Have you ever come across someone suffering from Alzheimer\'s disease? What about Parkinson\'s disease? How about someone terminally ill with liver cancer who is unable to get a transplant? What if a potential breakthrough could solve these problems, but it is surrounded by controversy? One such br...

The research of stem cell biology has introduced possibilities of cellular replacement strategies, which, if successful, could create effective treatments for diseases such as Parkinson\'s Disease and Diabetes (type 1), as well as repairs to severe spinal cord injuries that were previously untreatab...

Has embryonic stem cell research finally reached its final days? The topic of embryonic stem cell research has been a controversial and complex one from the start. It has pitted religious leaders and members of the scientific community against each other. Religious leaders and those against the r...

Alzheimer's disease typically afflicts patients during the later years of their lives, and is most commonly associated with a general loss of cognitive function. For example, there is often progressive memory loss and a general decline in the patient's ability to reason, solve problems, an...

Tourette Syndrome How would you feel if you were diagnosed with a disease that has baffled scientists for centuries? If your entire social life was destroyed due to this disease which may worsen as time goes by. But worst of all about being diagnosed with this disease is the fact that there is...

Alzheimer's Disorder (AD) is a progressive brain disease which primarily affects older people. The parts of the brain that control memory, language, and even thought gradually decline (ADEAR, date). While AD develops most commonly after the age of sixty, there is a rarer form that can deve...

Neuron in ActionWhat is the brain? How does the athlete's brain develop and achieve with precision the complex connections and interactions needed to perform? How does the brain adapt itself to such demands? From the cell to the performance, what have researchers discovered? How does belief, sel...

Neurological disorders have been diagnosed and treated with some success for many years now. Disorders ranging from Alzheimer's disease to Tourette's Syndrome have been catalogued, identified, and treated. New disorders are diagnosed all the time, however, and sometimes it seems we may never be able...