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In 2000, Johns Hopkins team treated 18 paralyzed rodents with neural stem cells. 6 years later, the team engineered working motor-neuron circuits in paralyzed adult animals, extending the original findingJohns Hopkins research from 2000 and 2006 represents an important scientific progression in the search for ways to repair damaged nervous s...- Plants react to damage, but can they feel pain like humans? Here's what science saysPlants exhibit dynamic responses to environmental stress and damage. However, they lack brains and nervous systems to feel pain. Internal e...
- The Creature That Can Regrow Its Entire BrainPlanarian flatworms possess remarkable brain regeneration capabilities, thanks to specialized neoblast stem cells that can differentiate in...
- Brain can keep producing new neurons in old age, but Alzheimer’s may disrupt the process: StudyNew research reveals the adult brain generates fresh nerve cells in the hippocampus, vital for memory. This ability declines in Alzheimer's...
- Breakthrough in China: Stem cell therapy achieves efficiency in Parkinson's recoveryChinese scientists have developed a groundbreaking stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease. Their treatment serves an impressive self-pro...
- Carrying stress for too long can shut down 2 key brain functions: Neuroscientist reveals chilling impact of ignoring anxietyDr Wendy Suzuki of NYU reveals that long-term stress and anxiety physically damage vital brain areas like the hippocampus and prefrontal co...
- After Elon Musk's Neuralink project, China develops robots with lab-grown human brains. Will it replace humans?China has developed an innovative robot with a lab-grown human brain, aiming to create hybrid machines for complex tasks. This technology i...
- What's Sensorineural Nerve Hearing Loss, the rare condition diagnosed in Alka Yagnik? Symptoms, causes, treatmentAlka Yagnik, the renowned Bollywood singer, recently disclosed her diagnosis of rare sensorineural nerve hearing loss, attributed to a vira...
- Scientists develop new 3D printing technique to provide tailored repairs for brain injuriesScientists at the University of Oxford have developed a 3D printing technique that can replicate the architecture of the human brain's oute...
- Study shows stem cell therapy can be helpful in reducing Alzheimer's symptomsScientists at Stanford University have successfully transplanted stem cells into mice, resulting in a reduction of brain abnormalities asso...
- 16 Indian American students named among 30 junior innovators challengeSixteen Indian American students have been selected as finalists in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, a prestigious...
- Vaping won't spare your brain, may result in stem cell damageElectronic cigarettes, or ECs, are nicotine-delivery devices that aerosolize nicotine and flavour chemicals through heating.
- Meet Sergio Canavero, the neurosurgeon who will carry out first human head transplant next yearThere were several attempts at head transplants since 1954 but all were unsuccessful.
- Stem cells may help treat spinal cord injuriesThe stem cells, called neural progenitor cells, were taken from rat embryos and directed to develop as spinal cord tissue.
- Researchers develop new method produces low-cost 3D 'mini brains'The mini brains produce electrical signals and form their own neural connections, making them readily producible testbeds for neuroscience ...
- Surgeons, a step closer to curing blindnessSurgeons in the UK have carried out a pioneering human embryonic stem cell operation in their efforts to find a cure for age-related blindn...
- Scientists grow tiny brain cortex in labScientists have perfected mini cultured 3-D structures that grow and function much like the key working tissue or cortex of the brain from ...
- Functioning brain tissue grown in 3-D structureMoreover, cells were seen to migrate and extend fibres that bent to form the T-shape characteristic of granule cell parallel fibres.
- Smell goes brainyAfter reading Patrick Susskind’s ‘Perfume’, famed auteur Stanley Kubrick remarked that the book was ‘unfilmable’.
- Govt plans to regulate stem cells researchThe government proposes to regulate stem cell sourcing, banking, transfer (exports) and research.
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