'Beast Games' winner Jeff Allen hopes finding a cure for his son's rare disease will unlock new treatments for other brain conditions

"Beast Games" winner Jeff Allen hopes finding a cure for his son's rare disease will unlock new treatments for other brain ...
University of California

From Rett and Pitt-Hopkins to ALS: 5 rare diseases UC San Diego researchers are tackling in the lab

Researchers at the Sanford Stem Cell Institute have taken the fight against rare diseases to the lab, to patients’ bedsides ...

The science behind the 'super-ager' brain

New research suggests that super-agers generate twice as many neurons as typical older adults. But you don't have to be a ...

Family Fights to Save 8-Year-Old with Ultra-Rare Disease: 'We’re Losing Pieces of Him Every Single Day' (Exclusive)

Aiden Steiner has INAD, a neurodegenerative disease that is often described as a combination of pediatric ALS and Parkinson’s. The 8-year-old is experiencing a rapid decline in his physical and ...
Undark Magazine

As Brain Organoid Science Grows More Complex, So Do the Questions

Understanding how a healthy brain works can provide insight into how it fails, too. Scientists hope that studying organoids derived from humans with neurodevelopmental disorders — particularly ...
SupplyChainBrain

Cyprus Launches Mass Livestock Vaccination Effort to Curb Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

The EU sent 500,000 doses of vaccines to Cyprus on February 13, with EU officials set to oversee an initial batch of 10,000 ...
Silicon Canals

People who can fall asleep within minutes of lying down usually share these 9 strengths

Those who effortlessly drift off possess mental superpowers the rest of us spend years in therapy trying to develop—and it has nothing to do with counting sheep.

How your body senses cold—and why menthol feels cool

When you step outside on a winter morning or pop a mint into your mouth, a tiny molecular sensor in your body springs into action, alerting your brain to the sensation of cold. Scientists have now ...
News on 6

Oklahoma man reaches remission after rare autoimmune brain disease diagnosis

A 74-year-old Oklahoma man is in remission after doctors identified a rare autoimmune brain disease following years of misdiagnoses. TULSA, Okla. - An Oklahoma man is in full remission after doctors ...
AOL

'My life was transformed when I got rare sheep disease on holiday'

When Sally Crowe returned from holiday with what felt like "the worst hangover ever" she had no idea it would transform her life forever. The illness would leave her bedbound for almost two years and ...
Medical Xpress

Brain network identified for effective treatment of Parkinson's disease

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) improves motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease by modulating a specific brain network that is mainly active in the fast beta frequency range (20 to 35 Hz). This conclusion ...
Medical News Today

AI model offers earlier dementia warnings and better brain cancer detection

Share on Pinterest A new AI tool may help predict disease risk using brain MRI datasets. Image credit: Tunvarat Pruksachat/Getty Images The wellness of the brain plays an important role in living a ...