Brain/Neuroscience
Orthorexia nervosa: Do anti-GMO activists and shoppers have it?
Orthorexia nervosa is being evaluated as a possible psychiatric diagnosis -- which is causing symptoms of anxiety among some elites ...
Why humans uniquely live long enough to become grandparents
The Grandma Hypothesis suggests that humans were evolutionarily successful because older females helped their daughters raise children. But living beyond ...
Risk for smoking addiction may be coded in genome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new study finds ...
Optogenetics brain studies may reveal unintended results, complicate research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the tightly woven ...
Embryonic stem cells can help reverse blindness
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Johns Hopkins researchers have ...
Neuroscientists peer into brain seeking roots of suicide
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Suicide is a puzzle ...
Heart disease, neurodevelopmental problems linked to similar genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An NIH-funded study led ...
What makes us take risks? Can viruses affect our thinking ability?
Our body surfaces contain a wide range of microorganisms. The biological effects of these organisms, including on our brain and ...
James Watson: Basing ‘war on cancer’ on genome research diverts resources
Billions have been spent on the "ultimate weapon" against cancer--gene-based, personalized medicine. But the money may be mis-aimed on the ...
Male/female brain myth debunked
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. You may have read ...
Can bacterial infection fight off a brain tumor?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Among the people waiting ...
Why Americans respond to drug placebos more than any other nationality
Remarkably the placebo effect--a fake treatment in which a person taking an inactive substance like sugar, water or saline solution ...
Do you have the brain of an entrepreneur?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As Ingrid Vandervelt, CEO ...
Government-funded poop bank delving into gut microbiome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Poop is a hot research ...
Genes offer clues to why grandparents remain mentally alert
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Evolutionarily speaking, we are ...
Trans-species head transplant accomplished in worms
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Biologists at Tufts University ...
Why elephants almost never get cancer–and why that might save human lives
Why don’t elephants die of cancer nearly as often as humans, even though they have about 100 times as many ...
Hungry? That might be the microbes talking
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Hear that little voice ...
What made Einstein’s brain so special?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When Albert Einstein died ...
MRI of mother and child captures biggest questions in neuroscience
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A mother and her ...
Can GMOs cure cancer? Genetically engineered algae found to kill cancer cells
Scientists have genetically engineered algae, transforming them into targeted drug delivery systems to target cancer. It's worked in the lab ...
Leading Alzheimer’s theory challenged by mounting research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Drugs that target beta-amyloid, ...
Doctors enter patient’s brain, deliver cancer treatment in world first
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For the first time, ...
Drug reverses aging — in rats. Could it help humans?
An allergy drug shows promising results in retarding or reversing aging in rodents. What are next steps to see if ...
Who is Feng Zhang, one of world’s most influential biologists?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. No one would guess that ...
NIH ending funding for human stem cell research in animals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over the years that ...
How neuroscientists explore what goes on in minds of babies
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How do you get ...
