38 month ago
kayodeok : Brain areas disconnect during deep sleep - Your brain never stops working. But it does cease talking to itself when you lose consciousness, a new study shows
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39 month ago
kayodeok : Computer Modeling Reveals Hidden Conversations Within Cells - UCSD biochemists have developed a computer program that helps explain a long-standing mystery: how the same proteins can play different roles in a wide range of cellular processes, including those leading to immune responses and cancer
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39 month ago
kayodeok : New techniques study the brain's chemistry, neuron by neuron - Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed tools for studying the chemistry of the brain, neuron by neuron
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40 month ago
kayodeok : New Scientist News - Baby comes with brain repair kit for mum - Initial results suggest that the fetal cells are summoned to repair damage to the mother's brain. If this is confirmed, it could open up new, safer avenues of treatment for brain damage caused by strokes and Alzheimer's disease, for example
deusx : New Scientist News - Baby comes with brain repair kit for mum - "Stray stem cells from a growing fetus can colonise the brains of mothers during pregnancy, at least in mice."
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Wired News: Whew! Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny - The more we learn about the human genome, the less DNA looks like destiny. As scientists discover more about the "epigenome," a layer of biochemical reactions that turns genes on and off, they're finding that it plays a big part in health and heredity
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Hacking the Immune System - At Microsoft Research, we have been working on machine-learning and data-mining algorithms that aim to automatically parse such data for uses relevant to Microsoft, such as video/image browsing, spam filtering, and speech recognition. These same technique
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41 month ago
kayodeok : New test detects pathogens in minutes - A new technique for detecting dangerous pathogens could lead to faster and cheaper diagnosis of disease and prevent food poisoning, say US researchers
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41 month ago
kayodeok : Syrian-Lebanese hospital to perform first surgery to implant robotic arm - A chip implanted into the patient's brain will make it possible to control the prosthetics
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44 month ago
kayodeok : An Off-and-On Switch for Controlling Animals? - The ability to switch on particular neurons may allow scientists to discover clues about a range of disorders, from Parkinson's disease to drug addiction
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44 month ago
kayodeok : Programmed DNA forms fractal: It is possible to coax short strands of artificial DNA to spontaneously assemble into a Sierpinski triangle - The ability is a step toward embedding programming instructions in chemical processes
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44 month ago
kayodeok : Bionic eye will let the blind see - The bionic eye comprises a computer chip that sits in the back of the individual's eye, linked up to a mini video camera built into glasses that they wear
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44 month ago
kayodeok : Brain chip reads man's thoughts - A paralysed man in the US has become the first person to benefit from a brain chip that reads his mind
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45 month ago
kayodeok : Researchers developing MicroJet for ouchless injections - The MicroJet uses an electronic actuator that could one day propel vaccinations, insulin or other drugs through the skin of the patient - without the device even touching the skin - with far less pain than a hypodermic needle
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45 month ago
kayodeok : Edible Nanotech on the Horizon - To enhance the absorption of medicines, researchers are creating nanoparticles that can hook onto the gut and thus stay longer, increasing drug uptake. For instance, Sinko noted, the herpes drug Valtrex and the AIDS drug Retrovir hook onto nutrient transp
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