‘ Brain wi-fi ’ reverses leg paralysis in primate first – BBC News
An implant that beams instructions out of the brain has been used to restore movement in paralysed primates for the first time, say scientists.Rhesus monkeys were paralysed in one leg due to a damaged spinal cord.The team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology bypassed the injury by sending the instructions straight from the brain … Continue reading ‘Brain wi-fi’ reverses leg paralysis in primate first – BBC News (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - November 13, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

Lab-grown mini lungs successfully transplanted into mice — ScienceDaily
Researchers at the University of Michigan have transplanted lab-grown mini lungs into immunosuppressed mice where the structures were able to survive, grow and mature.”In many ways, the transplanted mini lungs were indistinguishable from human adult tissue,” says senior study author Jason Spence, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of … Continue reading Lab-grown mini lungs successfully transplanted into mice — ScienceDaily (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - November 13, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

One In 10 Children May Have A Natural AIDS Defense Mechanism | Popular Science
  Some kids may very well have magical superpowers. About one in 10 children infected with HIV have a built-in mechanism in their immune system that protects them from developing AIDS, according to a new study conducted in South Africa.Despite high levels of the virus in their blood, the children’s immune systems stayed calm and … Continue reading One In 10 Children May Have A Natural AIDS Defense Mechanism | Popular Science (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - November 13, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

First 3D-Printed Heart-On-A-Chip With Integrated Sensors | The Science Explorer
Technique paves the way for more complex, customizable devices. Harvard University researchers have made the first entirely 3D-printed organ-on-a-chip with integrated sensing. Built by a fully automated, digital manufacturing procedure, the 3D-printed heart-on-a-chip can be quickly fabricated and customized, allowing researchers to easily collect reliable data for short-term and long-term studies. This new approach to … Continue reading First 3D-Printed Heart-On-A-Chip With Integrated Sensors | The Science Explorer (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - November 13, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

Gene therapy shows promise for treating Niemann-Pick disease type C1 | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
For the first time, National Institutes of Health researchers have demonstrated in mice that gene therapy may be the best method for correcting the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 (NPC1). The gene therapy involved inserting a functional copy of the NPC1 gene into mice with the disease; the treated animals were … Continue reading Gene therapy shows promise for treating Niemann-Pick disease type C1 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - November 13, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

3D Medical Animation Demo Reel – John Liebler on Vimeo
Beneath our everyday world there is a miniature universe of cells, trillions of tiny worlds, unseen and beautiful. Here is the latest Art of the Cell demo reel, including clips from many of the projects I have worked on, such as “Biology: How Life Works”, and “The Inner Life of the Cell”. In this video … Continue reading 3D Medical Animation Demo Reel – John Liebler on Vimeo (Source: Biosingularity)
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Brain ’ s Support Cells Could Explain Mysterious “ Spreading Pain ” – Scientific American
In people who suffer from pain disorders, painful feelings can severely worsen and spread to other regions of the body. Patients who develop chronic pain after surgery, for example, will often feel it coming from the area surrounding the initial injury and even in some parts of the body far from where it originates. New … Continue reading Brain’s Support Cells Could Explain Mysterious “Spreading Pain” – Scientific American (Source: Biosingularity)
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Secrets of longevity may lie in long-lived smokers, a ‘biologically distinct’ group with extraordinary gene variants – The Washington Post
Jeanne Calment, the French doyenne believed to be oldest person in the world when she died at the extreme age of 122, was known for three things: her quick wit, her fondness for bicycling around the small city where she grew up — and the fact that she was a daily smoker. Before her death in 1997, Calment was […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - September 15, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

Scientists Transform Skin Cells into Functioning Liver Cells
The power of regenerative medicine now allows scientists to transform skin cells into cells that closely resemble heart cells, pancreas cells and even neurons. However, a method to generate cells that are fully mature – a crucial prerequisite for life-saving therapies – has proven far more difficult. But now, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 9, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

The Intriguing Link Between Spicy Food and a Longer Life
People who love chili peppers might be eating their way to a longer life, according to a new study published in The BMJ. “We know something about the beneficial effects of spicy foods basically from animal studies and very small-sized human studies,” says study author Lu Qi, associate professor at the Harvard School of Public […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 8, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

Zebrafish (eye) retina: Amacrine cells (green), bipolar cells (red).
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Source: Biosingularity - August 8, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

Colorectal cancer: A disease of development
Across the globe, as economies grow, so too does the incidence of colorectal cancer. Lifestyle changes are to blame, and in this Nature Video we see how increases in colorectal cancer are affecting many countries around the world, and what this could mean in the future to a world that is still developing. (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 1, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

Memories More Accessible After a Good Night ’s Sleep
Sleeping not only protects memories from being forgotten, it also makes them easier to access, according to new research from the University of Exeter and the Basque Centre for Cognition, Brain and Language. The findings suggest that after sleep we are more likely to recall facts which we could not remember while still awake. In […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 1, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

Memories More Accessible After a Good Night’s Sleep
Sleeping not only protects memories from being forgotten, it also makes them easier to access, according to new research from the University of Exeter and the Basque Centre for Cognition, Brain and Language. The findings suggest that after sleep we are more likely to recall facts which we could not remember while still awake. In […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 1, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs

Neuroscience: Crammed with connections
]In a piece of brain tissue smaller than a dust mite, there are thousands of brain cell branches and connections. Researchers from Harvard University in Boston, MA have mapped them all in a new study appearing in Cell. They find some unexpected insights about how the cells talk to each other. (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 1, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs