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Researchers Are Using Stem Cell Tech to End Neurological Disorders
Posted in Science on 17th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
Researchers have constructed a laboratory model for a unique neurological disorder by transforming patients' own cells using stem cell technology.
Clinical Review: Psilocybin therapy could be significantly better than current psychiatric treatments
Posted in Medicine on 14th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
Psilocybin is the primary mind-altering substance in magic mushrooms.
Cannabis extract could reverse brain's decline in old age
Posted in Medicine on 10th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
Regular low doses of THC dramatically boosted memory and learning in older mice, say scientists, who plan a clinical trial in humans later this year.
New nuclear magnetic resonance technique offers 'molecular window' for live disease diagnosis
Posted in Hardware on 6th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
NMR that can look inside a living system to get a high-resolution profile of which specific molecules are present, and extract a full metabolic profile.
Scientists think Facebook and Elon Musk are way too optimistic about mind-reading tech
Posted in Science on 30th Apr, 2017
by Alex Muller
Ambitious promises this month about how fast their new research projects into human telepathy could yield big scientific breakthroughs.