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Knight Initiative Director Tony Wyss-Coray and others talked to Nature Aging about aging research

Unlike chronological age, biological age can change and is a reflection of how your body's cells, tissues, and organs are functioning and aging

In a Wu Tsai Neuro seminar, Dani Bassett argued for a new perspective of curiosity

Neural organoids have been revealing 'bombshell secrets about brain development.' But what are they?

Researchers assessed volunteers’ brain activity while they listened to stories, showing that strokes disrupt how the brain retains speech sounds.

A recent meeting gathered scientists, ethicists, patient advocates and more to discuss organoid ethics.

Researchers studying the human brain shared a lot of fascinating research last year, including a study from Wu Tsai Neuro scientists who replicated the brain's pain circuits.

Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so closely tied to our sense of self.

If the results are confirmed, an expert said, the Knight Initiative-funded research "would be groundbreaking for dementia"

A new study from Knight Initiative researchers suggests that the two-dose shingles shot also may slow the progression of dementia

A Knight Initiative-funded project says shingles vaccination could protect you from getting dementia or slow the progression of the disease

Knight Initiative scientists report that biology, behavior, and circumstance all intertwine over a lifetime to influence how organs grow old

Everything we know now, and what we hope and pray is coming

Neuroscience experts convened in Asilomar to talk through guidelines around ethical research on human neural organoids

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom.

Scientists and ethicists including Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Sergiu Pașca and Hank Greely argued for an international process to address the ethical and social questions raised by organoids.

The new work, in mice missing the autism-linked gene CNTNAP2, suggests a mechanism to help explain the overlap between epilepsy and autism.

In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying.

Is your brain aging faster than your chronological age? New research shows it could raise your risk of death and dementia significantly—and offers promise for early intervention.

Knight Initiative researchers developed a blood test that track the biological age of the brain and other organs.