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·September 30, 2026·5 min read

Common Viral Infections Accelerate ALS Progression

Flu and COVID-19 infections accelerate ALS progression in preclinical models by triggering chronic spinal gliosis.

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·August 11, 2026·3 min read

Study of Brain Immune Cells Reveals New Clues to Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Researchers have mapped over 830,000 brain immune cells, revealing a protective subtype of microglia that increases with Alzheimer’s progression. This subtype aids in clearing harmful material via the TREM2 pathway. The findings suggest new therapeutic targets focused on bolstering the brain's immune response rather than solely targeting amyloid plaques.

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·August 10, 2026·9 min read

Eye Tracking Reveals Where Human Reading and AI Processing Diverge

A new study compares human eye-tracking to 400+ LLMs, revealing where AI fails to explain human rereading and text integration.

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·August 1, 2026·7 min read

Psychedelics and Ketamine Rewire Brain Immune Signals in Depression

Ketamine and psychedelics share a neuroimmune signaling pathway involving IL-15 and IL-7, offering blood-based biomarkers to predict antidepressant response.

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·July 27, 2026·8 min read

Vagus Nerve Gut Signals Drive Spatial Memory

A new study reveals that the vagus nerve transmits gut nutrient signals to the hippocampus, boosting acetylcholine release and spatial memory.

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·July 24, 2026·10 min read

Study Reveals Ongoing Natural Selection in Modern Humans

By measuring allele frequency changes across adult age groups, the team identified 168 variants under active selection, including 71 pathogenic mutations under purifying selection.

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·July 17, 2026·12 min read

AI Speech Neuroprosthesis Restores Voice to ALS Patient

Tested in an individual with advanced ALS, the interface enabled the real-time expression of 2.7 million words over two years, including vocal intonation modulation and singing, marking a transformative milestone for clinical brain-computer interfaces.

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·July 7, 2026·12 min read

AI Reveals Hidden Gray Matter Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis

A new study introduces an AI-driven framework that unmasks previously invisible gray matter cortical lesions in multiple sclerosis using legacy MRI scans.

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·July 6, 2026·12 min read

Exoskeleton Reads Faint Muscle Signals to Overcome Hand Paralysis

A new study introduces an affordable, soft pneumatic exoskeleton glove that restores grasping function in individuals with hand paralysis. Driven by the eXprt innovation network, the system uses machine learning to decode forearm EMG signals with 97% reliability, allowing an ALS patient to grasp objects and hold a fork for the first time in four years.

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·July 3, 2026·10 min read

Sleep Apnea’s Main Symptom Is Also its Cause

Snoring vibrations are an active cause of obstructive sleep apnea, directly disrupting mitochondrial function and cellular energy metabolism in upper airway muscles to induce tissue weakness and structural airway collapse.

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·July 3, 2026·12 min read

XL20 Crosses Blood-Brain Barrier to Shield ALS Neurons

A new study introduces XL20, an experimental small-molecule drug that crosses the blood-brain barrier to selectively block a toxic region on the TDP-43 protein. This precise mechanism halts neuron death and slows muscle wasting in ALS models while leaving the protein's healthy, vital biological functions completely intact.

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·June 25, 2026·10 min read

New Brain Map Reveals Deep Roots of Vertebrate Intelligence

A spatial single-cell brain atlas of the jawless lamprey reveals that the common ancestor of all vertebrates possessed a highly complex molecular brain architecture 450 million years ago, showcasing ancestral "moonlighting" neurons that eventually specialized following ancient whole-genome duplications.