180 Results From "neurological diseases"

A new brain-computer interface doesn't actually touch the brain or require open-skull surgery. Rather, it snakes through the jugular vein and listens in.
Neuroscience and Brain

New Brain-Computer Interface Doesn’t Even Need to Touch the Brain

A new delivery mechanism for gene-editing enzymes allows doctors to target specific kinds of cells or regions of the brain.
Gene Editing

New Injection Can Gene-Edit Specific Parts of the Brain, Scientists Say

COVID-19 is having some seriously strange effects on the nervous system — including wreaking havoc on the patient's sense of smell.
Developments

After COVID, Your Favorite Foods May Smell Like Rotting Meat

Scientists are warning that we may be overlooking serious brain disorders, triggered by the coronavirus that effect even those with mild symptoms.
Developments

Neurologists Say COVID Survivors Are Suffering Strokes and Brain Disorders

A new type of quantum material can directly measure neural activity and translate it into electrical signals for a computer.
Brain

Scientists Say New Quantum Material Could “‘Download’ Your Brain”

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Brain

Experts: Brain-Stimulating Headsets Are Probably Snake Oil

Researchers showed that electrical stimulation through simple ear pieces improved adult participants' abilities to recognize foreign language tones.
Brain

Zapping the Brain Improved Language Learning Abilities by 13%

Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus infections are on the rise in the Northeastern United States, in large part thanks to global warming.
Developments

Bad News: Another Deadly Virus Is Spreading in the US

New medical research shows how to reprogram a mature blood cell into a new kind of stem cell that cell can grow into a neuron and multiply indefinitely.
RX and Medicine

Neural Stem Cells Grown From Blood Could Revolutionize Medicine

A team of scientists at the University of Richmond, Virginia have taught rats how to drive tiny cars around a track to get to a food reward.
Science & Energy

Scientists Taught Rats How to Drive Tiny Cars

Researchers claim they have made significant progress in developing a blood test that can detect Alzheimer's up to 20 years before any symptoms appear.
Health & Medicine

New Blood Test Could Detect Alzheimer’s 20 Years Before Symptoms

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Brain

New Gene Therapy Could Regenerate Brain Tissue, Fix Neurological Diseases

Various companies now sell devices they say can prevent concussions — but the science simply doesn't back up their claims.
Neuroscience and Brain

Experts: Football’s Anti-Concussion Devices Are a Dangerous Scam

As they travel in the body, viruses like herpes can soak up proteins that they use to produce the amyloid plaques linked to Alzheimer's symptoms.
Health & Medicine

New Research: Herpes May Make You Get Alzheimer’s Earlier

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Health & Medicine

Scientists Cured a Deadly Neurological Disease Using a Revolutionary Method

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is officially considering the use of the first-ever medical device to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
Health & Medicine

The FDA Is Considering First-Ever Machine to Treat Alzheimer’s

A Wireless Neural Implant Might Jolt the Brain out of Seizures
Brain

A Wireless Neural Implant Might Jolt the Brain out of Seizures

Ambrosia, the controversial startup clinic offering transfusions of young people's blood, has officially opened up shop in five U.S. cities.
Health & Medicine

New Chain of Clinics Will “Fill Your Veins” With Blood of Youths

Researchers have found that cells that naturally help fight the inflammation caused by multiple sclerosis originate in the gut.
Health & Medicine

New Research Could Stop Multiple Sclerosis in Its Tracks

These days, people tend to die from cancer, heart disease and accidents. Here are our guesses about all the ways we'll die in the future.
Future Society

7 Ways to Die in the Future