Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Alzheimer's study shows promise in protecting brain from tau

In the wake of recent disappointments over clinical trials targeting amyloid plaque build-up in Alzheimer's disease, researchers are focusing more attention on misfolded tau protein, another culprit in brain diseases that ...

Medical research

Reseachers develop holographic technique for bionic vision

Researchers led by biomedical engineering Professor Shy Shoham of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are testing the power of holography to artificially stimulate cells in the eye, with hopes of developing a new ...

Oncology & Cancer

Machine learning that predicts anti-cancer drug efficacy

With the advent of pharmacogenomics, machine learning research is well underway to predict patients' drug response that varies by individual from the algorithms derived from previously collected data on drug responses. Entering ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Building momentum against Parkinson's

A team led by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School has taken a step toward solving a central mystery of Parkinson's disease: What is the normal function of the protein whose misfolding causes ...

Oncology & Cancer

New drug targets for squamous cell carcinoma

Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have discovered a new drug target for squamous cell carcinoma – the second most common form of skin cancer. Scientists in the laboratory of Valeri Vasioukhin, Ph.D., ...

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