Social Justice A New Drug to Reverse Autism’s Effects UCLA researchers have discovered that an FDA-approved drug reverses the brain dysfunction caused by tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC);… Matt Palmquist
Social Justice Plastic Surgeons Turn Their Knives on Cancer You won’t see it on an episode of Nip/Tuck, but plastic surgeons have discovered a method to deliver… Matt Palmquist
Social Justice Promising New Research on Alzheimer’s Disease Researchers have known for several years that early removal of plaque in the brain, which damages nerve cells… Matt Palmquist
Social Justice Treating Alcoholism at the Cellular Level A new study illuminates the brain cell mechanism behind alcohol dependence, suggesting that a drug used to treat… Matt Palmquist
Social Justice Ovaries, Testes Age In Different Ways Researchers at the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore have tacked one of the key questions in their… Matt Palmquist
Social Justice Tumors that Glow in the Dark The gene that enables fireflies to flash, as part of the insects’ nocturnal courtship displays, is also allowing… Matt Palmquist
Social Justice The ‘French Paradox,’ Explained Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that a compound in the skin of red grapes curbs… Matt Palmquist
Social Justice Epilepsy Drug Helps Rats Kick Alcohol Habit Last month, we blogged about rodent research that showed promise in treating cirrhosis; now, in a study just… Amy R. Ramos
Social Justice Giant Bird-Eating Mice Gough Island, a British-owned outcrop in the South Atlantic about 2,000 miles off the coast of South America,… Matt Palmquist
Social Justice Extinct Tasmanian Tigers Return … in Mice In the first successful experiment of its kind, researchers from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the University… Matt Palmquist