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(http://www.nytimes.com)
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over 3 years ago
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ProDigits can replace any or all fingers on a hand; each replacement digit has a tiny motor and gear box mounted at the base. Movement is controlled by a computer chip in the prosthesis. The individual, motorized fingers are a new and promising de...
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(http://www.nytimes.com)
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over 3 years ago
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, a professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, has solved one of many problems on the way to successful bone implants: how to grow new bones in the anatomical shape of the original.
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(http://green.yahoo.com)
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over 3 years ago
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The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth.
Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be ...
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(http://www.the-scientist.com)
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over 3 years ago
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Newly created synthetic particles that mimic red blood cells may one day carry drug molecules and/or oxygen through bloodstreams, according to researchers writing in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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(http://www.sciencedaily.com)
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over 3 years ago
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findings from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital shed light on the neural basis of memory defects in Down syndrome and suggest a new strategy for treating the defects with medication.
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(http://www.popsci.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 3 years ago
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Using 144 terabytes of RAM, scientists simulate a cat's cerebral cortex based on 1 billion neurons and 10 trillion synapses
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(http://www.nature.com)
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over 3 years ago
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Rapamycin, a drug commonly used in humans to prevent transplanted organs from being rejected, has been found to extend the lives of mice by up to 14% — even when given to the mice late in life.
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(http://www.humansfuture.org)
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over 3 years ago
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Scientific and speculative articles about the future of human evolution regarding to artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, transhumanism, nanotechnology, space colonization, time travel, life extension and human enhancement
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(http://www.forbes.com)
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over 3 years ago
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Harvard Medical School longevity researcher David Sinclair thinks pharmaceutical science is on the brink of a new generation of supermedicines that will prolong the human life span.
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(http://www.technologyreview.com)
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over 4 years ago
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Injecting the hearts of angina sufferers with cells extracted from their own bone marrow can reverse the condition and relieve its symptoms, a new study suggests.
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(http://www.technologyreview.com)
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over 4 years ago
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A tiny injectable implant, smaller than a grain of rice, might one day take the place of large neural stimulators used to treat chronic pain and other neurological disorders.
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