Anxiety can damage brain
People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are at increased risk of converting to Alzheimer's disease within a few years, but a new study warns the...
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The brain’s ‘inner GPS’ gets dismantled
Imagine being able to recognize your car as your own but never being able to remember where you parked it. Researchers at University of California,...
Production of human motor neurons from stem cells is gaining speed
The motor neurons that innervate muscle fibres are essential for motor activity. Their degeneration in many diseases causes paralysis and often death among patients. Researchers...
Scientists create Parkinson’s disease in a dish
A team of scientists led by The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute successfully created a human stem cell disease model of Parkinson's...
2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain
How do we know where we are? How can we find the way from one place to another? And how can we store this information...
Mimicking brain cells to boost computer memory power
Researchers have brought ultra-fast, nano-scale data storage within striking reach, using technology that mimics the human brain. Dr Sharath Sriram, RMIT University. Photo Credit: RMIT...
Stem Cell Discovery: Treatments for Blindness?
Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that a region on the front surface of the eye harbours special stem cells that could treat...
Scientists Erase Specific Memories in Mice
Just look into the light: not quite, but researchers at the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychology have used light to erase...
Prosthetic Hand: Amputees ‘Feel’ Sensations
Even before he lost his right hand to an industrial accident 4 years ago, Igor Spetic had family open his medicine bottles. Cotton balls give...
The lab-grown penis: approaching a medical milestone
After more than 20 years of research, a team of scientists are bioengineering penises in the lab which may soon be transplanted safely on to...
‘Endless possibilities’ for bio-nanotechnology
Scientists from the University of Leeds have taken a crucial step forward in bio-nanotechnology, a field that uses biology to develop new tools for science,...
BGU ISREAL IGEM 2014 TEAM
Ten BGU undergraduate students will represent Israel in the prestigiousiGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) competition for genetic engineering at MIT where they will compete against...
New approach to boosting biofuel production
Yeast are commonly used to transform corn and other plant materials into biofuels such as ethanol. However, large concentrations of ethanol can be toxic to...
New drug-delivery capsule may replace injections
Given a choice, most patients would prefer to take a drug orally instead of getting an injection. Unfortunately, many drugs, especially those made from large...
Sensing neuronal activity with light
For years, neuroscientists have been trying to develop tools that would allow them to clearly view the brain's circuitry in action—from the first moment a...
