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Tag: Brain and cognitive sciences
How a mutation in microglia elevates Alzheimer’s risk
A rare but potent genetic mutation that alters a protein in the brain’s immune cells, known…
Rewarding excellence in open data
The second annual MIT Prize for Open Data, which included a $2,500 cash prize, was recently…
A new wave of treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease, the appalling and baffling degenerative brain illness that plagues many elderly people, may be…
Twelve with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023
The National Academy of Medicine announced the election of 100 new members to join their esteemed…
Study decodes surprising approach mice take in learning
Neuroscience discoveries ranging from the nature of memory to treatments for disease have depended on reading…
Aging Brain Initiative awards fund five new ideas to study, fight neurodegeneration
Neurodegenerative diseases are defined by an increasingly widespread and debilitating death of nervous system cells, but…
Setting carbon management in stone
Keeping global temperatures within limits deemed safe by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change means doing…