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The brain aged more slowly in monkeys given a cheap diabetes drug
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The brain aged more slowly in monkeys given a cheap diabetes drug

12 September 2024 By Max Kozlov Cellular measures of ageing changed more slowly in the liver, brain and other tissues of monkeys taking the drug metformin.Credit: Vachira Vachira/NurPhoto/Getty A low-cost diabetes drug slows ageing in male monkeys and is particularly effective at delaying the effects of ageing on the brain, finds a small study that...

Scientists read minds of monkeys using new ultrasound technique
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Scientists read minds of monkeys using new ultrasound technique

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...