Researchers have successfully developed nerve grafts, currently being trialed as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease, that are invisible to the body’s immune system, according to a new study. It could mean risky post-transplant anti-rejection drugs are soon a thing of the past.Continue ReadingCategory: Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Parkinson's Disease, Stem Cells, Dopamine, Neural graft
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Immune cells become opioid-production plants thanks to female hormones
Posted by ArielTechGeek 28 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In a breakthrough finding, researchers have discovered that immune cells near the spinal cord are triggered by estrogen and progesterone to produce a natural painkiller called enkephalin. The finding could change the way we treat chronic pain.Continue ReadingCategory: Body & MindTags: T-cells, The Immune System, Hormone, estrogen, Opioids, Chronic pain, Painkillers, University of California S
Microneedles extract harmful cells, deliver drugs into chronic wounds
Posted by ArielTechGeek 35 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have hit upon new technologies to deliver a double whammy to chronic wounds in diabetics, using tiny needles barely visible to the human eye.Continue ReadingCategory: Diabetes, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Diabetes, Skin, psoriasis, Microneedles
Onion-skin dye may find use in greener UV-protected solar cells
Posted by ArielTechGeek 42 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Solar cells are subjected to a lot of harmful ultraviolet light, as they're typically placed for maximum sunlight exposure. A new eco-friendly coating could help protect them from those UV rays, and its active ingredient is extracted from onion skin.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: University of Turku, Aalto University, Wageningen University, Solar Cell, Ultraviolet, Biodegrada
Directly converting skin cells to brain cells yields 1,000% success
Posted by ArielTechGeek 49 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells directly into brain cells extremely efficiently, without needing to go through the intermediate step of converting them to stem cells first.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Stem Cells, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS), Cells, MIT, Brain, neurons, Regenerat
researchers fill the film with perovskite, a semiconductor material that converts light into electricity.
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Alzheimer's could be treated by enhancing the brain's own immune cells
Posted by ArielTechGeek 57 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Researchers at Northwestern University have made a breakthrough in identifying a way for Alzheimer's disease to be treated far more effectively in the future – using the brain's own immune cells.Continue ReadingCategory: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: Alzheimer's disease, Northwestern University
The world's first "biological computer" that fuses human brain cells with silicon hardware to form fluid neural networks has been commercially launched, ushering in a new age of AI technology. The CL1, from Australian company Cortical Labs, offers a whole new kind of computing intelligence – one that's more dynamic, sustainable and energy efficient than any AI that currently exists – and we will
New weight loss mechanism blocks formation of white fat cells in mice
Posted by ArielTechGeek 63 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Scientists in China have found a new potential drug target for weight loss. Blocking a protein called CD44 has been shown to protect against obesity in mice on a high-fat diet, specifically by suppressing the formation of white fat cells.Continue ReadingCategory: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Obesity, Diabetes, Weight, Weight Loss, Ozempic, China, Health, Fat cells
Aging changes some brain cells more than others
Posted by ArielTechGeek 119 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Detailed mapping of 1.2 million brain cells has revealed that not all cell types age in the same way and that some – found in a specific ‘hot spot’ – are more sensitive to the aging process. It opens the door to developing new treatments for age-related brain diseases.Continue ReadingCategory: Aging Well, Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Biological age, Brain, Aging, Allen Inst
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