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“Significant” brain changes documented after mild COVID-19 – Expert Reaction

“Significant” brain changes documented after mild COVID-19 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 08 March 202228 April 2023

Brain scans of patients infected with Covid-19 show changes in regions that affect memory and smell, and increased cognitive decline. In one of […]

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Lab-grown brains produce brainwaves – Expert Reaction

Lab-grown brains produce brainwaves – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 30 August 201929 August 2019

US scientists have grown miniature brains from human stem cells that, for the first time, have produced brain waves. The team […]

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Plans for human ‘body transplant’ met with scepticism

In the News  |  Published: 16 April 201528 March 2016

An Italian surgeon’s plan to perform the first ‘full body transplant’ on a human has been met with scepticism. Published […]

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Caffeine boosts long-term memory – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 13 January 201428 March 2016

UK SMC: Scientists published in Nature Neuoscience today have concluded that caffeine enhances long-term memory by improving the process of memory […]

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Limiting brain damage in stroke victims – new research

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 04 November 201004 November 2010

Current therapies for stroke victims depend on rapid access to medical care. Within hours of a stroke, irreversible brain damage […]

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East & Bays Courier: Scientist has stem cells on the brain

In the News  |  Published: 11 August 2010

Sarah Moyes writes in the East & Bays Courier about neuroscientist Bronwen Connor, who is researching adult stem cells in […]

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NZ Herald: Brainbox wins award for disease research

In the News  |  Published: 25 March 2010

Beck Vass writes in the New Zealand Herald about Professor Richard Faull, who last night was announced as the Supreme […]

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