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2018-12-06 – Peter Grahn has faced the same question for a dozen years since he dived as a reckless teen into a southwest Minnesota lake, slammed headfirst into the shallow bottom, and floated — face down and motionless — on the surface. Will I ever walk again? Turns out, he might end up as one of the first…
2018-12-05 – A spate of bullying allegations have rocked several high-profile science institutions. Here’s how researchers, universities, funders and others are dealing with the issue: Does science have a bullying problem?
2018-12-03 – ANA Scientific Program Advisory Committee chair and director of the Center for Neurogenetics at Weill Cornell Medicine Dr. M. Elizabeth Ross highlights astonishing advances in gene therapy in the Wichita Business Journal. Read more: 2018 Best Doctors - Business Journal
2018-11-21 – There's so much scientists still don't understand about how individual cells work together, whether that's to keep a brain functioning, a stomach churning, or a cancer metastasizing. But a powerful new technology called single cell sequencing is starting to fill in the picture of how, exactly, an…
2018-11-21 – Mike Lauer, MD, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, discusses the NIH's revised Inclusion Across the Lifespan Policy, which “requires individuals of all ages (including children and older adults) be included in clinical research studies unless there are scientific or ethical reasons to…
2018-11-20 – The NFL is awarding more than $35 million to five groups studying the diagnosis and treatment of brain injury in thousands of former professional football players. The five-year project will include brain scans, blood tests, and annual surveys. It'll also look at potential ways to reduce the risk…
2018-11-20 – Neurosurgeon Dr. Ashesh Mehta is trying eavesdrop on the brain with the help of tiny electrodes implanted on its surface. Mehta is using those microelectrodes to capture the electrical impulses that happen when a person hears in her "mind's ear" what words she intends to say out loud. Then, those…
2018-11-15 – The NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research released a Request for Information because they are seeking input on future Blueprint activities and investments that have the potential to make a broad impact in the neuroscience community. Responses are due by November 26, 2018. The Blueprint is…
2018-11-13 – Application Deadline: December 10, 2018 The 2019 session of Training in Neurotherapeutics Discovery and Development for Academic Scientists will be held March 25-28, 2019 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Rockville, MD (co-located with ASENT 2019 Annual Meeting). This…
2018-11-09 – Is the key to Alzheimer’s disease lurking, overlooked, in the 100,000-plus scientific papers that have been published on this disease over the last century? A Texas businessman who lost family members to dementia thinks so, and on Monday he announced that there’s $4 million waiting for the people…