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A new study has investigated the links between Alzheimer’s disease (AD), major depressive disorder (MDD) and sleep. This study, armed with a huge cohort of over half a million people, has become the latest in a series of studies to find no causal link between sleep and dementia.

Being able to make conclusions about data trends is one of the most important steps in both business and science. Through the magic of least sums regression, and with a few simple equations, we can calculate a predictive model that can let us estimate our data and give us much more power over it. If you want a simple explanation of how to calculate and draw a line of best fit through your data, read on!

Progression in cell line development has served as the foundation for countless discoveries and advancements in biology and biomedicine – in this article, discover how such developments are being applied in neurodegenerative disease research.

We recently spoke with Sumit Chanda, Ph.D., director and professor of the Immunity and Pathogenesis Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, to learn more about the 21 drug compounds that were recently identified as having activity against SARS-CoV-2.

Jaime Tartar, Ph.D, is president of the Society for NeuroSports, an academic society dedicated to the interdisciplinary collaboration between the fields of exercise science and neuroscience. We spoke to Dr. Tartar about the need for sports neuroscience, and how this young field is rapidly advancing.

This article takes a look at how people's expectations of connectivity in their everyday lives should inform how we approach medical diagnostic devices, and how connected, data-gathering tests could transform diagnostics, using the current pandemic as an example.

In this article, Gerald Law, chief executive at Innovation DB, explains why human intelligence can never be entirely replaced by artificial intelligence in the laboratory environment.

Artificial eyes are one of the most characteristic elements of robots in science fiction movies. But this technology may soon be moving out of the cinema and into the clinic, as part of efforts to restore blind people’s vision.

While coronavirus has brought together the industry around a common goal, it has also shone a light on the challenges in developing and bringing diagnostic tests to market in exceptional circumstances. It is important that we learn from these challenges so that our industry is better prepared.

A new study conducted in mice suggests that farnesene, a molecule responsible for the green apple flavoring used in some vape devices, is not only rewarding in itself, but may also increase the rewards felt when consuming nicotine.