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Neuroscience News & Research

Neuroscience News & Research

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Injectable Gel Electronics Allow Researchers To Create Cyborg Leeches

Biology and electronics have become more closely married than ever in a new study. The research, published by a team of Swedish scientists, uses a specialized gel that, when injected into an organism, forms ultrasoft conducting electrodes.

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Why Are Manual Pipettes Still So Popular?

Electronic pipettes offer several benefits, but many laboratories are still resistant to making the switch from manual options. This article discusses how equipping your team with electronic pipettes could rapidly pay for itself.

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The Pulse: Psychedelic News From Technology Networks Issue 2

Hello and welcome to the Pulse, the monthly psychedelics industry roundup from Technology Networks and Analytical Cannabis. Here, we’ll highlight some of the most significant psychedelic industry news from the past month, including important announcements, pre-clinical work and the latest from groundbreaking psychedelic clinical trials.

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Applications of Liquid Biopsy in Cancer and Beyond

Liquid biopsies are becoming an increasingly important tool for the early detection, prognosis and monitoring of treatment outcomes in cancer, and hold the promise of transforming the management of other diseases in the future.

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Applications of Liquid Biopsy in Cancer and Beyond

Liquid biopsies are becoming an increasingly important tool for the early detection, prognosis and monitoring of treatment outcomes in cancer, and hold the promise of transforming the management of other diseases in the future.

Lab Sustainability

For the future of our planet, we all know it is important to address the sustainability of our practices, tools and workspaces across the sectors. Science is no exception. But it’s also critical that, in carrying out scientific research in a more environmentally sustainable way, safety and quality are maintained.

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Gut Bacteria Toxin Linked to Onset and Relapse of Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and disabling disease of the central nervous system, and a new study suggests that the onset and relapse of MS may be initiated by a toxin from gut bacteria.

Fast Motor Kinetics of Inner Ear Protein Essential for Hearing High-Frequency Sounds

According to a study, the fast motor kinetics of prestin, a protein found in the inner ear, is essential for hearing high-frequency sounds.

Fish Study Shows Even Animals Appreciate the Risk of Misinformation

According to a study, fish can adjust their sensitivity to the actions of others in order to reduce the risk of overreacting to misinformation

Retinal Scans Could Be Used To Track Human Aging

Retinal imaging has been proposed as a new, inexpensive and non-invasive way to measure aging in a new study.

Imaging Advances Show How Chemo Affects the Brain

Nuclear medicine brain imaging has illustrated the biological changes that occur in chemo brain, which researchers hope will help patients understand the changes in their cognitive status during treatment.

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Key Techniques in Structural Biology, Their Strengths and Limitations

Structural biology uses a variety of techniques to determine the 3D structures of biomolecules such as proteins, nucleic acids and their complexes. In this article, we consider the key techniques, their role in structural biology, strengths and limitations.

Spatial Biology: Location, Location, Location!

This article will review advances in multimodal imaging mass spectrometry applications and a computational method to achieve higher resolution from spatial transcriptomics datasets.

The Pulse: Psychedelic News From Technology Networks

In the Pulse, the monthly psychedelics industry roundup from Technology Networks and Analytical Cannabis, we highlight some of the most significant psychedelic industry news from the past month. This includes important announcements, pre-clinical work and the latest from groundbreaking psychedelic clinical trials.

Building an Atlas of the Brain To Guide Neuroscience: An Interview With the Allen Institute's Ed Lein

A new project to map the billions of cells in the human brain is underway. The project, dubbed BICAN (BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network) will exploit rapid advances in genomic and cellular technology to build an atlas of the brain. Technology Networks spoke to project lead Ed Lein to find out more.

How Does Alcohol Affect the Brain and the Body?

Alcohol has complex, unseen and far-reaching effects at the molecular and cellular level, including altering our gut microbiome, accelerating the aging process and even changing the synapses in the brain.

Cell Signaling in Disease

Cell Signaling in Disease

Unravelling the Myths of Laboratory Automation

How To Use Antibodies in Neuroscience

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Why Your Voice Is Like a Fingerprint

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Why the Dyslexic Brain Is Misunderstood

What Happened This Week in Science?

How To Build an Effective Protein Degrader

This guide highlights the four major stages of targeted protein degradation, the challenges at each step, and the questions you should ask yourself to ensure your final product will result in a complete protein degradation.

How To Address NGS Challenges

Download this guide to learn how to select the appropriate NGS method and sequencing platform, deal with samples of variable quality, and set up and manage the data analysis pipeline.

Fall in Love With Pipetting Again: Automated Liquid Handling

Download this guide to learn more about automated liquid handling solutions.

How To Ensure Data Integrity

Download this guide to discover how data integrity is fundamental to quality assurance, process development and production, and analytical development and quality control.

Eight Ways To Make Your Lab More Sustainable

Download this guide to discover tips on avoiding single-use plastics, managing your cold storage and conserving water and energy.

Webinars & Online Events

Two Workflows To Streamline Your Neuroscience Research

Miltenyi Biotec

Agilent BioTek Augmented Microscopy Virtual Summit

Scalable Nanopore Sequencing for Alzheimer’s Research

Oxford Nanopore Technologies

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Sequencing the Brain

Achieving Cost-Effective, High-Throughput Single-Cell Multiomic Analysis

Clinical Applications of Cell Therapy

Spatial Transcriptomics: Understanding Gene Regulation in the Tissue Context

5 Influential Neuroscientists, Past and Present

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