Medical research
WHO launches hub in Berlin to help prevent future pandemics
The World Health Organization on Wednesday inaugurated a new "hub" in Berlin that aims to help prepare the globe better to prevent future pandemics.
Sep 1, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
South Africa keeps most COVID curbs to battle third wave
COVID-19 restrictions imposed in South Africa to limit the devastating effects of the Delta variant will stay in place until the end of the month, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday.
Jul 12, 2021
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Neuroscience
Focal brain lesion study shows cognitive impairment may be better predicted by looking at damage to white matter
A team of researchers from Carver College of Medicine, the University of Iowa and the University of California, San Francisco, has found that doctors looking to make predictions about the degree of cognitive impairment in ...
Neuroscience
Detailed molecular workings of a key system in learning and memory formation
One of the new realities in biomedical research is that it's increasingly difficult to use a general approach to score advances. Now, investigations into disease mechanisms, for example, are often conducted at the molecular ...
Aug 10, 2020
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Autism spectrum disorders
Study paves way for earlier autism diagnosis in Indiana
A 2020 report from the Centers for Disease Control estimates that 1 in 54 children in the United States is identified each year with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). While children can be diagnosed with ASD as early as 2 years ...
Jul 6, 2020
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Neuroscience
Computing hubs in the hippocampus and cortex
Neural computation occurs in large neural networks within dynamic brain states, yet it remains poorly understood if the functions are performed by a specific subset of neurons or if they occurred in specific, dynamic regions. ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists to prevent the global spread of new diseases
A ground-breaking new research hub has been set up to help halt future outbreaks of killer diseases like Ebola and Zika.
Jan 3, 2018
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Neuroscience
After years of conflict, huge project could help scientists decipher the brain
They said it was crazy – and in truth the European Commission's billion-euro plan to build a computer model of the human brain appears to have been too ambitious. But after years of controversy and dispute, many neuroscientists ...
Jun 18, 2015
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Neuroscience
Damage to brain 'hubs' causes extensive impairment
Injuries to six brain areas are much more devastating to patients' abilities to think and adapt to everyday challenges than damage to other parts of the brain, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...
Oct 14, 2014
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Neuroscience
Network measures predict neuropsychological outcome after brain injury
Cognitive neuroscience research has shown that certain brain regions are associated with specific cognitive abilities, such as language, naming, and decision-making.
Sep 15, 2014
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