Biotech
Brain Organoids Get Cancer, Too, Opening a New Frontier in Personalized Medicine
Scientists hope to test experimental therapies on these “micro-brains”
"neuroscience"
Policy
Tiny Human Brain Organoids Implanted in Rodents
“Micro quasi-brains” could aid disease research, but trigger ethical concerns
Mental Health
Will Studies of 700 Pro Fighters Help Predict Future Brain Damage?
Researchers hope blood and brain scans may detect new clues
Mental Health
Mice Show Signs of Mental Disorder after Injections of Cells from Schizophrenia Patient
The work may offer new insights into the disease’s origins
Biotech
Resurrected: A Controversial Trial to Bring the Dead Back to Life
Scientists remain skeptical about an experimental approach to reverse brain death
Biotech
"Mini-Me" Brains Mimic Disease, Raise Hope for Eventual Therapies
These lab creations may provides hunts about autism or other disorders
Biology
Transplanted Eyes Let Tadpoles See from Their Tails
The discovery sheds light on how to connect implants and grafts to the body's own wiring
Biology
Fresh Ideas for Chasing Consciousness
Understanding life in the cosmos includes tackling the problem of consciousness—a new institute called YHouse intends to help
Neuroscience
The Bigger Your Brain, the Longer Your Yawn
This bizarre correlation has at least some biological plausibility
Neuroscience
He May Have Invented One of Neuroscience's Biggest Advances--but You've Never Heard of Him
Two researchers could win the Nobel for optogenetics, but Zhuo-Hua Pan might have been there first
Neuroscience
Experimental Device Suggests New Path to Rousing Coma Patients
Doctors appear to have jump-started the brain of a young patient by using ultrasound waves
Neuroscience
After Another Statistical Speed Bump, Is the Science of fMRI Learning from Its Mistakes?
A recent study, and its response, heralds a new level of self-scrutiny for this area
Mind & Brain
Melatonin Linked to Seasonal Relapses of Multiple Sclerosis
A hormone involved in circadian rhythms could provide treatment for the autoimmune disease
Hallan evidencia de transmisión persona a persona de la patología del alzhéimer
Un estudio plantea la pregunta de si las proteínas implicadas en la enfermedad son capaces de dispersarse a través de procedimientos médicos.
Mind & Brain
Evidence for Person-to-Person Transmission of Alzheimer's Pathology
Study raises question about whether proteins implicated in the disease are capable of spreading through medical procedures
Mind & Brain
Size Matters When It Comes to Cells' Vulnerability to Parkinson's
Neurons involved in Parkinson’s disease are especially susceptible to burnout because of their complex branching
Why Nobody Intervened in the July 4 Metro Murder
Criticism of witnesses’ inaction reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the neuroscience of how the brain responds to sudden threats
Mind & Brain
The Best Illusions of 2014
Review the 2014 Illusion Contest Winners before the upcoming 2015 contest winners are announced!
Mind & Brain
Learning to Make a Stone Age Axe Gives Clues to How the Brain Evolved
For many decades, scientists have tried to understand the past by doing as our forebears did. One important endeavor in what is called experimental archaeology involves moderns crafting Stone Age tools by chipping away at rocks...
Mind & Brain
Why Babies (and Perhaps All of Us) Care About Magic
As adults, we don't often experience radical violations of our expectations, particularly those that concern core principles of object behavior.
