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Scientists create artificial neurons capable of mimicking biological counterparts

December 11, 2019
By Nuala Moran
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LONDON – Scientists in the U.K. are claiming a world first, after successfully reproducing the electrophysiology of biological neurons in silicon chips. 
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Scientists create artificial neurons capable of mimicking biological counterparts

December 11, 2019
By Nuala Moran
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LONDON – Scientists in the U.K. are claiming a world first, after successfully reproducing the electrophysiology of biological neurons in silicon chips. It is said that artificial neurons respond to non-linear physiological feedback in real time, in exactly the same way as their biological counterparts. Crucially, in terms of their use in medical implants, the analogue chips have a power consumption 109 times lower than equivalent digital microprocessors, which other attempts to make synthetic neurons have used.
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Kryptonite for parasites?

Malaria drug hopeful also controls intestinal, other parasites

December 11, 2019
By Nuala Moran
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Cryptosporidium is a parasite that affects both the very poor and the very rich. It can cause severe diarrheal infections in malnourished children and in people whose immune systems are compromised, for example, by HIV. 
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Bioworld MedTech’s Orthopedics Extra for Dec. 11, 2019

December 11, 2019
By Holland Johnson
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Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics.
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With reduced toxicity, can HSCT make it to Hall of Fame?

December 10, 2019
By Anette Breindl
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Two preclinical presentations at the 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting could pave the way for using hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) in patients who are currently too sick to tolerate the procedure, as well as in indications where its toxicities preclude its use.
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Bioworld MedTech’s Oncology Extra for Dec. 10, 2019

December 10, 2019
By Mark McCarty and Anette Breindl
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Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology.
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New PCa treatment strategy may overcome resistance

December 10, 2019
By John Fox
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Targeting prostate cancer (PCa) neuroendocrine (NE) cells via inhibition of the C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2) is an androgen receptor (AR)-independent therapeutic strategy that can improve the efficacy of treatment for PCa, a leading cause of male cancer mortality.
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Lyndra drug delivery tech for a once-monthly birth control pill tested in animals

December 9, 2019
By Stacy Lawrence
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Researchers are hopeful that within three to five years the first once-a-month oral contraceptive could reach human testing. They achieved an early step on that path with the publication of research testing the long-lasting drug delivery device from Watertown, Mass.-based startup Lyndra Therapeutics Inc. in the Dec. 4 issue of Science Translational Medicine.
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Bioworld MedTech’s Cardiology Extra for Dec. 9, 2019

December 9, 2019
By Liz Hollis
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Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology.
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Bench Press for Dec. 6, 2019

December 6, 2019
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BioWorld looks at translational medicine.
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