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Gege Li
Feb 241 min read
Insights on human and animal brain cell evolution using AI
Researchers in Belgium have used AI, trained on human and animal data, to shed light on how different brain cells have evolved over time...
Gege Li
Feb 171 min read
How the brain corrects blurry vision โ animalย study
By imaging the brains of mice, researchers in Austria have identified how blurred vision caused by movement can be corrected โ a function...
Gege Li
Feb 171 min read
Mice studies reveal health effects of gut-brain connections
Research in Asia and Europe has provided further insights into how disruption to communication between the gut and brain could have an...
Gege Li
Jan 271 min read
Innovative electrode for brain repair
Researchers in Canada using mice, have developed a device which holds the potential to improve the treatment of debilitating brain...
Gege Li
Jan 271 min read
Greater understanding of voluntary movements in monkeys
An Italian study in monkeys has shed light on how the brain controls natural movements and challenges some existing theories on how the...
Gege Li
Jan 61 min read
Detecting brain tumours in mice withย 'molecular flashlight'
An ultra-thin light probe that reaches deep into the brain couldย provide a non-invasive way to detect chemical changes caused by tumours...
Bob Tolliday
Dec 23, 20241 min read
Article on German neuroscientist paints a balanced picture
German national magazine Der Spiegel ย has published an informative and sympathetic article on Andreas Kreiter (pictured), a...
Gege Li
Nov 25, 20241 min read
Insights into opening blood-brain barrier with ultrasound
A Spanish study using monkeys has shed light on how sound waves can deliver drugs to the brain, for diseases such as Alzheimerโs,...
Georgios Petrellis
Nov 21, 20241 min read
Can cats help us understand brain ageing in humans?
A study by US researchers suggests that the similarities in how the brains of pet cats ย and humans age could help us understand more...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Nov 11, 20241 min read
Researchers stop death of mice brain cells caused by Alzheimerโs
Research from Belgium and the UK, using mice, has shed light on a key mechanism of brain cell death caused by Alzheimer's disease....
Gege Li
Oct 21, 20241 min read
Treating MS with gene-edited brain cells
UK researchers have used gene editing to alter human brain cells and successfully repair damaged nerves in mice โ a potential treatment...
Gege Li
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Map of fruit fly brain gives major insights
The first map of the entire brain of a fruit fly has been published, promising to provide unprecedented knowledge into how the brain...
Georgios Petrellis
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Game-changer schizophrenia drug
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a revolutionary new treatment for schizophrenia โ the first in 30 years. Schizophrenia...
Gege Li
Sep 9, 20241 min read
Research on tadpoles to help intensive care patients
Using a drug approved for Alzheimerโs, US researchers have put tadpoles into a hibernation-like state and may have found a way to help...
Gege Li
Sep 2, 20241 min read
New Alzheimerโs drug
A first-of-its-kind Alzheimerโs drug that slows cognitive decline in early-stage patients, that wasย developed using animal research, has...
Gege Li
Sep 2, 20241 min read
New gene target for Huntingtonโs treatment?
Using 3D brain organoids, researchers have linked a gene with Huntingtonโs disease for the first time, which may provide a new target for...
Gege Li
Aug 27, 20241 min read
Treating bowel disease using caterpillars
A recent interview ย has highlighted the emerging value of caterpillars to the study of diseases of the intestines and how this...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 23, 20241 min read
Expectant motherโs microbiome affects baby brain
UK research, using mice, has revealed that conditions in aย motherโs gut during pregnancy influences brain development in her unborn baby....
Gege Li
Aug 19, 20242 min read
Using parasites to treat disease
By modifying different parasites, researchers have found separate ways to deliver drugs to the brain and develop a more effective vaccine...
Gege Li
Aug 5, 20241 min read
Monkey study for treating Parkinsonโs
Researchers in the US have delivered human neurons, that are damaged in Parkinsonโs, into monkeys as a new approach for treating the...
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