Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USA - Generosity Could Be an Early Sign of Alzheimer’s [SciTechDaily, July 2022]

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Generosity Could Be an Early Sign of Alzheimer’s

 

By:

Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California (USC), USA 

Published:

SciTechDaily, 19 July 2022

https://scitechdaily.com/generosity-could-be-an-early-sign-of-alzheimers/

 

From the article:

Researchers are attempting to identify those who are most vulnerable to financial exploitation in order to help protect older adults. Recent research from the Keck School of Medicine at USC suggests a connection between financial generosity and the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. These results were recently published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

 

Universities of Portsmouth and Southampton - Strange new genetic disease discovered that causes children's brains to develop abnormally

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Strange new genetic disease discovered that causes children's brains to develop abnormally

 

By:

University of Portsmouth

 

Published:

SciTechDaily, 20 April 2021

https://scitechdaily.com/strange-new-genetic-disease-discovered-that-causes-childrens-brains-to-develop-abnormally/

 

From the article:

Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease, which causes some children’s brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development and often early onset cataracts.  

 

The majority of patients with the condition, which is so new it doesn’t have a name yet, were also microcephalic, a birth defect where a baby’s head is smaller than expected when compared to babies of the same sex and age.  

 

Researchers from the universities of Portsmouth and Southampton found that changes in a gene called coat protein complex 1 (COPB1) caused this rare genetic disease. 

Lund University, Sweden - New method provides unique insight into the development of the human brain

Title:
New method provides unique insight into the development of the human brain

Published:
Lund University, 25 May 2020
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-provides-unique-insight-into-the-development-of-the-human-brain

From the article:
"Stem cell researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new research model of the early embryonic brain. The aim of the model is to study the very earliest stages of brain to understand how different regions in the brain are formed during embryonic development. With this new insight, researchers hope to be able to produce different types of neural cells for the treatment of neurological diseases more efficiently. The study is published in the journal Nature Biotechnology."