Brain/Neuroscience
New drug approved for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, as mystery disease causes come into focus
Viruses and our human genes tend to co-mingle and cause structural and functional changes--is that what's causing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? ...
Gene therapy improves vision in Canavan disease patient even after 15 years
The first thing that Max Randell’s parents noticed after gene therapy for Canavan disease in 1998, when he was nearing ...
Scientists turn mouse’s body transparent to study nervous system–Human brain next?
The technique developed by Ali Ertürk of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany and his team also shrinks ...
Gene therapy breaking ground in treating Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s patients who take the drug levodopa, or L-Dopa, are inevitably disappointed...[when,] over time[,] the drug becomes less effective... A ...
Brain’s glial cells may hold key to treating obesity
Some of the latest discoveries suggest that [glial cells] play complex roles in regulating appetite and metabolism, making them a ...
Differences between brain at work and at rest may influence intelligence
Your brain activity differs depending on whether you're working on a task, or at rest — and just how much ...
Brains of schizophrenics may repair themselves over time
[Psychiatrist] Lena Palaniyappan...and other mental health professionals have noticed is that, unlike those with degenerative neurological disorders[,]...sometimes schizophrenia patients eventually start ...
Genetic evidence identifies schizophrenia as ‘modern’ disease
Schizophrenia is a "modern" disease, which developed after humans diverged from Neanderthals, between 300,000 and 700,000 years ago. Scientists say ...
Gene therapy 2.0: Will CRISPR make expensive treatment accessible to all?
Gene therapy, at a million dollars a treatment, will run up a patient's medical bill quickly. Can CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing ...
Gene mutation linked to aggression and healthy body weight
Acting aggressive and reckless when drunk could be a sign that you’re a complete jerk, or it could be an ...
Parents turn to Prozac and other unproven drugs to help children with Down’s syndrome
Drugs that change the chemistry and structure of the brain could boost the intelligence of people with Down’s syndrome...[However, s]uch ...
Genetics key to why world’s greatest solo climber doesn’t feel fear
[Alex] Honnold is history’s greatest ever climber in the free solo style, meaning he ascends without a rope or protective ...
Potential benefits of human-animal chimeras vastly outweigh risks
If we had a cheap and unlimited supply of healthy organs for transplant, it wouldn’t just transform the lives of ...
Epigenetic Zs: Could a bad night’s sleep alter your genes?
Sleep deprivation can not only ruin your day, it may change your DNA ...
Scientists may have found gene behind hyper-sociability
[H]umans are social beings, an evolutionary trait that helped separate us from other primates millions of years ago...These genetic underpinnings ...
Scientists see genes switching off in live human brains for first time
The switching-off of genes in the human brain has been watched live for the first time. By comparing this activity ...
Blind precaution: Europe’s obsession with Precautionary Principle blocks agricultural innovation
The EU has created a regulatory jungle, chocking agricultural innovation, by depending on the non-science based precautionary principle ...
Progressive political commentator: Jill Stein’s anti-science views extend to GMOs
Green Party pandering for media attention has begun to take a more dangerous turn as Stein winks at dangerous conspiracy ...
Is crowdsourcing key to finding cures for genetic-based diseases like depression?
Fifteen gene loci are linked to depression using 23andMe user data in the most comprehensive study of the disease yet ...
Worries about artificial human enhancement persist among Americans
[According to] an extensive survey conducted by the Pew Research Center...[s]ixty-eight percent [of over 4,000 Americans] were somewhat or very ...
Boy’s remains, 3-D recreation offer insight into progression of human speech
He was a young boy of about 10 who died in the rugged hills of what is now the southern ...
Humans who can’t feel pain pointing way to non-addictive painkillers
Genes linked to pain detection and perception may be physiological targets for new, non-addictive painkillers ...
Autism-gene connections deepen, undermining GMO and vaccine claims
A large proportion of autism research begins with and is centered upon external presentations of the disorder, primarily behavioral manifestations ...
Great minds grow alike? Skulls of Neanderthals, modern humans show remarkable similarities
Evidence from Neanderthals’ skulls suggests that their large brains grew in the same way as ours do. That in turn ...
Short bursts of brain activity during sleep may be key for memory consolidation
Sleep is essential for memory. Mounting evidence continues to support the notion that the nocturnal brain replays, stabilizes, reorganizes, and ...
Neuroscientists revisit horrific 1966 Texas tower massacre
Smart, strong, talented and popular, the young Charles Whitman seemed, outwardly, like a poster child for the “all-American boy” stereotype ...
Patients under hypnosis exhibit distinct patterns of brain activity
Psychiatrists have been using hypnosis on patients for decades — to help them reduce their pain or kick a smoking ...
