UCLA-led research highlights some harmful effects of BPS, a common substitute for BPA

Discovery could shed light on how genetic mutations lead to the disease

The new technique allows scientists to study diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's using cells from human patients

Scientists have described a way to convert human skin cells directly into a specific type of brain cell affected by Huntington’s disease, an ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Unlike other techniques that turn one cell type into another, this new process does not pass through a stem cell phase, avoiding the production of multiple cell types, the study’s authors report.

Sleep difficulties may be linked to faster rates of decline in brain volume, according to a study published in the September 3, 2014, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.