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Technology USASharper MRIs: Brain Scans Are Looking Clearer Than Ever
Following decades of efforts to improve the resolution of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, a team of researchers from diverse American universities have created the sharpest images yet of a mouse brain, leading to a better understanding of the human brain.
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Health USA“Zombie Cells”: The Cure to Alzheimer’s?
Alzheimer’s disease has a new foe in zombie cells, and an innovative experimental treatment is currently being studied in North Carolina, United States, giving hope to millions of patients that a cure to halt, or even stop the disease is on its way.
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Health IrelandNew Drug: a Game Changer Against Alzheimer’s?
Following decades of dedicated work to find an effective treatment against dementia, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland is welcoming a new drug that could potentially help thousands of patients dealing with cognitive decline and memory loss.
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Health SwitzerlandTreatment for Down Syndrome Shows Big Promise
People with Down syndrome could soon have access to a treatment to improve their cognitive function, thanks to a team of researchers affiliated with the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, whose work shows great promise for those with the condition.
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Health USANo Symptoms? No Problem: This Blood Test Takes Alzheimer Detection to a New Level
Alzheimer’s disease could be detected in people who haven’t developed symptoms yet thanks to a new blood test that is cost-effective, non-invasive and accurate - giving patients a head start to treat the condition, while boosting research in the field.
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Health LithuaniaEarly Signs of Alzheimer’s Can Now Be Accurately Detected!
A group of researchers affiliated with Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania created an algorithm capable of predicting early development of Alzheimer’s disease with an accuracy of more than 99%, helping medical communities better treat their patients.
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Health United KingdomBrain and Spinal Cord Damages Could Soon Be a Thing of the Past
British scientists have successfully created the compound CPTX, a synthetic version of the protein Cerebellin-1, that could repair damage to the brain and the spinal cord, giving hope to people who suffer from Alzheimer, epilepsy or paralysis, for example.