Glioblastoma is widely considered the most aggressive brain cancer. Even with treatment, patient survival rates are low, with most living an average of 15–18 months after diagnosis. Because of the highly diverse characteristics ...
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For most of us, vision is a major part of how we perceive the world, as it provides a constant stream of information about the objects that surround us. Yet there's a lot scientists still don't know about how our brains gather ...
Dec 8, 2021
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Though many people with autism spectrum disorders also experience unusual gastrointestinal inflammation, scientists have not established how those conditions might be linked. Now Harvard Medical School and MIT researchers, ...
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Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new biomarker to identify which patients with brain tumors called glioblastomas—the most common and malignant of primary brain tumors—might benefit from immunotherapy.
Nov 29, 2021
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Herpes type 1 is sealed with a kiss for a lifetime. More than half of U.S. adults are carriers of HSV1 (herpes simplex virus type 1) which hibernates in the peripheral nervous system and can never be eradicated.
Nov 17, 2021
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Neuroimmune interactions are emerging as key regulators of brain plasticity throughout life and in both health and disease, but much remains to be discovered. In a special issue of Brain Plasticity, experts review our present ...
Nov 16, 2021
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Epilepsy and autism spectrum disorders, or ASD, show a remarkable degree of comorbidity and may share pathological mechanisms. Questions that have bogged down scientists about these disorders include: Does autism lead to ...
Nov 9, 2021
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Your phone pings. It's a notification from your friend, who you just went out for a drink with last night. According to her text, she has just tested positive for COVID-19. You start feeling your throat, you sneak a short ...
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Studying the complex causes of Alzheimer's disease, and how to treat and prevent this condition, is like solving a many-piece puzzle, with scientists each tackling a small section, unsure of how it might fit into the larger ...
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Osteocalcin (OCN) is a multifunctional bone-derived hormone that modulates numerous physiological activities. OCN can cross the blood brain barrier (BBB) and thus play critical roles in neuronal and brain development.
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