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Enhanced Oral Uptake of Exosomes Opens Cell Therapy Alternative

January 15, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — Cell-derived exosomes are effective in treating disease when mixed with the dominant protein in breast milk and given orally, a new Smidt Heart Institute study of laboratory mice...

SARS-CoV-2 can infect neurons and damage brain tissue, study indicates

January 15, 2021
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New York, NY — Using both mouse and human brain tissue, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 can directly infect the central nervous system and have begun to unravel...

New Study on Circadian Clock Shows “Junk DNA” Plays a Key Role in Regulating Rhythms

January 11, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — If you’ve ever had a bad case of jet lag, you know how a disruption to your body’s circadian rhythm makes it difficult to function. Molecular circadian “clocks”...

Research Strongly Suggests COVID-19 Virus Enters the Brain

December 18, 2020
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Seattle, WA — More and more evidence is coming out that people with COVID-19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue. And researchers are discovering why. The SARS-CoV-2...

Seeking to Avoid ‘Full Lockdown,’ Cells Monitor Ribosome Collisions

December 18, 2020
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St. Louis, MO — Ribosomes are the machines in the cell that use instructions from mRNA to synthesize functional proteins. There are hundreds of thousands of ribosomes in each cell, and they mostly...

Some Neurons Target Tiny Cerebral Blood Vessel Dilation

December 17, 2020
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State College, PA — Neurons control blood flow in tiny vessels in the brain, but researchers know little about this relationship. Now a team of Penn State engineers has found a connection between nitric...

Teaching Artificial Intelligence to Adapt

December 17, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — Getting computers to “think” like humans is the holy grail of artificial intelligence, but human brains turn out to be tough acts to follow. The human brain is a master of...

Researchers Identify Neurons that Control Nausea-Like Responses in Mice

December 17, 2020
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Boston, MA — At some point, everyone experiences nausea. Whether it occurs after unwisely eating a week-old slice of pizza or as an accompaniment to a serious infection, that queasy, unsettling sensation...

Researchers Uncover Blind Spots at the Intersection of AI and Neuroscience

December 16, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — Is it possible to read a person’s mind by analyzing the electric signals from the brain? The answer may be much more complex than most people think. Purdue University...

Researchers Discover Clue to How to Protect Neurons and Encourage Their Growth

December 15, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — Many neurodegenerative conditions, from glaucoma to Alzheimer’s disease, are characterized by injury to axons — the long, slender projections that conduct electrical impulses...

Gut Microbiota Plays a Role in Brain Function and Mood Regulation

December 14, 2020
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Paris, France — Depression is a mental disorder that affects more than 264 million people of all ages worldwide. Understanding its mechanisms is vital for the development of effective therapeutic strategies....

The Machine as Extension of the Body

December 14, 2020
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Munich, Germany — Combining neuroscience and robotic research has gained impressive results in the rehabilitation of paraplegic patients. A research team led by Prof. Gordon Cheng from the Technical...

Damage to Brain Cells Reverberates to ‘Bystander’ Cells, Study Finds

December 10, 2020
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Beaverton, OR — Injury or disease that afflicts a relatively small number of brain cells causes a chain reaction that stops activity across a vast network of neural circuits, according to new research...

Reductive Stress in Neuroblastoma Cells Aggregates Protein and Impairs Neurogenesis

December 10, 2020
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Birmingham, AL — Cells require a balance among oxidation-reduction reactions, or redox homeostasis. Loss of that balance to create oxidative stress is often associated with neurodegeneration. Less...

Problems with Depth Perception Caused by too Many Cells

December 8, 2020
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Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Our perceptions of the world are shaped both by our biology and our experiences. New work from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Adjunct Professor Z. Josh Huang provides a glimpse...

Seventeen Genetic Abnormalities that Cause Brain Aneurysms

December 8, 2020
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Geneva, Switzerland — Nearly three percent of the world’s population is at risk of developing an intracranial aneurysm, a localized dilation of a blood vessel forming a fragile pocket. Rupture...

The Tree of Cortical Cell Types Describes the Diversity of Neurons in the Brain

December 3, 2020
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Houston, TX — The tree of life describes the evolution of life and seeks to define the relationships between species. Likewise, the tree of cell types aims to organize cells in the brain into groups...

How SARS-CoV-2 Reaches the Brain

December 1, 2020
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Berlin, Germany — Using post-mortem tissue samples, a team of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have studied the mechanisms by which the novel coronavirus can reach the brains...

A Large-Scale Tool to Investigate the Function of Autism Spectrum Disorder Genes

December 1, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — Scientists at Harvard University, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and MIT have developed a technology to investigate the function of many different genes in many different cell...

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