Durham startup lands funding, to press ahead with neonatal brain treatment
ellus Therapeutics is pushing ahead with developing its neonatal brain injury treatment after landing crucial seed funding this week. Here are the details.
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UNC scientists identify molecule that’s key to brain maturation, linked to autism, epilepsy
A team led by scientists at the UNC School of Medicine identified a molecule called microRNA-29 as a powerful controller of brain maturation in mammals. Deleting microRNA-29 in mice caused problems very similar to those seen in autism, epilepsy, and other neurodevelopmental conditions.
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UNC scientists identify brain cells that help drive bodily reaction to fear, anxiety
A feat of basic neuroscience co-led by UNC School of Medicine’s Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera, PhD, and Randall Ung, PhD, the discovery of a set of arousal-related neurons could help scientists develop better treatments for anxiety disorders and other psychiatric illnesses.
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Brain breakthrough? Duke scientists help create first living, bioprinted aneurysm outside of human body
Medical practitioners may be able to improve existing treatment methods and develop new personalized ones, for brain aneurysms thanks to researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Duke University and Texas A&M They are the first to produce a living, bioprinted aneurysm outside of the human body, perform a medical procedure on it and observe it respond and heal as it would in an actual human brain.
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Duke analysis: Demographic, socioeconomic factors play key roles in treatment of traumatic brain injuries
A Duke Health analysis of treatments for patients with traumatic brain injuries shows that race, geographic region and payment status were significantly associated with the decision to withdraw life support.
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Minds of girls and boys are equal in math, new study finds
Researchers also have brain imaging that proves young children use the same mechanisms and networks in the brain to solve math problems no matter their gender. The study was published Friday in the journal Science of Learning. Plus: Read the study’s abstract.
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UNC study: Fewer concussions now among HS athletes but injuries in football games increase
The rates of football practice concussions and recurrent concussions across all sports have gone down in recent years, according to the study, published in the journal Pediatrics on Tuesday. The bad news: Concussion rates increased in football games.
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Nerve transfer surgery offers new hope to those who are paralyzed
After undergoing nerve transfer surgery, a technique pioneered on spinal cord injuries by surgeons in Australia, Paul Robinson is now able to use his hands and arms to propel his own wheelchair, pick up items from the ground, and with one hand use a television remote control and hold a glass. Here’s a look at the surgery.
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UNC study: Brain stimulation improves depression symptoms, restores brain waves
With a weak alternating electrical current sent through electrodes attached to the scalp, UNC School of Medicine researchers successfully targeted a naturally occurring electrical pattern in a specific part of the brain and markedly improved depression symptoms in about 70 percent of participants in a clinical study.
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