Knight Initiative News

Michael T. Nietzel

Shingles vaccines appear to have a protective benefit, Knight Initiative researcher Pascal Geldsetzer has shown.

Faculty Scholar Paul Nuyujukian spoke to NPR's Short Wave podcast about his work on brain-machine interfaces and neurological disease

Researchers who videotaped every moment in the lives of 81 African turquoise killfish gleaned intriguing insights into the aging process that may also apply to humans

After building a Truman Show experiment, scientists were able to predict the lifespans of their 81 subjects

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.

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