SubstanceP/Getty Images It sounds like something out of a 1980s horror movie, but medical researchers are now able to transplant human “mini-brains,” also known as brain organoids, into animals like rats. As gruesome as it may sound to implant human brain tissue into animals, this research provides a way to safely research diseases and health […]
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The brains of two genetically edited girls born in China last year may have been changed in ways that enhance cognition and memory, scientists say. The twins, called Lulu and Nana, reportedly had their genes modified before birth by a Chinese scientific team using the new editing tool CRISPR. The goal was to make the girls
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The young, bright entrepreneurs that flit around WeWork’s Tel Aviv space pass Arkadi Volozh by without a hint of recognition. Strolling around the space, Volozh could pass as one of them: a little older, perhaps, but dressed in a white T-shirt and denim and lightly stubbled. His intonation is soft and quiet, and he does
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Time has a different impact on men’s and women’s brains. The metabolism of brain slows with the growing age, and this differs between women and men. Brain tends to shrink when people grow older, but men’s brains diminishing rate is faster than women’s. Washington University School of Medicine has found that women’s brains tend to
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Sign up to gain access to thousands of marketing resources! Don’t worry … It’s FREE! In this episode of Marketing Smarts, Aaron Weber of Spiral16 discusses what makes content popular, how effective algorithms are at parsing the Web’s information, and how to connect with the people who are talking about you. “Most of the Internet
When I was a young kid, I played a lot of sports. When I was ten, my father told me that no matter how highly I achieved in my sports career, playing football and baseball wouldn’t be a lifelong pursuit. My body would age. I’d peak early. That awareness led me to take up a
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