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CRISPR Repurposed to Develop Better Antibiotics

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 13, 2019

Researchers re-purposed CRISPR gene editing technology to study genes targeted by particular antibiotics. The study sheds light on how pharmacologists can improve existing antibiotics and develop new ones. ... Read More...

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New Genetic Clues to Frontotemporal Dementia

Neuroscience NewsDecember 13, 2018

Study reports a mutation in a single gene that causes hereditary frontotemporal dementia makes it harder for neurons to communicate, leading to neurodegeneration.... Read More...

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Unraveling a Genetic Network Linked to Autism

Neuroscience NewsNovember 7, 2018

Using CRISPR techniques, researchers have uncovered a genetic network linked to autism.... Read More...

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RNA Changes Aid Memory and Learning Process

Neuroscience NewsNovember 1, 2018

The most common messenger RNA modification in mammals helps coordinate nerve cell response to memory inducting stimulus, a new study reveals.... Read More...

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New Alzheimer’s Biomarker Identified with Help of CRISPR

Neuroscience NewsOctober 9, 2018

With the aid of CRISPR gene editing techniques, researchers have identified a new biomarker for Alzheimer's disease. The study reports a deficiency of the protein STIM1 could be implicated in the sporadic version of the neurodegenerative disease.... Read More...

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CRISPR Helps Target Mood Boosting Receptors in Brain

Neuroscience NewsAugust 17, 2018

Researchers use CRISPR gene editing technology to target GABA receptors in order to help treat mood disorders.... Read More...

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CRISPR Editing Reduces Repetitive Behavior in Mice with a Form of Autism

Neuroscience NewsJune 25, 2018

Researchers have successfully reduced some symptoms associated with fragile X syndrome in mice with the help of CRISPR-Cas 9 gene editing.... Read More...

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Leptin’s Neural Circuit Identified

Neuroscience NewsApril 18, 2018

A new gene editing study reveals how the hormone leptin can help to prevent diabetes and obesity.... Read More...

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CRISPR Helps Find New Genetic Suspects Behind ALS and FTD

Neuroscience NewsMarch 12, 2018

Using CRISPR, researchers have identified a new set of genes that may be implicated in both ALS and frontotemporal dementia.... Read More...

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One Step Closer to Treatment for Huntington’s

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 26, 2018

A new study reports researchers have developed a new gene editing approach that may provide a new treatment avenue for Huntington's disease.... Read More...

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Lab Grown Human Cerebellar Cells Yield Clues to Autism

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 16, 2018

Researchers have derived purkinje cells from patients with TSC, a genetic syndrome that includes some ASD-like symptoms. The cells, researchers say, have several characteristics that could help explain how ASD develops at the molecular level.... Read More...

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Gene Editing in the Brain Gets A Major Upgrade

Neuroscience NewsOctober 19, 2017

Max Planck researchers announce they have developed a new tool that can assist with precise genome editing in neurons.... Read More...

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Eating breakfast with parents is associated with positive body image for teenagers

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Sleep and aging: Two sides of one coin?

Neuroscience

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Sleep and aging: Two sides of one coin?

Child and adolescent anxiety could be linked to later alcohol problems

Neurology

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Researchers point to a common cause in sudden death syndromes

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

AI

Brain-inspired AI inspires insights about the brain (and vice versa)

AI and MRIs at birth can predict cognitive development at age 2

A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk

Robotics

The robots that dementia caregivers want: Robots for joy, robots for sorrow

Seeing through a robot’s eyes helps those with profound motor impairments

A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk

Psychology

Eating breakfast with parents is associated with positive body image for teenagers

Child and adolescent anxiety could be linked to later alcohol problems

When neurons are out of shape, antidepressants may not work

Cas9

CRISPR Repurposed to Develop Better Antibiotics

New Genetic Clues to Frontotemporal Dementia

Unraveling a Genetic Network Linked to Autism

RNA Changes Aid Memory and Learning Process

New Alzheimer’s Biomarker Identified with Help of CRISPR

CRISPR Helps Target Mood Boosting Receptors in Brain

CRISPR Editing Reduces Repetitive Behavior in Mice with a Form of Autism

Leptin’s Neural Circuit Identified

CRISPR Helps Find New Genetic Suspects Behind ALS and FTD

One Step Closer to Treatment for Huntington’s

Lab Grown Human Cerebellar Cells Yield Clues to Autism

Gene Editing in the Brain Gets A Major Upgrade