The brain thinks, the spinal cord implements
Even after complete spinal paralysis, the human spinal cord is able to trigger activity in the leg muscles using electrical pulses from an implanted stimulator....
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Do viruses make us smarter?
A new study from Lund University in Sweden indicates that inherited viruses that are millions of years old play an important role in building up...
Scientists urge artificial intelligence safety focus
The development of artificial intelligence is growing fast and hundreds of the world's leading scientists and entrepreneurs are urging a renewed focus on safety and...
Hitchhiking microparticles deliver drugs directly
Inflammation is a normal and often beneficial response to injury or infection. The swelling, heat and even pain are the body’s attempts to protect its...
Human brain keeps memories tidy by pruning inaccurate ones
Your brain is a memory powerhouse, constantly recording experiences in long-term memory. Those memories help you find your way through the world: Who works the...
Pioneering Method to Define Stages of Stem Cell Reprogramming
In a groundbreaking study that provides scientists with a critical new understanding of stem cell development and its role in disease, UCLA researchers at the...
Researchers Create Artificial Organs That Fit In Your Hand
Great balls of cells! Scientists are developing mock human organs that can fit in the palm of your hand.These organs-on-a-chip are designed to test drugs...
Stretchy Electrodes Enable Long-Lasting Brain Implants
If you need a piece of hardware attached to the delicate tissue of your brain or spinal cord, wouldn’t it be preferable for that piece...
Researchers uncover key cancer-promoting gene
One of the mysteries in cancer biology is how one protein, TGF-beta, can both stop cancer from forming and encourage its aggressive growth. Now, researchers...
Neuroscientists Get Better Feeling About Touch
Our sense of touch is one we often take for granted, until our leg falls asleep and we aren't able to stand, or when we...
Drug Enhances Brain Signaling by Factor of 1,000
Proteins play a fundamental role in almost all biological processes. They consist of chains composed of up to 20 different amino acids, and their composition,...
Skin Microbes Trigger Specific Immune Responses
New research in mice shows that the immune system in the skin develops distinct responses to the various microbes that naturally colonize the skin, referred...
How bacteria control their size
By monitoring thousands of individual bacteria scientists discovered how they maintain their size from generation to generation Scientists have traditionally studied bacteria in large numbers,...
Stretchy synthetic skin has sense of touch and warmth
The first prosthetic skin to simulate the sense of touch is being developed by researchers at Seoul National University. The smart artificial skin can even...
Random Mutations: Predominant Role in Cancer
Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have created a statistical model that measures the proportion of cancer incidence, across many tissue types, caused...
