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Neurons live for many years but their components, the proteins and molecules that make up the cell are continually being replaced. How this continuous rebuilding...

A new method of generating mature nerve cells from skin cells could greatly enhance understanding of neurodegenerative diseases, and could accelerate the development of new...

A recent study into the biomechanics of the necks of ants – a common insect that can amazingly lift objects many times heavier than its...

For most paraplegic patients, being able to walk again remains a dream. The HAL robot suit can help them regain a certain degree of mobility...

The scientific progress that has made it possible to dream of a future in which faulty organs could be regrown from stem cells also holds...

Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey shows that the ‘first in man’ series of vaccine injections given directly into a pancreatic cancer tumor...

Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have built the smallest, fastest and longest-running tiny synthetic motor to...

Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have a potential solution for how to more effectively kill tumor cells using cancer-killing viruses....

A wireless system developed by Assistant Professor Ada Poon uses the same power as a cell phone to safely transmit energy to chips the size...

For the first time scientists have been able to restore the ability to grasp with a paralysed hand using spinal cord stimulation. There is currently...

Doctors and scientists in Southampton have completed their first hip surgery with a 3D printed implant and bone stem cell graft. Pre and post-operative hip....

Researchers at MIT and the University of Vienna have created an imaging system that reveals neural activity throughout the brains of living animals. This technique,...

Dogs can be trained to sniff out evidence of prostate cancer in human urine with near-perfect accuracy, Italian researchers report. Medical Detection Dogs are better...

Molecular ‘fingerprint’ for tissue taken from first isotope-enriched mouse has huge potential for scientific breakthroughs, as well as improved medical implants. Earliest research based on...

Mice severely disabled by a multiple sclerosis (MS) – like condition could walk less than two weeks following treatment with human stem cells. The finding,...