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In a study designed to better understand sudden, unexpected deaths in young children, which usually occur during sleep, researchers have identified brief seizures, accompanied by muscle convulsions, as a potential cause.

Scientists have created a new treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI) that shrank brain lesions by 56% and significantly reduced local inflammation levels in pigs.

<p>Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) can cause lasting damage, but stopping the rampant brain inflammation they cause is difficult. A team at the Wyss, @SEAS and @MGH led by Samir Mitragotri has made a new treatment using macrophages - immune cells that migrate to the brain. By attaching microparticle "backpacks" that kept the macrophages in a healing state, they reduced the size of brain lesions by 56% in pigs with a mock TBI.</p>

<p>In a study designed to better understand sudden, unexpected deaths in young children, which usually occur during sleep, researchers have identified brief seizures, accompanied by muscle convulsions, as a potential cause.</p> <p> </p>

March 12, 2021 Brain scan While deadly, gliosarcomas are a rare central nervous system tumor often overshadowed in research by more common tumors. These sarcomas can occur either in the brain or the spine (the latter is much less common). A team of Yale researchers saw an opportunity to expand on the limited knowledge available when they came across a gliosarcoma that claimed the life of a 65-year-old Yale New Haven patient shortly after doctors discovered it near her T4 vertebrae. The resulti...