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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 USAFirst-Ever Customized Brain Implant Treats Depression
A neuroscience research team at University of California, San Francisco, United States, managed to create the world's first custom-designed brain implant to treat severe depression, giving hope to millions of people on whom treatments have been to no avail.
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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 FranceScientific Breakthrough: “Electronic Memories” That Work Like Our Brain!
Scientists based in Paris, France, have been able to create synthetic brain cells that make "memories" using ions and water, a historic achievement that paves the way for a future in which computers could work more like the human brain.
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Technology USAWe Can Now See the Tiniest Part of Our Brain – in 3D !
Engineers from Google and Harvard managed to create a browsable 3D map of a tiny fraction of the human brain, thus helping us understand what neurons and synapses do, and how thought, emotion, memory, behaviour and consciousness are created.
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