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Google Science Fair 2011 – Global Science Competition for Teenagers

Google Science Fair 2011 – Global Science Competition for Teenagers

This post is sponsored by Unruly Media. Teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 years old are invited to submit science projects in the Google Science Fair 2011. Participating in the global science fair could be a wonderful life changing experience for a young, budding [Read More]

Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting – SFN Neuroscience 2010

Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting – SFN Neuroscience 2010

The Society for Neuroscience 40th Annual Meeting : Neuroscience 2010 will be held in San Diego, California, USA on November 13 - 17, 2010. The official SFN annual meeting events will be held at the San Diego Convention Center. [Read More]

First Clinical Trial of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy in the World Begins

First Clinical Trial of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy in the World Begins

Human embryonic stem cell therapy is being tried on a human for the first time in a new clinical trial. This is the first clinical trial of its kind in the world. The first patient is reported as a patient in an Atlanta spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation hospital. [Read More]

Protective Brain Hypothesis Confirmed – Larger Brains Live Longer

Protective Brain Hypothesis Confirmed – Larger Brains Live Longer

Large brains have been correlated with longevity in some animals. Despite many problems created by large brains such as energy consumption and birthing difficulties, species with large brains have been shown to live longer than those with smaller brains. [Read More]

Scientists Predict Your Behaviors Better Than You

Scientists Predict Your Behaviors Better Than You

Scientists predict your behavior better than you according to new neuroscience research. [Read More]

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DNA Test that Identifies Down Syndrome in Pregnancy Can Also Detect Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 13

DNA Test that Identifies Down Syndrome in Pregnancy Can Also Detect Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 13

A newly available DNA-based prenatal blood test that can identify a pregnancy with Down syndrome can also identify two [Read More]

Patients’ Brains May Adapt to ADHD Medication

Patients’ Brains May Adapt to ADHD Medication

New research reveals how the brain appears to adapt to compensate for the effects of long-term ADHD medication, [Read More]

Gene Regulator in Brain’s Executive Hub Tracked Across Lifespan

Gene Regulator in Brain’s Executive Hub Tracked Across Lifespan

Mental illness suspect genes are among the most environmentally responsive. For the first time, scientists have tracked [Read More]

Same Genes Linked to Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

Same Genes Linked to Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

The same gene mutations linked to inherited, early-onset Alzheimer’s disease have been found in people with the more [Read More]

Obesity Reduces the Size of Your Brain

Obesity Reduces the Size of Your Brain

New research from Uppsala University shows that a specific brain region linked to appetite regulation is reduced in [Read More]

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