Curing vexing diseases requires navigating the brain, USC scientists have created the most detailed atlas of the brain’s memory bank.
Month: October 2018
Mouse study shows how binge drinking and stress affect males, females differently
Researchers with the Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System and Oregon Health & Sciences University found that a history of
HPV vaccine approved for people through age 45
Gardasil 9 human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been expanded to include people ages 27 through 45. The updated vaccine is
Time-traveling illusion tricks the brain
Human experience the world through senses, a constant torrent of sights, sounds, smells, and more. Brains take these signals and
Guided by CRISPR, prenatal gene editing shows proof-of-concept in treating disease before birth
For the first time, scientists have performed prenatal gene editing to prevent a lethal metabolic disorder in laboratory animals, offering
Experimental drug may treat symptoms of autism spectrum disorder
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University (FA) have discovered a new pathway in the brain linked to behavioral symptoms of autism
Scoliosis linked to essential mineral
A new study suggests that the body’s inability to fully utilize the essential dietary mineral manganese might be to blame
Polyneuropathy Tegsedi for treating hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis
Hereditary transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is a debilitating highly penetrant autosomal dominant disease leading to motor disability within five years and
How fatal biofilms form
The formation of organized communities of bacterial cells- biofilms can be deadly during surgeries and in urinary tract infections. Biofilms
Typical mutations in children of radar soldiers
Children of radar soldiers exposed to high doses of radiation during their service experience more genetic alterations than families without
