Academia
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
Researchers with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) developed a “neural decoder” that translates brain activity to synthesize audible speech. They published their research in the journal Nature.
Researchers at Sweden’s Lund University reported that a blood test can reveal whether there is accelerating nerve cell damage in the brain.
The use of thiazide diuretics was associated with a decreased risk of low energy fractures in people with Alzheimer’s disease, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.
Obesity can break down our protective blood brain barrier resulting in problems with learning and memory, scientists report.
Recently published research by MIT neuroscientists indicates that amyloid plaques could be reduced via brain wave stimulation.
Contributing to the development of maternal and child health, and medical information in Kenya
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
Researchers at Yale University were able to restore basic cellular activity in the brains of pigs only hours after their deaths. They published their work in the journal Nature.
The first clinical trials using CRISPR technology are expected to get underway in the United States, even as echoes of a scandal involving the use of CRISPR on embryos in China are still being felt across the globe.
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