Brain/Neuroscience
Epigenetics Around the Web: Can changes acquired during an organism’s life be passed on?
Epigenetics Around the Web is a weekly roundup of the latest studies and news in the field of epigenetics presented ...
Brains of people with autism share distinct genetic ‘signature’
The brains of people with autism show a distinct molecular signature, according to the largest-yet postmortem study of people with ...
Our Facebook, social media use is influenced by genetics
Scientists found our DNA influences how long we spend on Facebook, chat rooms and online gaming. ... A study reveals ...
Schizophrenia linked to mutation of memory, sense-of-direction gene
Mutations in a gene that should enable memories and a sense of direction instead can result in imprecise communication between ...
US adults wary of gene editing: What does that mean for medicine?
The Pew survey revealed that 50 percent of U.S. adults said they would not want genetic editing and 68 percent ...
Stem cell therapy shows promise in toddler with Down syndrome
A three-year-old baby -- born with Down syndrome and having subnormal motor skills -- has shown improvement after undergoing stem ...
Society, not testosterone, is the driving force in sex, equality
[Editor's note: Excerpts are from a review of a book by writer Cordelia Fine, who challenges the notion that testosterone ...
Curiosity about ideas, experiences may be related to higher cognitive ability
[An international team of 60 researchers], led by Todd Lencz from the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, studied the genes ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Alzheimer’s drug moves closer to patients
Epigenetics Around the Web is a weekly roundup of the latest studies and news in the field of epigenetics presented ...
Healthy aging promoted by tweaking ‘old blood’
The effects of blood on aging were first discovered in experiments that stitched young and old mice together so that ...
Syndactyly: Family’s ‘fused fingers’ deformity sheds light on human genome
They said it was their family curse: a rare congenital deformity called syndactyly, in which the thumb and index finger ...
‘Brain on a chip’: In vitro model finds regional links to specific diseases, treatments
We have come a long way in our understanding of how the brain works, but the more we know about ...
Even mild brain trauma could be dangerous for those at risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
Moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury is a known risk factor for diseases that gradually destroy the brain - such as late-onset ...
Genetically engineered killer zombie mice? Not quite
Neuroscientists at Yale University published a paper [On Jan. 12, 2017,] in the journal Cell showing how they could trigger a ...
Malfunctioning part of ‘ADHD gene’ identified, clearing way for specialized medications
ADHD is highly genetic, and [the ADGRL3 gene] in particular has long been implicated it its development...Now, a new study ...
Viruses in our genome may have influenced brain development, neurological diseases
Over millions of years, retroviruses have been incorporated into our human DNA, where they today make up almost 10 per ...
Mini brains grown from teeth stem cells reveal secrets of sociability
Can tiny brains grown in a dish reveal the secrets of sociability? Balls of brain tissue generated from stem cells ...
Autism risk may be related to genes that influence sex-specific traits
Genetic variants that shape physical features that vary with sex, such as waist-to-hip ratio, may also affect autism risk, according ...
Piltdown Man evolution hoax reminds us about danger of confirmation bias
A 100-year-old hoax involving the "discovery" of a missing link in the human evolution chain provides insights into the pitfalls ...
Genetic defect may render local anesthesia useless for some patients
Local anesthetic resistance is a rare condition that's so poorly researched that many medical professionals refuse to acknowledge that it's ...
Biology and genetic engineering innovations converging in 2017 to ‘blow our minds’
[DARPA's] new Biological Technologies Office (BTO) has a mission to “harness the power of biological systems” and design new defense ...
Genetics may have played a part in electing Trump president
Do our genetics influence whether we lean to the political left or right? It's obviously more complicated than that, but ...
Alzheimer’s linked gene may protect brain from parasites
People who carry one copy [of the ApoE4 gene] have a three-fold higher risk of Alzheimer’s than those with none...Even if ...
Premature babies show signs of abnormal brain activity before birth
Even before they are born, premature babies may display alterations in the circuitry of their developing brains, according to a ...
Aggressive brain tumors temporarily halted using genetically modified immune cells
One of the most deadly types of cancers are glioblastomas – a particularly aggressive form of brain tumor. Patients diagnosed ...
We did not evolve small teeth because of brain development or primitive food-cutting tools
The human brain and teeth have not evolved together in humans, unlike what past studies had suggested. ... Compared with ...
Transcranial magnetic stimulation: Can strong magnetics revive your sex drive?
If TMS, which is already FDA approved to treat depression, can reverse sexual dysfunction, it would be a boon particularly ...
