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Medical research

University awarded $8M for brain cell database

The University of California, Irvine has been awarded an $8 million grant for the creation of a database of brain cell activity.

Oct 9, 2014

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Medical research

Study holds hope of a treatment for deadly genetic disease, MPS IIIB

MPS IIIB is a devastating and currently untreatable disease that causes progressive damage to the brain, leading to profound intellectual disability, dementia and death—often before reaching adulthood.

Sep 29, 2014

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Neuroscience

USC memory scientist Richard Thompson dies at 84

Richard F. Thompson, the University of Southern California neuroscientist whose experiments with rabbits led to breakthrough discoveries on how memories are physically stored in the brain, has died. He was 84.

Sep 29, 2014

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Health

Brothers behind Lap-Band ads sued

UnitedHealth Group Inc. has sued two brothers who ran a company that promoted Lap-Band weight-loss surgery, accusing the pair of defrauding the insurer of more than $40 million through a complex billing scheme.

Sep 25, 2014

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Neuroscience

Community music programs enhance brain function in at-risk children

A new Northwestern University study provides the first direct evidence that a community music program for at-risk youth has a biological effect on children's developing nervous systems.

Sep 2, 2014

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HIV & AIDS

HIV case spurs call for porn production moratorium

The California advocacy group for the adult film industry has called for an industrywide production moratorium after a performer tested positive for HIV.

Aug 29, 2014

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Cardiology

CPR app linked to LA County dispatch system

The Los Angeles County Fire Department has linked its dispatch system to a smartphone app that will notify CPR-trained citizens when someone nearby is having a cardiac arrest.

Aug 7, 2014

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes