Memory-Boosting Chemical Identified
Memory improved in mice injected with a small, drug-like molecule discovered by UCSF San Francisco researchers studying how cells respond to biological stress. The same...
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Brain-Computer Interfaces: Just Wave a Hand
Small electrodes placed on or inside the brain allow patients to interact with computers or control robotic limbs simply by thinking about how to execute...
Bioengineered Cartilage
Bioengineers are interested in finding innovative ways to grow new cartilage from a patient’s own stem cells, and, thanks to a new study from the...
Wireless bionic eye created
The Monash Vision system, developed by a team of 60 at Monash University, allows blind users to make out objects and other people with the...
Surgeons at Duke University Hospital Implant Bioengineered Vein
In a first-of-its-kind operation in the United States, a team of doctors at Duke University Hospital helped create a bioengineered blood vessel and transplanted it...
Scientists Discover How HIV Kills Immune Cells
HIV replicates inside infection-fighting human immune cells called CD4+ T cells through complex processes that include inserting its genes into cellular DNA. The scientists discovered...
Scientists Map the Wiring of the Biological Clock
The World Health Organization lists shift work as a potential carcinogen, says Erik Herzog, PhD, Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University...