brain
Immune cells in covering of brain discovered; may play critical role in battling neurological diseases
Posted in Medicine on 29th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
By harnessing the power of cells, known as type 2 innate lymphocytes, doctors may be able to develop treatments for neurological diseases.
Researchers Map How the Brain Processes Faces From Sight to Recognition
Posted in Science on 27th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
How does the brain recognise familiar faces with efficiency and ease despite extensive variation in how they appear?
Method discovered to remove amyloid plaques found in Alzheimers disease
Posted in Medicine on 25th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
A strategy for removing amyloid plaques; clumps in a brain with Alzheimers disease that are created by misfolded proteins.
Using graphene to detect brain cancer cells
Posted in Medicine on 24th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
By interfacing brain cells with graphene, researchers have differentiated a single hyperactive Glioblastoma Multiforme cancerous astrocyte cell from a normal cell in the lab.
Brain's party noise filter revealed by recordings
Posted in Science on 22nd Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
Direct recordings have revealed what is happening in our brains as we make sense of speech in a noisy room.