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The National Institutes of Health on Thursday announced more than $600 million in fresh funding for an expansive and ongoing push to unravel the mysteries of the human brain, bankrolling …
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Sending weak electrical current into the brain for 20 minutes a day for four days in a row reversed declines in working and long-term memory that come with aging, scientists …
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as I have unfortunately come to learn, is a terrible disease with no cure. Some exciting treatments are on the horizon, but the Food and Drug …
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Carina Block was working an overnight shift in the U.S. Navy base in Japan, guiding jet pilots through thunderstorms, when her husband called. She could sense the fear in Michael’s …
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SAN DIEGO — Your first kiss. The blissful cool of ice cream. That time you smashed your finger while shutting the car door. Life is full of memories that we …
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Scientists have created the first reference charts for the human brain, mapping its growth from infancy to 100 years old. Now, they have to grapple with difficult ethical questions about …
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Four neuroscientists who discovered the genes involved in a host of serious brain disorders on Wednesday won this year’s $1 million Kavli Prize in neuroscience, honoring arduous work undertaken long …
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For a human, one of the first signs someone is getting old is the inability to remember little things; maybe they misplace their keys, or get lost on an oft-taken …
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From anemia to leukemia, unhealthy cells can make for unhealthy people, but replacing these cells can help patients. What if the same were true for some of the world’s most …
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