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Human rights in biomedicine: action plan 2020-2025

June 25, 2020
On 24 June 2020, in Strasbourg, the Bioethics Committee launched its new action plan on human rights and biomedical technologies. Governance of technologies, equity in health care and physical and...

Rats recognise rhythm

May 26, 2020
Musical rhythm has very deep evolutionary roots and is present in some animals, according to a study of the biological foundations of music conducted in a mouse model by Alexandre...

Matter over mind

September 10, 2019
Materials science and nanotech are vital for developing implantable microdevices but there are several key issues to overcome before a device can be successfully used to tackle neurological disease. Here...

Beyond the code

July 22, 2019
Genomics has been revolutionary – but have we forgotten cell biology in the push for an ever more reductive understanding of health and disease? Professor John S Torday thinks the...

Internet of Thoughts

April 16, 2019
Neuroscientists say an Internet of Thoughts network that connects neurons and synapses in the brain to cloud-computing networks could be a possibility within decades.A collaboration between researchers from UC Berkeley...

Circadian mood link

September 26, 2018
In the largest genetic study of circadian rest-activity cycles in humans, scientists at the University of Glasgow have identified a possible genetic link between circadian disruption and mood disorders. The...

Link between brain trauma and degenerative brain disease revealed

September 21, 2018
A new study suggests that just a single traumatic brain injury can generate an abnormal form of the dementia associated protein tau.Published in the journal Brain, the study from the...

Model for peripheral nerve disease developed in worm

September 19, 2018
A team from the US have discovered that the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, develops similar nerve damage to human patients in a new model of a peripheral nervous system disease.Studying transthyretin...

Unraveling the Fear factory

August 6, 2018
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science have discovered a circuit in the brain that is necessary for unlearning fear. Published in Nature Communications, the study details the role...

DNA binding factor gives clues to the causes of MS

June 15, 2018
Researchers have identified a DNA-binding factor that might play a role in triggering multiple sclerosis.There is still no cure for multiple sclerosis, with current treatments largely based on managing symptoms.Doron...

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