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Queen’s develops new brain training app for research into aging minds
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast are taking the first step towards discovering the true effectiveness of brain training exercises with the release of their own app aimed at those over 50.
The Brain Jog application is available to download …
‘Magic number’ 695 opens up new areas for Alzheimer’s research
Alzheimer’s disease is widely believed to be caused by the gradual accumulation in the brain of amyloid-beta peptide which is toxic to nerve cells. Amyloid beta peptide is formed from a protein known as APP, which is found in three forms. Most resea…
New app for genes on Earth is tool for scientists and entertaining for all
The scientists who put an innovative tree of life online last year now have made that same resource available — free — for smartphones. The new “TimeTree” application lets anyone with an Apple iPhone harness a vast Internet storehouse of data …
USC lab releases smartphone app that measures particulate air pollution
University of Southern California computer scientists have found a way to combine smartphone resources with a novel application that allows the phones’ users to help monitor air quality.
The application, provisionally titled “Visibility,” is a…
Function found for Alzheimer’s protein
In people with Alzheimer’s, the brain becomes riddled with clumps of protein, forming what are known as amyloid plaques. Now, a report appearing in the September 17th print issue of Cell appears to have found a function for the amyloid precursor pro…
Alzheimer's protein jams mitochondria; resulting 'energy crisis' kills neurons
Opening a new front in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have found that a protein long associated with the disease inflicts grave damage in a previously unimagined way: It seals off mitochondria in affected neurons, resulting in an “energy crisis” and buildup of toxins that causes cells to die. This pathway, the first specific biochemical explanation for pathologies associated with Alzheimer’s, is detailed in the April 14 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.