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Playing Tetris could boost brain power
London, September 2 (ANI): Playing Tetris may help increase brain efficiency, says a new research.
Researchers from Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, New Mexico, examined the effects of practice in the brain using two image techniques.
Dr. Rex Jung and Dr. Richard Haier, co-investigators in the Tetris study, made use of brain imaging and Tetris to see [...]
Oxford, McGill universities tie up on brain research
Toronto, July 4 (IANS) Two prestigious universities – Oxford in Britain and McGill in Canada – have joined hands for research on the human brain. The two universities are among world leaders in neuroscience research.
Montreal-based McGill University said Friday that it is partnering with Oxford “to broaden understanding of the human brain and take research [...]
Scientists find way to stop cancers seed in brain
LONDON: British scientists may have found a way to stop cancers spreading to the brain. The research team discovered that cancer cells hijack the brain’s blood vessels to get all the nourishment they need to seed themselves there.
Boffins believe that the key to this is a protein on the surface of cancer cells called [...]
Lupus patients ‘have decreased sense of smell’
Washington, May 01 (ANI): A new study had found that patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a decreased sense of smell.
SLE is an autoimmune disease that sometimes involves the central nervous system in a condition known as neuropsychiatric SLE (NPSLE).
The sense of [...]
