In a new study on mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that using MRI scans to measure blood volume in the brain can serve as a noninvasive way to potentially track the progress of gene editing therapies for early-stage ...
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According to the British Heart Foundation, heart and circulatory diseases cause more than a quarter (27%) of all deaths in the UK, which equates to more than 160,000 deaths each year—or one death every three minutes.
May 11, 2021
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That college degree may be useful in many ways, but new research suggests it probably won't keep your brain from shrinking with age.
Apr 27, 2021
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Most stroke victims don't receive treatment fast enough to prevent brain damage. Scientists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, College of Engineering and College of Medicine have developed technology to "retrain" ...
Mar 19, 2021
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A national screening program targeted at those men who are genetically pre-disposed to prostate cancer, and involving a blood test and MRI scan before an invasive biopsy, could prevent one in six prostate cancer deaths and ...
Mar 11, 2021
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A team of researchers from the Netherlands, Austria and Germany has found that a well-known mnemonic device used to improve short-term memory also improves longer-term memory. In their paper published in the journal Science ...
West Virginia University scientists used MRI scans to show what happens when ultrasound waves target a specific area of Alzheimer's patient's brains. They concluded that this treatment may induce an immunological healing ...
Feb 25, 2021
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A genetic scoring of schizophrenia-related genes in the placenta can predict the size of a baby's brain at birth and its rate of cognitive development, which, dependent on other factors, may lead to schizophrenia later in ...
Feb 8, 2021
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The state of consciousness changes significantly during stages of deep sleep, just as it does in a coma or under general anesthesia. Scientists have long believed, but couldn't be certain, that brain activity declines during ...
Jan 22, 2021
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With a small snout, a short and curled tail, and a big, round stomach, mini pigs are the epitome of cute—and sometimes, they snore. Now, researchers think these snoring pigs can be used to study obstructive sleep apnea. ...
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