by University of Bonn A protein shredder that occurs in cell membranes of brain cells apparently also indirectly regulates the fat metabolism. This is shown by a recent study by the University of Bonn. The shredder, known as gamma-secretase, is considered a possible target for drugs against cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. However, the results suggest...
So-called smell cameras have been designed to spot explosives on planes The technology has now begun adaptation to identify the coronavirus Similar technology has already been used to detect cancer and influenza According to the people behind the project, there are already ‘encouraging’ signs of early progress Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19...
Elon Musk spoke on Joe Rogan’s podcast about his company Neuralink Musk said the firm will have a brain implant ready ‘within a year’ The chip could fix brain injuries that result in aliments of the body It would be inserted to the skull by a robot that connects electrodes to the brain Musk also...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc “Testing, testing, testing.” It’s a mantra that health officials have been constantly promoting because screening people for COVID-19 is the best way to contain its spread. In the U.S., however, that crucial necessity has been hampered due to a lack of supplies. But University of Utah electrical and computer engineering...
Sleep problems in a baby’s first 12 months may not only precede autism diagnosis, but also associate with an altered growth trajectory in the hippocampus, a new study suggests. Infants spend most of their first year of life asleep. Those hours serve as prime time for brain development, when neural connections form and sensory memories...
Many nerve cells in the brain region hypothalamus have unexpected origins and go through complex development programs, where millions of neurons assemble into a precisely knit network by birth. That is according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Medical University of Vienna published in the journal Nature. The findings...
Men are more susceptible to COVID-19. However, those who have cancer are even more vulnerable as they face a 1.8-fold increased risk of COVID-19 infection compared to the whole male population. Men with cancer also develop more severe symptoms and are harder to treat. However, a new study at the Università della Svizzera Italiana and...
By Michael Irving In the not too distant future, tiny robots could be delivering drugs inside our bodies, but there are still a few hurdles to clear before we realize that scenario. Now researchers have developed corkscrew microrobots that drill into cancer and hold fast while they drop off the drug payload, preventing them being...
Walking across the room to switch on a light – such a simple everyday activity involves enormously complex computations by the brain as it requires interpretation of the scene, control of the gait and planning upcoming movements such as the arm movement to the light switch. Neuroscientists at the German Primate Center (DPZ) – Leibniz...
CINCINNATI – After 20 years of trying, modern medicine remains unable to lower the roughly 40 percent mortality rate for the severe childhood immune disease called HLH (hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis), which damages vital organs and tissues. Now, researchers report in the New England Journal of Medicine treating patients with a new drug that saved kid’s lives...
