Stanford Digital Brain Project to model the human brain
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A university-wide project aims to predict brain dynamics and accelerate treatments for brain disorders.
Advanced gene editing tool suggests new ways to treat disease
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A new tool gives researchers spatially precise – and completely noninvasive – control over gene editing, with the potential to support more targeted treatments for neurological disease.
Building neuroscience skills through mentorship
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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute programs help Cardinal undergrads and community college students gain hands-on lab experience while exploring research careers.
Bridging disciplines to decode the brain
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A childhood fascination with electronics led Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Paul Nuyujukian to study the brain from all kinds of angles – an approach he believes is essential to treating its disorders.
Researchers create advanced model for studying brain development, disorders
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The ability to study brain disorders that arise before birth has taken a leap forward as a Stanford Medicine team finds a new way to grow human brain tissue outside of the human brain.
New scanner brings advanced whole-brain imaging to Stanford
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The scanner pinpoints when and where brain activity occurs, opening new avenues for research on speech, memory, and neurological disorders.
Report maps ethical path for organoid research
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Organizers of a Stanford-led conference have released recommendations to build global oversight and ethical guidance for neural organoid and assembloid research
Researchers rethink the aging brain’s immune system
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A discovery from an unusual team of computer scientists and pathologists overturns longstanding dogma and could point the way toward new therapies for neurodegenerative disease.
Why do some cells die in ALS but not others?
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Knight Initiative researchers have identified molecular changes in vulnerable neurons that could point to new ALS treatments.
Study upends decades-old map of how the brain controls movement
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New research challenging an old model could lead to more powerful brain-computer interfaces for people living with paralysis.