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Silky brain implants may help stop spread of epilepsy

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From the NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke media release: Silk has walked straight off the runway and into the lab. According to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, silk implants… 

Stray Prenatal Gene Network Suspected in Schizophrenia

From the NIH media release: Researchers have reverse-engineered the outlines of a disrupted prenatal gene network in schizophrenia, by tracing spontaneous mutations to where and when they likely cause damage in the brain. Some people… 

Feeling Left Out Can Lead to Risky Financial Decisions

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From the American Psychological Association (APA) media release: People who feel isolated are more inclined to make risker financial decisions for bigger payoffs, according to new research presented at the American Psychological Association’s 121st Annual… 

Why don’t we all get Alzheimer’s disease?

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From the University of California – San Diego media release: Though one might think the brains of people who develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) possess building blocks of the disease absent in healthy brains, for most…