by University of Wisconsin-Madison Best vitelliform macular degeneration, or Best disease, is an inherited eye condition that typically leads to blindness over the course of a few decades. The disease can be caused by more than two hundred mutations in the BEST1 gene. The researchers were able to correct the disease in stem cells from...
by University of Sheffield Personalised virtual reality (VR) technology that enables new forms of self-reflection could improve and maintain positive mental health. So a collaborative team of researchers, led by experts from the University of Sheffield, are pioneering a highly personalized, therapeutic VR tool which people with common mental health problems can use to create...
IN BRIEF Scientists were able to elicit a pattern similar to the living condition of the brain when exposing dead brain tissue to chemical and electrical probes. Imagine the infinite human future(s) of mind uploading, life after death, immortality. Would you still be you when we upload your mind? If you’ve ever worked with a...
