The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to scientists for their work in optogenetics, while Roche licensed Alector’s AL050 enzyme replacement therapy for Parkinson’s disease and other brain disorders.
Why it matters. Optogenetics research could lead to new insights in neuroscience, while Roche’s licensing deal could advance treatment for neurodegenerative diseases.
a foetal magnetoencephalography machine can non-invasively detect the faint traces of brain activity inside a pregnant person’s abdomen, giving researchers the…
A single clinical trial of children in Iran might have wrongly swayed medical evidence in favour of using Prozac (fluoxetine) to treat depression in children a…
Using modern techniques, forensic archaeologist Roselyn Campbell has identified signs of potentially lethal trauma on 18 skulls taken from the site, which appe…
Using modern techniques, forensic archaeologist Roselyn Campbell has identified signs of potentially lethal trauma on 18 skulls taken from the site
Researchers are using new kinds of brain-scanning tools to investigate how babies experience the world, both inside and outside the womb. For example, a foetal…
