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The Quest for a Better Bionic Hand: Implantable Interfaces Connect a Hand Prosthesis to the Nerves
February 17, 2013 — New implantable interfaces connect a hand prosthesis to the nerves, making for smarter prosthetics that feel and function more like the real ... > full story -
Not Your Conventional Nucleic Acids: Spherical Nucleic Acids Have Novel Properties That Are Perfect for Biomedical Applications
February 17, 2013 — Scientists have invented and developed a powerful nanomaterial that could revolutionize biomedicine: spherical nucleic acids (SNAs). The novel arrangement of nucleic acids imparts interesting ... > full story -
Brain Prostheses Create a Sense of Touch: Infrared Signaling Could Create Sense of Touch in Artificial Limbs
February 17, 2013 — Infrared sensing might be built into a whole-body prosthesis for paraplegics so patients wearing the "exoskeleton" could have sensory information about where their limbs are and how objects feel when ... > full story -
Copper Can Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease
February 17, 2013 — Researchers have provided unequivocal evidence that under conditions which are approximately similar to those found in the brain, copper can only protect against beta amyloid forming beta sheets and ... > full story -
Combo of Avastin, Second Drug Shows Promise Fighting Brain Cancer
February 14, 2013 — The drug bevacizumab, also known by the trade name Avastin, shrinks tumors briefly in patients with an aggressive brain cancer known as glioblastoma multiforme, but then they often grow again and ... > full story -
Vision Restored With Total Darkness in Kittens With Amblyopia
February 14, 2013 — Restoring vision might sometimes be as simple as turning out the lights. That's according to a study in which researchers examined kittens with a visual impairment known as amblyopia before and after ... > full story -
Behavioral Therapy for Children With Autism Can Impact Brain Function
February 14, 2013 — Using functional magnetic resonance imaging for before-and-after analysis, a team of researchers discovered positive changes in brain activity in children with autism who received a particular type ... > full story -
Roots of Language in Human and Bird Biology: Genes Activated for Human Speech Similar to Ones Used by Singing Songbirds
February 14, 2013 — The neuroanatomy of human speech and bird song share structural features, behaviors and now gene expression ... > full story -
Even Limited Physical Activity Is Linked to Lower Rates of Depression in Bariatric Surgery Patients
February 14, 2013 — For adults undergoing bariatric surgery, just one hour of moderate-intensity physical activity a week -- or eight minutes a day -- was associated with 92 percent lower odds of treatment for ... > full story -
Love of Musical Harmony Is Not Nature but Nurture
February 14, 2013 — Our love of music and appreciation of musical harmony is learnt and not based on natural ability, a new study has ... > full story
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