Neurocinematic comparison of monkeys and humans The Guardian | Spaghetti western reveals differences between human and monkey brain | Monkeys are our closest living relatives, whose brains have long served as an indispensable model for understanding how our own brain works. But we're separated from each other by 25 million years of evolution, so there are som...
How Alzheimer's spread in brain DNA India | Two different research groups, which worked independent of each other, have made the same important discovery on how Alzheimer's disease spreads in the brain. | According to a story in the New York Times in February 2, the groups' findings have the potential to give us a much more sophisticated un...
Stolen milestone all the sweeter Canberra Times Jess Bibby wasn't supposed to reach 300 games, writes JON TUXWORTH | Jess Bibby vividly remembers the neurosurgeon laughing in her face, telling her she'd never set foot on a basketball court again. | That was 12 years ago, but the heartbreak of bein...
Experts voice nerve agent fears NZ Herald | Leading neuroscientists believe that the British Government may be about to sanction the development of nerve agents for British police that would be banned in warfare under an international treaty on chemical weapons. | A high-level group of exper...
Surgeon: Kirk reaches milestone in stroke recovery Seattle Times CHICAGO - | Doctors say Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk has reached an important milestone in his recovery from a major stroke. | Northwestern Memorial Hospital neurosurgeon Richard Fessler said in a statement Tuesday that the swelling in Kirk's brain has su...
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Davos guide: what you need to know about the World Economic Forum The Guardian | Our A-Z analysis unpicks the significance of the talkfest taking place in Switzerland this week The Swiss resort of Davos hosts the World Economic Forum in the final week of Janu...
Researchers increase understanding of gene's potentially protective role in Parkinson's PhysOrg | However, University of Alabama researchers have identified how a specific gene protects dopamine-producing neurons from dying in both animal models and in cultures of human neurons, according to a scientific article publishing in the Feb. 8 edition...
Sen. Kirk’s brain swelling subsides; doctors reattach skull section Chicago Sun-Times | Updated: February 7, 2012 3:14PM | Doctors on Tuesday reattached a 4-inch by 8-inch piece of U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk’s skull that was removed to ease swelling in his brain following his Jan. 21 stroke. | “The swelling in Sen, Kirk’s brain has sub...
Surgeon: Kirk reaches milestone in stroke recovery STL Today | Doctors say Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk has reached an important milestone in his recovery from a major stroke. | The 52-year-old Republican was in good health when he had a stroke last month. | Doctors believe a clot developed from a tear in an artery...
Plastic Pollution in the Oceans is Causing Problems for Whales, too. Treehugger | /CC BY 2.0 | Every year, humans consume 70 million tons of seafood. Though this is an astonishing volume—one that has a serious impact on ocean populations—it cannot compare to sperm whales which consumer more than 100 million tons of seafood annually. Most of this consists of squid and small fish but—increasingly—plastic ...
