News: brain
Teaching older dogs new tricks for a longer life
Keeping the mind active as we age is often recommended to ward off or improve symptoms of dementia in people, but can the same advice also be put into practice for pet dogs as they enter their twilight years?
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Devastating causes of childhood dementia revealed
It is a heartbreaking condition that robs children of their ability to walk, talk and recognise their loved ones and now the latest research has revealed the true impact of childhood dementia globally.
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Stroke recovery technology that re-launches life
Adelaide-based start-up company RehabSwift has launched Brain-Computer Interface technology to help accelerate recovery of patients with neural injuries, such as stroke.
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New research to block the action of damaged genes may reverse rare and devastating childhood illnesses
In a new research paper published in Nature Portfolio Journal of Genomic Medicine this month, a team of researchers led by Adelaide University has outlined a first step in developing the DNA tools to switch off the progression of some of the toughest and previously most mysterious neurological disorders.
