Jon Hamilton

3 weeks ago | news.prairiepublic.org | Jon Hamilton

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:The Trump administration has terminated hundreds of scientific research grants, but in a few cases, it has restored the funding. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on how one scientist lost and then regained a $53 million grant to study a leading form of dementia. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: It's called vascular dementia, and it can occur when a stroke or other condition impairs blood flow in the brain.

3 weeks ago | wusf.org | Jon Hamilton

The Trump administration terminated a $53 million NIH grant to study how impaired blood flow in the brain can lead to dementia. The lead scientist fought the decision, and got the money back.

3 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Jon Hamilton

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3 weeks ago | vermontpublic.org | Jon Hamilton

Joe Walsh, 79, is waiting to inhale. He's perched on a tan recliner at the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. His wife, Karen Walsh, hovers over him, ready to depress the plunger on a nasal spray applicator. "One, two, three," a nurse counts. The plunger plunges, Walsh sniffs, and it's done. The nasal spray contains an experimental monoclonal antibody meant to reduce the Alzheimer's-related inflammation in Walsh's brain.

3 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Jon Hamilton

A study offers a glimpse of how the brain turns experience into emotion. In mice and humans, puffs of air to the eye caused persistent changes in brain activity, suggesting an emotional response.