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Home News Distinct Dendrites, Distinct Rules for Learning in a Single Neuron Mouse Study Neurons and their branch extensions known as dendrites are featured within a mouse’s cerebral cortex. [Komiyama Lab, UC San Diego] Neurons and their branch extensions known as dendrites are featured within a mouse’s cerebral cortex. [Komiyama Lab, UC San Diego] How do we learn something new?

1 week ago | genengnews.com | Sophia Ktori

Using two newly developed types of reasoning tests, a team of researchers at UCL and UCLH has identified key brain regions that are essential for logical thinking and problem-solving. The results will help to increase our understanding of how the human brain supports reasoning skills that enable us to comprehend, draw conclusions, and deal with new and novel problems.

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A study led by NYU Langone Health and its Perlmutter Cancer Center scientists found that monitoring DNA fragments shed by dying tumor cells in the blood may accurately predict skin cancer recurrence. In the Phase III COMBI-AD clinical trial, researchers observed that about 80% of stage III melanoma patients with detectable circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) prior to treatment eventually experienced a recurrence.

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2 hours agoIf you’ve been intending to get up to speed on AI – or even get started on it to begin with – you might want to hurry things up a bit. Not only is AI advancing at a pace faster than earlier imagined, the scope of AI – whom and where it’s reached – is much greater at this stage of its development …

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Home Topics Cancer Circulating Tumor DNA Test May Help Predict Melanoma Recurrence Melanoma [Callista Images/Getty Images] Melanoma [Callista Images/Getty Images] A study led by scientists at NYU Langone Health and its Perlmutter Cancer Center has shown that monitoring blood levels of DNA fragments shed by dying tumor cells may accurately predict skin cancer recurrence.