Artificial retina could someday help restore vision
The loss of eyesight, often caused by retinal degeneration, is a life-altering health issue for many people, especially as they age. But a new development...
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Behavioral changes seen after sleep learning
New Weizmann Institute research may bring the idea of sleep learning one step closer to reality. The research, which appeared today in The Journal of...
Cancer-Killing Nanodaisies
Researchers have developed a potential new weapon in the fight against cancer: a daisy-shaped drug carrier that’s many thousands of times smaller than the period...
Controlling genes with your thoughts
It sounds like something from the scene in Star Wars where Master Yoda instructs the young Luke Skywalker to use the force to release his...
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...
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,...