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Therapy Uses the Immune System To Eliminate Brain Tumors

Researchers have developed a method that helps immune cells exit from blood vessels into the tumour and kill cancer cells. The aim is to improve treatment of aggressive brain tumours.
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Lack of Oxytocin Proved in People With a Vasopressin Deficiency

Researchers have shown that people with vasopressin deficiency have an oxytocin deficiency as a result of a disease of the pituitary gland.
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Aging Mechanisms of Spinal Motor Neurons Revealed

A new study led by researchers at Brown University’s Carney Institute for Brain Science offers a blueprint to help scientists prevent and reverse motor deficits that occur in old age.
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Six-Legged Robot Electrode Can Be Gently Deployed Across the Brain’s Surface

A new robotic brain electrode system developed by researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) can be deployed onto the brain’s surface after being delivered through a tiny hole in the skull.
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Gene Associated With Circadian and Circatidal Rhythms Discovered

Scientists have identified the first gene to play a crucial role in regulating circatidal behavior in the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis.
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Scarring of Collagen “Highway” Halts Healing Power of Stem Cells

Study in mice shows scarring of collagen "highway" prevents stem cells from healing damaged tissue in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Gut Bacteria Associated With Alzheimer's Disease Identified

Could changing your diet play a role in slowing or even preventing the development of dementia? We’re one step closer to finding out, thanks to a new UNLV study that bolsters the long-suspected link between gut health and Alzheimer’s disease.

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What Makes Us Fall for People Like Ourselves?

The similarity-attraction effect states we generally like people who are like us, and new research from Boson University has revealed one reason why.
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Hypnosis Experiments Show How Our Thoughts Can Alter Our Senses

If we sincerely believe that our index finger is five times bigger than it really is, our sense of touch improves. Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum demonstrated that this is the case in an experiment in which the participants were put under professional hypnosis.
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Organoid Model Established for Understanding Brain Immune Cells

Scientists establish organoid model for understanding how brain immune cells impact brain conditions, like autism spectrum disorder and Alzheimer’s disease.
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