DNA flaw means no learning from mistakes
Experts in child development are looking at a flaw in the child’s DNA as the reason behind why some children fail to learn from their mistakes. We have seen this many times before when a child does something wrong one or two times then eventually, they get it right, but sometimes there are those children [...]
July 29, 2008The human brain changes
A damaged brain can be caused by many things, but mainly an illness or accident would be the main cause for some sort of brain damage, which means that some people are finding that things they used to take for granted not being there anymore.
These functions can be anything, which is why it can be [...]
Fatty diet helps against epilepsy
Epilepsy has for many years been treated by drugs, this has a varied amount of success due to the severity of the neurological disorder. In the most severe cases there has been little hope of the patient being to carry out a normal life style and in some cases being hospitalised for long periods of [...]
April 15, 2008Brain scanners that predict decisions
In a study by John-Dylan Haynes a neuroscientist, of the Max Planck Institute it has been found that our brains already make up our minds when it comes to decisions, even before we have had time think about it.
By using brain scans to see the brain working, it has been noticed that the brain begins [...]
Could caffeine be good for you?
At last good news for the lovers of coffee, instead of being the bad guy of the drinks world because of the caffeine, but it seems researchers have been taking a closer look to see if there in fact any benefits for someone drinking caffeine.
The researchers from the US based Journal of Neuroinflammation have found [...]
Can humans have super powers?
It is the thing that fuels many sci fi books and films which cover the subject of people with extra powers, but there has been some research into how the brain works and it is believed that maybe the brain is capable of extra powers after all.
The case for this comes from the study of [...]
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Neuroscientists at the University of California at Berkeley have been working on a computer system that is connected to a magnetic resonance imaging machine which can look inside the body in real time. This has given the idea that this could be used to see if the brain reacts to what it sees.
They tested the [...]
Skin patch could replace injections
In collaboration HP and Crospon have been developing a new system of administering drugs in a virtually painless and indeed a completely safe way of delivering drugs over a certain amount of time.
The skin patch has a chip which can be programmed to deliver an assortment of drugs directly into the system through tiny needles [...]
Stem Cells from skin
In the US and Japan there have been two groups working on how to produce stem cells from human skin, and it would appear that they have succeeded, and this success could end the long running problems with using stem cells from embryos.
The cells developed from skin cells could be used in the treatment of [...]
Inheriting two epilepsy genes may prove positive
When both parents have epilepsy their fear would be that their children would naturally inherit the same disease, yet in recent research by Dr Jeffery L Noebels from the Baylor College of Medicine have found that it may be possible that the two genes could cancel each other out.
If this were to be true then [...]
Implant developed for Epilepsy
A living electrode has been developed by Jenna Rickus, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Purdue.
This implant has been specially coated with engineered neurons, what happens is when the neurons are stimulated they release a neurotransmitter, which it is said can inhibit epileptic seizures.
This comes as a result of the work that is being done [...]