Some brains appear to fight back against Alzheimer's by helping immature brain cells survive damage instead of succumbing to it. Understanding this natural resilience could point researchers toward ...

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The Economic Security and Technology Department examines the most pressing issues facing the United States and its partners in sustaining economic and technological advantages essential to prosperity, ...

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With its focus on marmosets, Japan’s national brain initiative has been generating invaluable data for unlocking the mysteries of our minds. At the heart of Japan’s national brain initiative, the ...