New strategy puts targets on brain cancer cells

Researchers have identified a possible way to make glioblastoma cells vulnerable to different types of immunotherapy.

Julia Evangelou Strait-WUSTL • futurity
Nov. 11, 2024 ~7 min

Your brain isn’t the only part of the body that makes memories

"This discovery opens new doors for understanding how memory works and could lead to better ways to enhance learning and treat memory problems."

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Nov. 11, 2024 ~5 min


Harsh parenting during preschool can affect kid brains later

Early exposure to harsh parenting during preschool years can have widespread effects on the organization of the entire brain’s communication.

Jared Wadley-U. Michigan • futurity
Nov. 7, 2024 ~5 min

3 neurons may control your decision to eat

It turns out that the neural circuit behind the jaw movement most essential to survival—eating—is surprisingly simple.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
Oct. 29, 2024 ~11 min

Your brain processes short messages super quickly

New research suggests "the human brain's processing capacity for language may be much faster than what we might think."

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Oct. 29, 2024 ~7 min

Brain difference tied to autism found in living people for 1st time

"As simple as our findings sound, this is something that has eluded our field for the past 80 years."

Yale • futurity
Oct. 23, 2024 ~9 min

How does pregnancy change the brain?

The first-ever map of a human brain over the course of pregnancy sheds light on what sweeping hormonal shifts are doing to the brain.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Oct. 8, 2024 ~7 min

Super flexible probes more accurately record brain activity

Researchers have developed ultra-flexible brain probes that accurately record brain activity without causing tissue damage.

ETH Zurich • futurity
Sept. 11, 2024 ~7 min


Multiple sclerosis may protect against Alzheimer’s disease

A new study finds evidence that MS patients are less likely to have amyloid plaques, an Alzheimer's disease hallmark, than adults without MS.

Mark Reynolds - Wash. U. in St. Louis • futurity
Aug. 29, 2024 ~7 min

The brain reacts to lip reading like real speech

New findings suggest that the auditory system quickly integrates lip reading information to enhance hearing capabilities.

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
Aug. 20, 2024 ~4 min

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