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Sonia Vallabh, a graduate of Harvard Law School and her husband  Eric Minikel, who holds a planning degree from MIT, re-engineered their careers to do research into prion disease when she was diagnosed with the disorder. Now their research may lead to a treatment if not a cure in the not-too-distant future, according to a statement from Harvard.
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Patient-scientist behind new gene-editing tool for prion disease

HQ Team April 10, 2025:  Sonia Vallabh, a graduate of Harvard Law School and her husband  Eric Minikel, who holds a planning degree.

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Marathons may affect the brain causing the organ to eat itself to make up for fuel lost during the run, and the effect is reversible, according to Spanish researchers.
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Marathoner’s brain eats itself, effect is reversible: Spanish researchers

HQ Team April 6, 2025: Marathons may affect the brain causing the organ to eat itself to make up for fuel lost during.

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Noland Arbaugh, 29, the first human to receive Neuralink’s brain implant, was able to play online chess and a video game using the device, according to a video posted by billionaire Elon Musk’s X platform.
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Mid-frontal brain folds key to schizophrenia: Zurich study finds

HQ Team February 27, 2025: The uniformity of brain folding in the mid-frontal area suggests a developmental trait common to people with schizophrenia,.

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Researchers at Cambridge are developing implants that could help repair damaged brain cells and treat diseases like Parkinson’s.
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Cambridge researchers making brain implants to treat Parkinson’s

Researchers at Cambridge are developing implants that could help repair damaged brain cells and treat diseases like Parkinson’s.

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Alzheimer's disease has an initial silent and slow phase before the second stage of a destructive accumulation of plaques, tangles and other symptoms occurs, a brain-mapping study funded by the National Institutes of Health finds.
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Alzheimer’s disease slowly enters the brain in a stealth mode

Alzheimer's disease has an initial silent and slow phase before the second stage of a destructive accumulation of plaques, tangles and other symptoms.

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Environmental micro and nanoplastics (MNPs) accumulate in the human brain and total mass concentrations have risen by more than 50% in the past eight years, a study reveals.
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‘Shard-like plastic remnants’ of varying sizes amass in the brain: UNM

Environmental micro and nanoplastics (MNPs) accumulate in the human brain and total mass concentrations have risen by more than 50% in the past.

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The US’s medical research agency has discovered more than 3,000 new types of brain cells in different clusters of the organ that may help in the treatment of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
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NIH researchers find 3,000 new brain cells, create ‘most detailed’ atlas

HQ Team November 1, 2023: The US’s medical research agency has discovered more than 3,000 new types of brain cells in different clusters.

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The US drug regulator gave its nod for Sandoz Inc., an arm of Sweden-based Novartis and which is set to be Europe’s largest generic drugmaker, for a biosimilar, Tyruko, to treat adults with multiple sclerosis.
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USFDA green lights Sandoz’s biosimilar Tyruko to treat multiple sclerosis  

HQ Team August 25, 2023: The US drug regulator gave its nod for Sandoz Inc., an arm of Sweden-based Novartis and which is.

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Obese people have different ‘appetite control centre’ in brain

HQ Team August 9, 2023: The brain’s hypothalamus gland is a relevant factor in obesity and little is known about how this region.

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Magic asthma drug may help retrieve lost memories

A magic drug approved for asthma by the US FDA can restore lost memories and reveal previously hidden knowledge, say Netherland scientists

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