Our Brains Appear Uniquely Tuned for Musical Pitch
Scientists have found that our brains are more sensitive to pitch, the harmonic sounds we hear when listening to music, than our evolutionary relative the macaque monkey.
Guides Proposed for Alzheimer’s-Like LATE
A recently recognized brain disorder that mimics clinical features of Alzheimer’s disease has for the first time been defined...NIH-funded scientists, working with international peers, described this new pathway to dementia.
Daily Folic Acid Supplement May Reduce Risk of Gestational Diabetes
Taking a folic acid supplement daily before pregnancy may reduce the risk of gestational, or pregnancy-related, diabetes, according to a recent study.
Emergency Treatment Guidelines Improve Survival of People with Severe Head Injury
A large study of more than 21,000 people finds that training emergency medical services (EMS) agencies to implement prehospital guidelines for traumatic brain injury (TBI) may help improve survival in patients with severe head trauma.
Heavily Processed Foods Cause Overeating, Weight Gain
People eating ultra-processed foods ate more calories and gained more weight than when they ate a minimally processed diet, according to results from an NIH study.
Want To Learn a New Skill? Take Some Short Breaks
In a study of healthy volunteers, NIH researchers found that our brains may solidify the memories of new skills we just practiced a few seconds earlier by taking a short rest. The results highlight the critically important role rest may play in learning.
New Tool May Transform Study of Brain Structure, Function
With funding through the BRAIN Initiative, researchers developed a way to deliver an artificial blood supply to the isolated postmortem brain of a pig, preventing the degradation that would otherwise destroy many cellular and molecular functions and render it unsuitable for study.
Gene Therapy Restores Immunity in Infants with Rare Disease
A small clinical trial has shown that gene therapy can safely correct the immune systems of infants newly diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening inherited disorder in which infection-fighting immune cells do not develop or function normally.
Harnessing T-Cell ‘Stemness’ Could Enhance Cancer Immunotherapy
A new study led by scientists at NCI sheds light on one way tumors may continue to grow despite the presence of cancer-killing immune cells. The findings, published Mar. 29 in Science, suggest a way to enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapies for cancer treatment.