Medical research
Mutations can spur dangerous identity crisis in cells
As our bodies first form, developing cells are a lot like children put on the school bus with their names and addresses pinned to their shirts.
Jul 1, 2011
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Biomedical technology
Bolivian toymaker restores limbs, dignity with 3D-printing
As a kid growing up in poverty in rural Bolivia, Roly Mamani built his own toys. Now a 34-year-old engineer, he 3D prints limbs for Indigenous compatriots scarred by life-changing accidents.
Jan 17, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
New evidence explains how warming-up enhances muscle performance
Everybody knows the importance of warming up your muscles before a workout. But what is actually going on when we warm our muscles up, and are all muscles the same? You might be surprised to find out that the science behind ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Neuroscience
New neurotechnology is blurring the lines around mental privacy. But are new human rights the answer?
Neurotechnologies—devices that interact directly with the brain or nervous system—were once dismissed as the stuff of science fiction. Not anymore.
Aug 8, 2023
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Neuroscience
Noninvasive method for vagus nerve stimulation shows promise for enhancing motor rehabilitation after stroke
The longest nerve in the human body starts in the brain and meanders its way down the neck and into the chest, where it splits into separate branches, winding its twisting tendrils to touch each internal organ. Known as the ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Medical research
Pregnancy hormone repairs myelin damage in MS mouse model
Treating a mouse model of multiple sclerosis with the pregnancy hormone estriol reversed the breakdown of myelin in the brain's cortex, a key region affected in multiple sclerosis, according to a new UCLA Health study published ...
Jun 15, 2023
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Neuroscience
Crossmodal plasticity in hearing loss: Visual communication before cochlear implant use does not harm deaf children
Humans have five senses to perceive their environment: Sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. If a person loses one of these, the remaining senses partially compensate for the loss. People born deaf then have enhanced visual ...
May 3, 2023
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Neuroscience
Exploring the brain's 'magnificent wiring'
For a functioning brain to develop from its embryonic beginnings, so much has to happen and go exactly right with exquisite precision, according to a just-so sequence in space and time. It's like starting with a brick that ...
Mar 15, 2023
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Potential treatment target for rare form of infant epilepsy identified
New research from Tufts University School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences suggests that the timing of the death of certain inhibitory neurons in the brain shortly after birth may be at least partly ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Stimulation of the vagus nerve strengthens the communication between the stomach and the brain
The nervous system takes in sensory stimuli, processes them and triggers reactions such as muscle movements or pain sensations. A few years ago, a network in the brain was identified that is coupled with signals from the ...
Sep 6, 2022
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