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Brain Chip

Function identified of 鈥榤ystery protein鈥 that kills healthy brain cells of people with Parkinson鈥檚

10 Feb 2021

Scientists have made a 鈥榲ital step鈥 towards understanding the origins of Parkinson鈥檚 disease 鈥 the fastest growing neurological condition in the...

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Beta-Amyloid Plaques and Tau in the Brain

Following the hops of disordered proteins could lead to future treatments of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease

14 Jan 2021

Study shows how to determine the elusive motions of proteins that remain disordered.

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Beta-Amyloid Plaques and Tau in the Brain

Researchers show how to target a 'shape-shifting' protein in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease

04 Nov 2020

A new study suggests that it is possible to design drugs that can target a type of shape-shifting protein involved in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, which was...

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Brain inflammation

Age and pre-existing conditions increase risk of stroke among COVID-19 patients

28 Oct 2020

Fourteen out of every 1,000 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital experience a stroke, a rate that is even higher in older patients and those with...

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Study shows how our brains remain active during familiar, repetitive tasks

14 Jul 2020

New research, based on earlier results in mice, suggests that our brains are never at rest, even when we are not learning anything about the world...

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AI successfully used to identify different types of brain injuries

15 May 2020

Researchers have developed an AI algorithm that can detect and identify different types of brain injuries.

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Brain development during adolescence: red brain regions belong to the 鈥渃onservative鈥 pattern of adolescent development, while the blue brain regions belong to the 鈥渄isruptive鈥 pattern

Brain networks come 鈥榦nline鈥 during adolescence to prepare teenagers for adult life

29 Jan 2020

New brain networks come 鈥榦nline鈥 during adolescence, allowing teenagers to develop more complex adult social skills, but potentially putting them at...

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Women in STEM: Stepheni Uh

24 Oct 2019

Stepheni Uh is a PhD candidate in the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Here, she tells us about her research...

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Aged rat brain stem cells grown on a soft surface (right) show more healthy, vigorous growth than similar aged brain stem cells grown on a stiff surface (left)

Cambridge scientists reverse ageing process in rat brain stem cells

14 Aug 2019

New research reveals how increasing brain stiffness as we age causes brain stem cell dysfunction, and demonstrates new ways to reverse older stem...

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Study identifies our 鈥榠nner pickpocket鈥

21 May 2019

Researchers have identified how the human brain is able to determine the properties of a particular object using purely statistical information: a...

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Crowd at a party

Over half a million people take part in largest ever study of psychological sex differences and autistic traits

12 Nov 2018

Scientists at the 探花直播 of Cambridge have completed the world鈥檚 largest ever study of typical sex differences and autistic traits. They tested...

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Green arrow points to the implant in the hippocampus of a mouse brain

Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures

29 Aug 2018

Researchers have successfully demonstrated how an electronic device implanted directly into the brain can detect, stop and even prevent epileptic...

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