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Rare mutations increase risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease

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From the Massachusetts General Hospital media release: Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified and validated two rare gene mutations that appear to cause the common form of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that strikes after the… 

How and where imagination occurs in human brains

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From the Dartmouth College media release: Philosophers and scientists have long puzzled over where human imagination comes from. In other words, what makes humans able to create art, invent tools, think scientifically and perform other… 

Genes linked to being right or left-handed identified

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From the University of Oxford media release: A genetic study has identified a biological process that influences whether we are right handed or left handed. Scientists at the Universities of Oxford, St Andrews, Bristol and… 

Cell transplants may be a novel treatment for schizophrenia

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From the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio media release: Research from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio suggests the exciting possibility of… 

Early detection of Parkinson’s disease through handwriting

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From the University of Haifa media release: Today’s primary tool for diagnosing Parkinson’s disease is the diagnostic ability of the physician, who can generally identify the clinical symptoms only when the disease is at a…