Brain/Neuroscience
Researchers closer to understanding how Alzheimer’s gene works
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The allele apolipoprotein E ...
How much power do we have over our own gut microbiome?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We may be able ...
Safe, dissolvable brain sensors monitor pressure in skull
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “I just took out ...
Everything you need to know about Zika, virus that’s spreading like wildfire
What is known about the Zika virus, an infection linked to birth defects. Could it arrive in the United States ...
What will it take for cancer ‘moonshot’ cure to become reality?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. To anyone who follows ...
Ultrasound may help cancer drugs penetrate blood-brain barrier
The blood-brain barrier serves as a major obstacle for treating brain cancers, but several groups are having success forcing the ...
Advisory issued to pregnant women after Zika virus detected in Hawaii
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The United States has ...
Human tissue being grown in pigs despite government funding ban
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Having a funding ban ...
Accuracy of eyewitness testimony: Is it all in our head?
The credibility of eyewitness testimony has taken some hits from DNA evidence-based refutation of memory. But there's more here than ...
Illumina, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos look to make universal cancer test reality
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What if a simple ...
Sports and war: When it comes to concussions, not much difference between football and fighting
Recent evidence is surfacing of ‘early aging’ in the brains of troops as a result of experiencing bomb blasts. It ...
Institute of Art and Ideas: The culture-genetics conundrum
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. From criminality to the ...
Genes illuminate how the brain ‘thinks’
Monitoring brain functions can tell us a lot about neurobiological structures and what's going on. But now we have the ...
European Union reviews, rebukes bizarre Ayyadurai claim of formaldehyde in GMO soy
The "study" claiming that formaldehyde accumulates in genetically modified soybeans--widely touted by anti-GMO activists-- is an example of junk science--no ...
Concussion risk: How much weight should genetics carry
As we attempt to establish risk factors for concussions and similar traumas, how much weight should we give genetics? ...
Lumosity app’s ‘brain-training’ games under attack for false advertising
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What if a few ...
Genetic testing reveals previously unknown diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Simon Kunesh arrives at ...
Bad at planning? You might be out of touch with your future self
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Lately, scientists have come ...
Can walk in the park improve mental health of city dwellers?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 1865 the great ...
Not in our stars but our DNA: Is faith and embrace of religion (and astrology) hardwired?
Our beliefs, including irrational ones and an embrace of pseudoscience, have been shown to be largely independent of one’s educational ...
Free radicals cause aging, and other science ‘facts’ debunked
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Myths often blossom from ...
Reproducibility problems in genetics research may be jeopardizing lives
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a study, Stephen Kingsmore ...
Cancer and the bad luck of random mutations
New research suggests the risk of most cancers can be attributed to environmental factors, countering the so called "bad luck" ...
Sheep farmers join in search for Huntington’s disease cure
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Mike and Heather Ludlam ...
Climate change, human activity causing brain damage in sea lions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sea lions are in ...
Researchers search brain for clues to suicidal behavior
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Suicide is a serious ...
Decisions about neonicotinoids should be ‘science-driven not ‘activist-driven’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Neonicotinoid pesticide use is ...
