child's brain.
Jun 27, 2023
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The brain is one of the most metabolically active organs in the human body. Although it represents only about 2% of the human body's weight, it receives 15 to 20% of the body's total blood supply. Disrupted blood flow to ...
Jun 14, 2023
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