Biotech firm secures £4.5m funding to take ‘world-first’ implantable treatment for brain cancer to clinics

A Cheshire biotech firm that’s aiming to revolutionise treatment for brain cancers has secured £4.5m in funding to bring its ...

Can a ‘brain in a vat’ be conscious?

Neuroscientists and philosophers have debated this thought experiment for decades as they have tried to understand how the ...
Frontiers

Neuronal and Glial Studies in Human Brain Tissue: Research Perspectives and Ethical Considerations

For a long time, the study of the brain has largely focused on neuronal cells. However, neurons develop and interact closely together in space and time with ...

3D hybrid imaging system could address limitations of MRI, CT and ultrasound

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the California Institute of Technology ...
Futurism

Scientists Preparing to Simulate Human Brain on Supercomputer

Researchers at the Jülich Research Centre in Germany are working on a simulation at the scale of the entire human brain.
EurekAlert!

New 3D imaging system could address limitations of MRI, CT and ultrasound

In a proof-of-concept study funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have shown that an ...