Oncology & Cancer

Preventing collateral damage in cancer treatment

Using a simple concept and a patented Sandia sensor that detects radioactive materials, a team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a patch to stop damage to healthy tissue during proton radiotherapy, one of the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Extra-large synapses could be a cause of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia may be associated with the excessive formation of oversized and hyperactive synaptic connections between nerves in the brain, a mouse model and a human post-mortem study published in Science Advances by RIKEN ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Stem cell treatment halts MS for some patients

A new study is strengthening the evidence that stem cell transplants can be highly effective for some people with multiple sclerosis—sending the disease into remission for years, and sometimes reversing disability.

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