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Dec 6, 2018
New study suggests Alzheimer’s is not one disease but six different conditions
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
A large team of researchers has developed a new way to classify patients with Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting we should think of the disease as six distinctly different conditions instead of one single disease.
Dec 6, 2018
Your Brain Has A “Delete” Button–Here’s How To Use It
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: neuroscience, space
Who knew? (via Fast Company)
This is the fascinating way that your brain makes space to build new and stronger connections so you can learn more.
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Dec 5, 2018
A New Connection between the Gut and the Brain
Posted by Xavier Rosseel in category: neuroscience
A surprising way that diet leads risks of stroke and cognitive impairment.
- By Jonathan D. Grinstein on December 5, 2018
Dec 5, 2018
Bioquark — Electroceuticals — Real Bodies
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, DNA, futurism, genetics, innovation, neuroscience, science
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Dec 5, 2018
First baby born after deceased womb transplant
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
There have been 39 womb transplants using a live donor, including mothers donating their womb to their daughter, resulting in 11 babies.
But the 10 previous transplants from a dead donor have failed or resulted in miscarriage.
In this case, reported in The Lancet, the womb donor was a mother of three in her mid-40s who died from bleeding on the brain.
Dec 5, 2018
Scientists discover how a single workout can activate your metabolism for days
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
A fascinating new study from scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center could provide some motivation to get moving, even just occasionally. The research has revealed that a single workout can positively affect the activity of neurons in the brain that influence metabolism for up to two days.
Dec 4, 2018
IBM Reveals 8-Bit Analog Chip With Phase-Change Memory
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: computing, neuroscience
Researchers used the chip to test a simple neural net and identify numerals with 100 percent accuracy.
Dec 4, 2018
Reverse Brain Death with Stem Cells
Posted by Sidney Clouston in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Who isn’t interested in new ways to apply stem cell therapy these days?
Speaking of, have you heard about the scientists in Philadelphia, PA, who have been injecting stem cells directly into the spinal cords of medically brain-dead people in order to revive them?
In a page taken from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the idea of “bringing people back from the dead” is a little too much like “playing God” for some critics to appreciate.
Dec 4, 2018
Explaining the power of curiosity – to your brain, hunger for knowledge is much the same as hunger for food
Posted by Xavier Rosseel in categories: food, neuroscience
Always hungry 🙈.
By Christian Jarrett. Researchers provoked curiosity in their volunteers using magic and obscure trivia questions.