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Anchor lead: A new microscope allows researchers to watch brain activity in real time, Elizabeth Tracey reports Lots of diseases and conditions affect the brain, and now a new mini microscope developed by Arvind Pathak and colleagues at Johns Hopkins …
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Anchor lead: Your DNA is a lot more random than you might think, Elizabeth Tracey reports DNA is neatly packaged and essentially the same all over your body, right? Wrong, increasing evidence shows. Cristian Tomasetti, a cancer researcher at Johns …
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Anchor lead: Does brain training help stave off Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Education seems to produce a cognitive reserve, helping stave off clinical signs of Alzheimer’s disease even while the biological process continues, research by Rebecca Gottesman, a neurologist …
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Anchor lead: What is the link between education level and Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports People with more years of education seem to manifest Alzheimer’s disease less often than those with fewer years. Now a new study by Rebecca Gottesman, …
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Anchor lead: Who will treat all the people who are surviving cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports By 2030, there will be millions of people who’ve survived their cancer treatment, the American Cancer Society has just reported, and while that’s great news, …
