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Scientists make inroads into creating an atlas of the mouse brain

It takes billions of cells to make a human brain, and scientists have long struggled to map this complex network of neurons.

6 Oct 2021

Toxic fatty acids trigger cell death in damaged neurons

Cells that normally nourish healthy brain cells called neurons release toxic fatty acids after neurons are damaged, a new study in rodents shows.

6 Oct 2021

Detailed atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex will provide a springboard for future research

The NIH Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) has unveiled an atlas of cell types and an anatomical neuronal wiring diagram for the mammalian primary motor cortex, derived from detailed studies of mice, monkeys, and humans.

6 Oct 2021

Researchers identify mechanism that can lead to deafness in rare Norrie disease

A team of Mass Eye and Ear Scientists led by Albert Edge, PhD, working with research fellow Yushi Hayashi, MD, PhD, has identified the mechanism that can lead to deafness in the rare syndrome, Norrie disease.

5 Oct 2021

NYU Langone Health broadens access to high-quality primary and specialty care

NYU Langone Health continues to broaden access to high-quality primary and specialty care with recent expansions in Long Island, Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn.

5 Oct 2021

$35.1 million US grant focuses on investigating sleep disorder linked to neurodegeneration

People with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder act out their dreams. While sleeping safely in bed, for example, they might throw up their arms to catch an imaginary ball, or try to run from an illusory assailant.

5 Oct 2021

Early intervention to delay the onset of hypertension may help prevent dementia

Individuals who are diagnosed with high blood pressure at ages 35-44 had smaller brain size and were more likely to develop dementia compared to people who had normal blood pressure, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

4 Oct 2021

Depressed adolescents' brains give a muted reaction to distressing images, research finds

Scientists have measured brain activity in young people with and without depression, and found that the brains of depressed adolescents give a muted reaction to distressing images.

3 Oct 2021

Damaging DNA builds up in the eyes to drive blinding age-related macular degeneration

Damaging DNA builds up in the eyes of patients with geographic atrophy, an untreatable, poorly understood form of age-related macular degeneration that causes blindness, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals.

1 Oct 2021

Reading ability closely linked to altered retinal structure in geographic atrophy

In geographic atrophy, a late form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), reading ability is closely related to the altered retinal structure.

30 Sep 2021

JDRF announces new grant to explore methods to alleviate diabetes distress

JDRF, the leading global nonprofit funder of type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, announces a new grant awarded to Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System. Led by endocrinologist Shivani Agarwal, M.D., M.P.H., and by psychologist Jeffrey Gonzalez, Ph.D., the study will utilize telemedicine to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy to young adults with T1D to reduce diabetes-related distress.

30 Sep 2021

40 new one-stop-shops for checks, scans and tests set to open across England

Millions of patients will benefit from earlier diagnostic tests closer to home thanks to 40 new Community Diagnostic Centres set to open across England in a range of settings from local shopping centers to football stadiums.

30 Sep 2021

50-year-old UK Misuse of Drugs Act failed to reduce illicit drug supply, expert says

The 50-year-old UK Misuse of Drugs Act, which provides the primary legislation for our drug laws, has failed to reduce illicit drug supply, use, and harms and was designed, and continues to be used, as a tool of systemic racism, argues Lord Simon Woolley in The BMJ today.

30 Sep 2021

The applications of nanomaterials against viral disease

The application of nanomaterials in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of viral diseases is reviewed in detail, highlighting areas of significant progress or stagnation from the past few decades.

30 Sep 2021

New AI-based tool improves the diagnosis of breast cancer tumors

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed an AI-based tool that improves the diagnosis of breast cancer tumors and the ability to predict the risk of recurrence.

30 Sep 2021

Aquaporin 5 induction may be a potential therapy to accelerate resurfacing of corneal defects

Corneal defects often heal themselves, but serious injuries that are left untreated can result in inflammation, infection, ulceration and even blindness.

30 Sep 2021

Novel small-molecule therapy shows promise against deadly pediatric leukemia

Mount Sinai researchers have developed a therapy that shows promise against a deadly pediatric leukemia. The small-molecule therapy was highly effective in fighting a type of acute myeloid leukemia in both in vitro and in vivo experiments, according to research published in Science Translational Medicine in September.

29 Sep 2021

Duke neurobiologists show how the rigors of natural selection and evolution have shaped the retinas

If you wanted to design the most perfect, low-energy, light-detecting device for a future camera or a prosthetic retina, you'd reach for something called 'efficient coding theory,' to set out the array of sensors.

29 Sep 2021

Clinical study tests novel topical corneal epithelial stem cell-derived product for treating dry eye disease

Several studies conducted over the last decade have concluded that dry eye disease (DED) affects up to 50% of the U.S. population, creating a liability for the nation's health care system that is estimated to exceed $50 billion annually.

28 Sep 2021

Concordia researchers examine the effects of evening high-intensity exercise on sleep in healthy adults

Exercise is often associated positively with a good night's sleep. But if done at certain times of day, or shortly before bedtime, it can also alter how we sleep. And yet despite years of study, there is still much we do not know about how the two are linked.

28 Sep 2021

Eye Health News and Research

Latest Eye Health News and Research

Scientists make inroads into creating an atlas of the mouse brain

Toxic fatty acids trigger cell death in damaged neurons

Detailed atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex will provide a springboard for future research

Researchers identify mechanism that can lead to deafness in rare Norrie disease

NYU Langone Health broadens access to high-quality primary and specialty care

$35.1 million US grant focuses on investigating sleep disorder linked to neurodegeneration

Early intervention to delay the onset of hypertension may help prevent dementia

Depressed adolescents' brains give a muted reaction to distressing images, research finds

Damaging DNA builds up in the eyes to drive blinding age-related macular degeneration

Reading ability closely linked to altered retinal structure in geographic atrophy

JDRF announces new grant to explore methods to alleviate diabetes distress

40 new one-stop-shops for checks, scans and tests set to open across England

50-year-old UK Misuse of Drugs Act failed to reduce illicit drug supply, expert says

The applications of nanomaterials against viral disease

New AI-based tool improves the diagnosis of breast cancer tumors

Aquaporin 5 induction may be a potential therapy to accelerate resurfacing of corneal defects

Novel small-molecule therapy shows promise against deadly pediatric leukemia

Duke neurobiologists show how the rigors of natural selection and evolution have shaped the retinas

Clinical study tests novel topical corneal epithelial stem cell-derived product for treating dry eye disease

Concordia researchers examine the effects of evening high-intensity exercise on sleep in healthy adults

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