NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS IMAGE: ALEXEY OSSADTCHI, DIRECTOR OF THE HSE CENTER FOR BIOELECTRIC INTERFACES CREDIT: ALEXEY OSSADTCHI Russian scientists have proposed a new algorithm for automatic decoding and interpreting the decoder weights, which can be used both in brain-computer interfaces and in fundamental research. The results of the study were published in the Journal of...
by University of Sheffield Old (green) and newly made (orange) dopamine-producing nerve cells in the zebrafish brain. Credit: University of Sheffield A pioneering study, published in Scientific Reports, found that the Parkinon’s gene PINK1 is important for the generation of dopamine-producing neurons throughout life, and is not just responsible for the premature death of these neuronsThe international research,...
by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have discovered that a widely used nutritional supplement may significantly reduce the risk of fatal strokes caused by a rare genetic disorder. Additionally, the findings suggest that the supplement could be used to both block precipitation of and break up the...
by University of Granada The scientists have demonstrated that consuming caffeine (about 3 mg/kg or the equivalent of a strong coffee) half an hour before aerobic exercise significantly increases fat-burning. Credit: University of Granada Scientists from the Department of Physiology of the University of Granada (UGR) have shown that caffeine (about 3 mg/kg, the equivalent of...
by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Credit: Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute A gene not previously linked to cancer has been shown to play a key role in the spread of certain cancers to the lungs, new research from scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute has shown. The team found that when the gene LRRN4CL was over-expressed in mice,...
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A small team of researchers from the University of Hagen, Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz and the University of Portsmouth has found that false memories planted in the minds of volunteers can be just as easily erased. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National...
By Rich Haridy March 22, 2021 New research offers an early proof-of-concept demonstrating how ultrasound recording could be effectively used in future brain-machine interfaces. Brain-machine interfaces are one of those incredible ideas that were once the reserve of science fiction. However, in recent years scientists have begun to experiment with primitive forms of the technology, even going...
By ROGER DOBSON FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 20:19 EDT, 22 March 2021 | UPDATED: 20:37 EDT, 22 March 2021 An electronic ‘nose’ that sniffs out chemicals in breath may help spot early signs of oesophageal cancer, which can be linked to acid reflux. The breathalyser-type device uses sensors to identify patterns of compounds found in breath that are unique...
GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER IMAGE: CONFOCAL IMAGES OF THE ZEBRAFISH HINDBRAIN AND TAIL COMPARING CHOLESTEROL ACCUMULATION IN WILD TYPE ZEBRAFISH (TOP), AND ZEBRAFISH WITH THE NUS1 MUTATION BEFORE (CENTER) AND AFTER TREATMENT (BOTTOM). ZEBRAFISH DISPLAYED REDUCED CHOLESTEROL ACCUMULATION AFTER TREATMENT. CREDIT: GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER Greenwood, SC (March 22, 2021) – A research team at the Greenwood Genetic Center...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL MINNEAPOLIS/ST.PAUL (03/22/2021) — New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School suggests that disease-driving B cells, a white blood cell, play a role in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – the most common chronic liver condition in the U.S. Their findings could lead to targeted therapies for NAFLD,...
