There’s one key difference between kids who excel at math and those who don’t POWER OF MYTH There’s one key difference between kids who excel at math and those who don’t By Miles Kimball and Noah Smith 2 hours agoMiles Kimball is an economics professor at the University of Michigan. He blogs about economics, politics

Researchers hope that eventually microRNA-325 can be used to create a drug to help Alzheimer’s patients maintain low levels of tomosyn and preserve brain function. As the world’s population ages, the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease rises, threatening to cause an even heavier burden on families and health systems for treating and caring for victims

MRI brain scan showing multiple sclerosis lesions An anti-tuberculosis vaccine could prevent multiple sclerosis, early research suggests. A small-scale study by researchers at the Sapienza University of Rome has raised hopes that the disease can be warded off when early symptoms appear. More research is needed before the BCG vaccine can be trialled on MS

Narcolepsy confirmed as autoimmune disease Results also partly explain why the 2009 swine flu virus, and a vaccine against it, led to spikes in the sleep disorder. 18 December 2013 As the H1N1 swine flu pandemic swept the world in 2009, China saw a spike in cases of narcolepsy — a mysterious disorder that involves

ST. LOUIS — Deanna Barch talks fast, as if she doesn’t want to waste any time getting to the task at hand, which is substantial. She is one of the researchers here at Washington University working on the first interactive wiring diagram of the living, working human brain. To build this diagram she and her