New Metric Detects Early Alzheimer’s Brain Changes

Researchers at the Sant Pau Research Institute in Barcelona have identified early microscopic white matter abnormalities in Alzheimer’s disease patients using a specialized neuroimaging metric called peak width of skeletonized mean diffusivity, or PSMD. According to a study published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, this advanced diffusion magnetic resonance imaging tool detects subtle structural … Read more

Scientists Successfully Remove Down Syndrome Chromosome

Researchers at Mie University in Japan have successfully used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system to excise an extra copy of chromosome 21 from human cell lines. According to the study published in PNAS Nexus, this process restored near-normal cellular function, including improved mitochondrial efficiency and faster growth rates in stem and skin cells, marking the first … Read more