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2018-12-17 – Yes, our cognition slows as we grow older, but some activities and even attitudes can help. Learn more from the Boston Globe: Why you shouldn’t be afraid of your aging brain
ANA President Dr. David Holtzman comments on exciting neurodegeneration study in Nature News & Views
2018-12-13 – Read ANA President Dr. David Holtzman's take on a fascinating study demonstrating that Aβ seeds retain their pathological ability for a long time, and that they can potentially be transmitted through medical procedures in Nature News & Views: Amyloid-β ‘seeds’ in old vials of growth hormone
2018-12-13 – Researchers at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, have created a noninvasive technology that detects when nerve cells fire based on changes in shape. The method could be used to observe nerve activity in light-accessible parts of the body, such as the eye, which would allow physicians to…
2018-12-12 – MRI with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has shown promise for predicting dementia risk, researchers report. About half the people in the study who had abnormalities in fractional anisotropy -- one of the metrics of white matter integrity in the brain -- went on to develop Alzheimer's dementia, and…
2018-12-10 – The National Institutes of Health announced that enrollment for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is now complete and, in early 2019, scientists will have access to baseline data from all ABCD Study participants. There are 11,874 youth, ages 9-10, participating in the study,…
2018-12-06 – Peter Grahn has faced the same question for a dozen years since he dived as a reckless teen into a southwest Minnesota lake, slammed headfirst into the shallow bottom, and floated — face down and motionless — on the surface. Will I ever walk again? Turns out, he might end up as one of the first…
2018-12-05 – A spate of bullying allegations have rocked several high-profile science institutions. Here’s how researchers, universities, funders and others are dealing with the issue: Does science have a bullying problem?
2018-12-03 – ANA Scientific Program Advisory Committee chair and director of the Center for Neurogenetics at Weill Cornell Medicine Dr. M. Elizabeth Ross highlights astonishing advances in gene therapy in the Wichita Business Journal. Read more: 2018 Best Doctors - Business Journal
2018-11-21 – There's so much scientists still don't understand about how individual cells work together, whether that's to keep a brain functioning, a stomach churning, or a cancer metastasizing. But a powerful new technology called single cell sequencing is starting to fill in the picture of how, exactly, an…
2018-11-21 – Mike Lauer, MD, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, discusses the NIH's revised Inclusion Across the Lifespan Policy, which “requires individuals of all ages (including children and older adults) be included in clinical research studies unless there are scientific or ethical reasons to…