Medical implants of the future may feature reconfigurable electronic platforms that can morph in shape and size dynamically as bodies…
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Foot painters’ toes mapped like fingers in the brain
Using your feet like hands can cause organized ‘hand-like’ maps of the toes in the brain, never before documented in…
Brain circuit controls individual responses to temptation in rats
Differences in a key brain circuit may suggest why some individuals are less able than others to resist tempting cues,…
Bones of Roman Britons provide new clues to dietary deprivation
Researchers have shown a link between the diet of Roman Britons and their mortality rates for the first time, overturning…
Gene coding error found in rare, inherited form of lung-scarring disorder linked to short telomeres
By combing through the entire genetic sequences of a person with a lung scarring disease and 13 of the person’s…
Lasker Awards Honor Advances in Modern Immunology
The prizes recognized the discoverers of B and T lymphocytes, pioneers in genetic engineering to fight breast cancer, and a…
Scientists Find the Skull of Humanity’s Ancestor — on a Computer
By comparing fossils and CT scans, researchers say they have reconstructed the skull of the last common forebear of modern…
Scientists Find the Skull of Humanity’s Ancestor, on a Computer
By comparing fossils and CT scans, researchers say they have reconstructed the skull of the last common forebear of modern…
Medical News Today: External stimuli may affect how well antidepressants work
Experiments in mouse models of depression suggest an intriguing possibility — that exposure to certain stimuli could change how well…
80% drop in ICU bloodstream infections
Bloodstream infections acquired in UK Intensive Care Units (ICUs) reduced by 80% between 2007 and 2012, according to new research.