Memory decline after menopause linked to loss of estrogen production in brain(news.northwestern.edu)

124 points by gmays 4 months ago | 57 comments

Chemotherapy drug reaches brain tumors using novel ultrasound technology(news.northwestern.edu)

115 points by vanilla-almond 3 years ago | 39 comments

First 'perovskite camera' can see inside the human body(news.northwestern.edu)

47 points by geox 1 year ago | 10 comments

Schizophrenia study finds new biomarker, drug candidate in mice(news.northwestern.edu)

92 points by gmays 7 months ago | 38 comments

NPR won’t tweet from NPR until Twitter removes false “state-affiliated” label(niemanlab.org)

26 points by Amorymeltzer 3 years ago | 37 comments

One sleepless night can rapidly reverse depression for several days in mice(news.northwestern.edu)

287 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 234 comments

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

Aging may be a program, not a breakdown(quantamagazine.org)

33 points by elo2000 1 month ago | 36 comments

Quanta Magazine Q&A with Junyue Cao on single-cell studies of mouse cells suggesting aging is a programmed remodeling of cell populations rather than random wear.

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)

336 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 121 comments

MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.

Natural occurring molecule rivals Ozempic in weight loss, sidesteps side effects(medicalxpress.com)

365 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 313 comments

Medical Xpress news article on a Stanford study finding a naturally occurring molecule that rivals Ozempic for weight loss without its side effects.

New pancreatic cancer drug might open the door to much longer survival times(economist.com)

413 points by andsoitis 4 months ago | 143 comments

Economist article reporting that a promising pancreatic cancer drug may be the first of a new class of treatments targeting a cancer master switch.

Repetitive negative thinking associated with cognitive decline in older adults(bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com)

465 points by redbell 1 year ago | 173 comments

Open-access BMC Psychiatry research article reporting a cross-sectional study linking repetitive negative thinking to cognitive function decline in older adults.