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Dec 6, 2018

Researchers discover information about a gene that helps define us as humans

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University of Otago researchers have discovered information about a gene that sets primates—great apes and humans—apart from other mammals, through the study of a rare developmental brain disorder.

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Dec 6, 2018

New study suggests Alzheimer’s is not one disease but six different conditions

Posted by 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.

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Dec 6, 2018

Your Brain Has A “Delete” Button–Here’s How To Use It

Posted by 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.

3 minute Read.

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Dec 5, 2018

A New Connection between the Gut and the Brain

Posted by in category: neuroscience

A surprising way that diet leads risks of stroke and cognitive impairment.

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Dec 5, 2018

Bioquark — Electroceuticals — Real Bodies

Posted by in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, DNA, futurism, genetics, innovation, neuroscience, science
Stefania De Matteo of HealthQe at Real Bodies Milan giving an overview of some of the new bio-physical tools (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwPANPNRY4g) being developed for a 2019 biotech world
With major pharma companies like GSK entering the “electro-ceuticals” space (and groups like RegenerAge Clinic beginning to utilize them in combinatorial protocols) we are seeing a re-emergence of these century old principles back into the mainstream bio-medical discussion

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Dec 5, 2018

First baby born after deceased womb transplant

Posted by 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.

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Dec 5, 2018

Scientists discover how a single workout can activate your metabolism for days

Posted by 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.

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Dec 4, 2018

IBM Reveals 8-Bit Analog Chip With Phase-Change Memory

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience

Researchers used the chip to test a simple neural net and identify numerals with 100 percent accuracy.

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Dec 4, 2018

Reverse Brain Death with Stem Cells

Posted by 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.

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Dec 4, 2018

Explaining the power of curiosity – to your brain, hunger for knowledge is much the same as hunger for food

Posted by in categories: food, neuroscience

Always hungry 🙈.


By Christian Jarrett. Researchers provoked curiosity in their volunteers using magic and obscure trivia questions.

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