Featured News Image Research news | Feb 2 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience 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 Image Research news | Jan 22 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience 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 Image Director's messages | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Happy New Year from Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen welcomes the Wu Tsai Neuro community to 2026, reflects on our recent milestones, and wishes the community a happy and productive new year Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Big Ideas in Neuroscience tackle brain science of everyday life and more From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, round three of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s Big Ideas grants will push the bounds of what’s possible News Filter & Sort Sort by Theme (-) NeuroHealth NeuroDiscovery NeuroEngineering News Type (-) Press coverage Research news Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Press coverage | Jan 30 2026 Nature Aging 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 Image Press coverage | Jan 27 2026 Time 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 Image Press coverage | Jan 26 2026 Radiolab Brain balls Neural organoids have been revealing 'bombshell secrets about brain development.' But what are they? Image Press coverage | Jan 4 2026 The Scientist Storytelling reveals how strokes impact speech Researchers assessed volunteers’ brain activity while they listened to stories, showing that strokes disrupt how the brain retains speech sounds. Image Press coverage | Jan 2 2026 NPR Brain organoids are helping researchers, but their use also creates unease A recent meeting gathered scientists, ethicists, patient advocates and more to discuss organoid ethics. Image Press coverage | Dec 27 2025 NPR What we learned about neuroscience in 2025 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. Image Press coverage | Dec 25 2025 NPR Experts met to discuss the ethics of using organoids in research 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. Image Press coverage | Dec 5 2025 Washington Post Shingles vaccine may actually slow progression of dementia, study shows If the results are confirmed, an expert said, the Knight Initiative-funded research "would be groundbreaking for dementia" Image Press coverage | Dec 4 2025 CNN Shingles vaccine may slow progression of dementia, new study suggests A new study from Knight Initiative researchers suggests that the two-dose shingles shot also may slow the progression of dementia Image Press coverage | Dec 3 2025 BBC Science Focus A dementia vaccine could be real, and some of us have taken it without knowing A Knight Initiative-funded project says shingles vaccination could protect you from getting dementia or slow the progression of the disease Image Press coverage | Dec 2 2025 ALZFORUM Life Experiences Leave Molecular Marks on Aging Organs Knight Initiative scientists report that biology, behavior, and circumstance all intertwine over a lifetime to influence how organs grow old Image Press coverage | Sep 15 2025 The Transmitter Sensory gatekeeper drives seizures, autism-like behaviors in mouse model The new work, in mice missing the autism-linked gene CNTNAP2, suggests a mechanism to help explain the overlap between epilepsy and autism. Image Press coverage | Jul 10 2025 Time Your brain reveals a lot about your age Knight Initiative researchers developed a blood test that track the biological age of the brain and other organs. Image Press coverage | Jul 10 2025 Wired Scientists Succeed in Reversing Parkinson’s Symptoms in Mice The findings of two recent studies give hope that the disease could one day be reversed in humans—but experts warn that this complex disease will likely need multiple complementary treatments. Image Press coverage | Jul 9 2025 Fortune A breakthrough researchers call ‘magic’ could transform stroke treatment With support from a Wu Tsai Neuro grant, researchers have developed a potentially game-changing new way to treat a leading cause of death. Image Press coverage | Jul 9 2025 Newsday Brain health: It's 'biological age' might be able to predict your life span A new Stanford study used blood proteins to analyze the 'biological' age of brains and other organs compared to the person's actual age. 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Image Research news | Feb 2 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience 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
Image Research news | Jan 22 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience 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
Image Director's messages | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Happy New Year from Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen welcomes the Wu Tsai Neuro community to 2026, reflects on our recent milestones, and wishes the community a happy and productive new year
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Big Ideas in Neuroscience tackle brain science of everyday life and more From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, round three of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s Big Ideas grants will push the bounds of what’s possible
Image Press coverage | Jan 30 2026 Nature Aging 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
Image Press coverage | Jan 27 2026 Time 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
Image Press coverage | Jan 26 2026 Radiolab Brain balls Neural organoids have been revealing 'bombshell secrets about brain development.' But what are they?
Image Press coverage | Jan 4 2026 The Scientist Storytelling reveals how strokes impact speech Researchers assessed volunteers’ brain activity while they listened to stories, showing that strokes disrupt how the brain retains speech sounds.
Image Press coverage | Jan 2 2026 NPR Brain organoids are helping researchers, but their use also creates unease A recent meeting gathered scientists, ethicists, patient advocates and more to discuss organoid ethics.
Image Press coverage | Dec 27 2025 NPR What we learned about neuroscience in 2025 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.
Image Press coverage | Dec 25 2025 NPR Experts met to discuss the ethics of using organoids in research 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.
Image Press coverage | Dec 5 2025 Washington Post Shingles vaccine may actually slow progression of dementia, study shows If the results are confirmed, an expert said, the Knight Initiative-funded research "would be groundbreaking for dementia"
Image Press coverage | Dec 4 2025 CNN Shingles vaccine may slow progression of dementia, new study suggests A new study from Knight Initiative researchers suggests that the two-dose shingles shot also may slow the progression of dementia
Image Press coverage | Dec 3 2025 BBC Science Focus A dementia vaccine could be real, and some of us have taken it without knowing A Knight Initiative-funded project says shingles vaccination could protect you from getting dementia or slow the progression of the disease
Image Press coverage | Dec 2 2025 ALZFORUM Life Experiences Leave Molecular Marks on Aging Organs Knight Initiative scientists report that biology, behavior, and circumstance all intertwine over a lifetime to influence how organs grow old
Image Press coverage | Sep 15 2025 The Transmitter Sensory gatekeeper drives seizures, autism-like behaviors in mouse model The new work, in mice missing the autism-linked gene CNTNAP2, suggests a mechanism to help explain the overlap between epilepsy and autism.
Image Press coverage | Jul 10 2025 Time Your brain reveals a lot about your age Knight Initiative researchers developed a blood test that track the biological age of the brain and other organs.
Image Press coverage | Jul 10 2025 Wired Scientists Succeed in Reversing Parkinson’s Symptoms in Mice The findings of two recent studies give hope that the disease could one day be reversed in humans—but experts warn that this complex disease will likely need multiple complementary treatments.
Image Press coverage | Jul 9 2025 Fortune A breakthrough researchers call ‘magic’ could transform stroke treatment With support from a Wu Tsai Neuro grant, researchers have developed a potentially game-changing new way to treat a leading cause of death.
Image Press coverage | Jul 9 2025 Newsday Brain health: It's 'biological age' might be able to predict your life span A new Stanford study used blood proteins to analyze the 'biological' age of brains and other organs compared to the person's actual age.
