Feb 15, 2013 | Brain & Behavior, Health
Researchers from King’s College London have discovered that neuronal activity can stimulate tau release from healthy neurons in the absence of cell death. The results published by Diane Hanger and her colleagues in EMBO reports show that treatment of neurons...
Feb 11, 2013 | Health, Uncategorized
An international team of scientists led by King’s College London has discovered 24 new genes that cause refractive errors and myopia (short-sightedness). Myopia is a major cause of blindness and visual impairment worldwide, and currently there is no cure. These...
Jan 9, 2013 | Earth, Energy & Environment, Health
An international study by scientists in China, the UK and USA has found a link between passive smoking and syndromes of dementia. The study of nearly 6,000 people in five provinces in China reveals that people exposed to passive smoking have a significantly increased...
Jan 8, 2013 | Brain & Behavior, Uncategorized
Smokers who successfully quit feel less anxious afterwards, according to new research from King’s College London in collaboration with the Universities of Southampton, Oxford and Cambridge. The findings, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, contradict a...
