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Quick and Cheap, Brain-in-a-Dish

UCSD Slice of human brain organoid
In addition to animal models and single cells, drug researchers have organoids derived from reprogrammed [MORE]

Georgetown’s REMBRANT

Bioinformatics
REMBRANT is an acronym for Repository for Molecular Brain Neoplasms Data.  Originally, the National Cancer Institute compiled and organized the [MORE]

Computing Cell Fate

Computational models to sort out the chaos medium
Subtle differences in transcription factors determine cell behavior in, say, a heart cell [MORE]

How to Make Organoids

How to make a brain organoid
Betty Crocker couldn’t have been clearer: “To grow brain organoids, researchers have traditionally cultured human [MORE]

Reading Brainwaves from Inside the Skull

Neuro chip
“Researchers at Purdue University have now developed a brain-reading implant that’s incredibly small and that doesn’t need any on-board batteries [MORE]

Powering Brain Implants with Radio Waves

Wireless charging of medical devices
“Scientists at MIT have developed a wireless system that can power tiny implantable devices in the body, [MORE]

Regenerating Brain Tissue

Brain tissue regenerated in mice after stroke
Using an alginate hydrogel infused with vascular endothelial growth factor and other agents, researchers [MORE]

Deep Body Temperature Sensing

Imaging and Sensing Probe
“University of Adelaide researchers have invented a world-first tiny fibre-optic probe that can simultaneously measure temperature and [MORE]

Wearable Magnetoencephalography (MEG)

Wearable Brain Scanner New MEG Helmet
Magnetoencephalography is a technology that measures electrical transmission within the brain based on tiny (i.e. [MORE]

A Highly Accurate Stroke Detector

Cerebrotech Visor
Even within the so-called “golden hour,” stroke detection currently gets low marks. But a California company claims to have [MORE]

Memory Enhancing Brain Prosthetic

Memory Stimulation Brain Implant
At Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center epilepsy treatments include implanting electrodes in the brain which can stimulate [MORE]

Concussion Diagnosis: MicroRNAs in Saliva

Concussion
“Researchers [at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital] identified five microRNA molecules which “accurately identify” patients with concussion symptoms. Three of [MORE]

Brain Delivery of Drugs with Ultrathin Needle

Ultrathin Needle Delivers Medication to Brain
Quoting directly: “Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have devised a miniaturized system that can deliver [MORE]

An Artificial Synapse for “Brain-on-a-Chip” Device

Artificial Synapse Researchers Tan, Kim, Choi
Quoting directly: “. . . engineers at MIT have designed an artificial synapse in such [MORE]