Neurons regrow connections in lab, challenging conventional dogma about mammalian brain

Karen Weintraub | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers at Stanford University ...
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FDA resumes trial using genetically engineered cancer-killing cells two days after patient deaths

Damian Garde | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Federal regulators on [July ...

Do certain genes determine someone’s “criminal” nature?

Douglas Starr | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [The year 1871 brought ...
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Trial involving genetically engineered cancer-killing cells halted over patient deaths

Andrew Pollack | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Three patients in a ...
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Media again mangles epigenetics: Shutting off ‘love hormone’ unlikely to make us less social

Nicholas Staropoli | 
LA Times coverage of a study involving the 'moral molecule' overstates the science of epigenetics ...

“Embryonic” chimeras may solve critical organ shortage

Davy Falkner | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The idea of a ...
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Genetic test can predict Alzheimer’s disease risk in teens, but how accurate is it?

Mikel Shybut | 
A new test predicts Alzheimer's disease risk in young people, but experts question how accurate it really is ...

Molecular markers may predict brain tumor treatment outcomes

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers have developed a new ...

Adult brain constantly rearranges itself in response to smell

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists from the Institut ...

Robots and humans focus on different things, indicating neural gap

Aviva Rutkin | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers at Facebook and ...
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Rhesus macaques provide scientists with model to study Zika, could lead to vaccine, treatments

Mikel Shybut | 
Our fight against the Zika virus may have gotten a big lift with the announcement of a working primate model ...

Genetic evidence may direct Alzheimer’s research away from amyloid beta as cause

University of Adelaide | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Previous research has revolved ...

Can silencing of gene for ‘love hormone’ reduce sociability?

University of Georgia | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A team of researchers ...

CRISPR creates mini-organs for disease testing

Tanya Lewis | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Traditionally, gene therapy efforts ...
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What can sequencing da Vinci’s genome teach us about genius?

Meredith Knight | 
A team of scientists wants to sequence Leonardo da Vinci’s genome using DNA taken from his works of art and ...
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Clinical trials suffer from “black hole of medical ethics”

Steve Sternberg | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A decade after Jean ...

After 150 years, Mendelian genetics remain as important as ever

Ian Street | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Mendel and the peas ...

Genes linked to learning second language

Shivali Best | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While many people can ...
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Healthy and elderly? Genes for cognitive function matter more than those for longevity

Alice Park | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Most studies about disease ...

Sleep vital for learning, memory and healthy heart-rate

Ashley Taylor | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sleep is known to ...
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Where Clinton and Trump stand on biotechnology and medicine

David Nather | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When Hillary Clinton announced ...
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How our brains respond to mass shootings

Andrew Porterfield | 
Hollywood and the US government tend to share unrealistic scenarios for avoiding mass shootings. Neither accounts for how our brains ...

Do all brains interpret music the same way?

Josh Bloom | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last night, as I was ...
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Why men like women’s curves: How big a role has evolution played?

David Warmflash | 
Evidence has been building in support of the belief that sexual attraction is hardwired, linked to evolution. But the case ...

Scientists celebrate 100th anniversary of DNA double helix discovery

Tom Siegfried | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When Francis Crick was ...

Childhood experiences have long-lasting impact on brain

Donna Nakazawa | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. New findings in neuroscience, ...

Did early births lead to smarter humans?

Zach George | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Due to the size ...
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