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In pursuit of brain resilience
In this research roundup, we look back on some of the ways Knight Initiative scientists have been pursuing ways to keep our minds sharp well into old age
Researchers use ultrasound to create light inside the body
Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong and colleagues developed a way to activate light-emitting nanoparticles with ultrasound, which could be used to manipulate cell signals or facilitate light-based medical treatments in the future
Why women get Alzheimer’s more often than men
Stanford Medicine neurologists explain what is known—and still unknown—about the Alzheimer's gender gap
Q&A: ‘To see is to believe’
Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong says that light plays a key role in neuroscience and—and that’s why he’s working with a Big Ideas in Neuroscience team to make transparent brains
How see-through brains could transform neuroscience
We talk with Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong about how insights from glass frogs and our own eyes could help engineer transparent brains
Scientists Map Aging Across the Body of a Short-Lived Fish
Knight Initiative researchers created a new atlas of aging in the killifish tracks how organs change over time, revealing processes implicated in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases
New ideas in aging and resilience research launched by Rosenkranz Foundation and Knight Initiative
The Rosenkranz Aging and Rejuvenation Seed Grant Program announced eight innovative new research projects with additional support from the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Study of pythons’ extreme diet reveals new hunger-curbing molecule
The snakes’ unique feeding behavior offers new clues about the gut-brain axis—and hints of a potential weight-loss drug with fewer side effects than GLP-1 drugs
Can science slow down aging?
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Steering Committee member Anne Brunet explores what aging really is, how lifestyle choices might influence longevity, and the promising frontiers of aging research
A better Alzheimer's drug?
Frank Longo's long trek nears its destination
Engineered immune therapy could help fight brain aging
Neuroscientists studying inflammation and age-related brain decline engineered a protein that spurs the growth of new neurons in aging mice
Three Wu Tsai Neuro scientists are named Sloan Research Fellows
Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong and institute affiliates Christoph Thaiss and Steven Banik were among eight Stanford researchers to receive the honor
Preventing Parkinson’s, a new Alzheimer’s drug, and more featured at tenth Knight Initiative Symposium
Researchers from around the world convened at Stanford to present their latest work on neurodegeneration and brain resilience
Aging neurons outsource garbage disposal, clog microglia
Degradation-resistant proteins pass from neurons to glial cells in a process that may spread protein clumps around the brain, according to a study in mice.
Study maps how varied genetic forms of autism lead to common features
Different genes linked to autism can lead to the same symptoms and molecular pathways, according to a Wu Tsai Neuro Big Ideas-funded collaboration between the Pasca Lab and UCLA Health researchers
Aging brains pile up damaged proteins
Proteins that start life inside neurons build up faster in old age and spread to other brain cells—a potential source of neurological mischief
Past, present and future perspectives on the science of aging
Knight Initiative Director Tony Wyss-Coray and others talked to Nature Aging about aging research
Why we value things more when they cost us more
Neuroscientists may have figured out the biochemical basis of why we value something more if we’ve put sweat equity into it
The race to measure aging—and why it matters
Unlike chronological age, biological age can change and is a reflection of how your body's cells, tissues, and organs are functioning and aging
A new atlas could help guide researchers studying neurological disease
The database of lysosomal proteins is already helping researchers study how brain cells’ waste and recycling systems work—or don’t—in Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases
