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Great progress by Institute of the McGill University Health Centre has study astrocytes (the star shape brain cells) which play fundamental roles in nearly all aspects of brain function, could be adjusted by neurons in response to injury and disease.

A research team, led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal, has broken new ground in our understanding of the complex functioning of the brain. The research, which is published in the current issue of the journal Science, demonstrates that brain cells, known as astrocytes, which play fundamental roles in nearly all aspects of brain function, could be adjusted by neurons in response to injury and disease. The discovery, which shows that the brain has a far greater ability to adapt and respond to changes than previously believed, could have significant implications on epilepsy, movement disorders, and psychiatric and neurodegenerative disease.

Astrocytes are star-shaped cells in our brain that surround brain neurons, and neural circuits, protecting them from injury and enabling them to function properly – in essence, one of their main roles is to ‘baby-sit’ neurons. Our brain contains billions of cells, each of which need to communicate between each other in order to function properly. This communication is highly dependent on the behaviour of astrocytes. Until now, the mechanisms that create and maintain differences among astrocytes, and allow them to fulfill specialized roles, has remained poorly understood.

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Drug appears to “dampen down” detrimental inflammatory responses without suppressing the normal functions cells need to maintain health.

Nice wireless BMI.

By eliminating the need for wires going through the brain, wireless brain machine interfaces reduce the risk of infections.

Meet the opponents of BMIs & their report.

*This article only represents a very small fraction of the research regarding the dangers associated with these devices. We encourage you to further your own research, and just wanted to provide a base to let you know that it’s something more of us need to pay attention to.

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This really sad news; cancer is showing up among children more often than originally reported. I will admit in my own family that we had our 1st reported case. She is doing amazing and we’re all proud of her. However, I encourage more needs to be done to prevent this from occurring in the most innocent of lives.

Using nanoparticles to treat Ocular Cancer.

A new nanoparticle shows potential for treating ocular cancer by turning tumor cells against themselves.

NASA many applications for a shot at Space.

More than 18,300 people have applied for 14 or fewer spots in NASA’s next astronaut class, shattering the 1978 record of 8,000 applicants.

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The art gallary of space.

Are you tired looking for a gallery space to exhibit your artwork? Well, now you have a chance to show off your work in an asteroid art gallery, thanks to NASA.

According to CNN, the space agency is inviting people to send their artworks to an asteroid on its new spacecraft: the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx. The mission, led by the University of Arizona, will also collect a sample of the asteroid Bennu and return it to Earth for study for the first time in history.

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5G in 2016 — Nokia CEO says it is.

5G mobile technology will start to get defined “in real terms” by the end of this year, Suri said at a press briefing Sunday on the eve of Mobile World Congress.

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