Fingers and toes become wrinkled after being in water for long periods, and now new research explains why. The transformed skin improves our grip on wet objects.Aside from answering why we get the wrinklies after bathing, swimming and hand-washing dishes,
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Thirty years ago most psychologists, philosophers and psychiatrists thought that babies and young children were irrational, egocentric and amoral. They believed children were locked in the concrete here and now—unable to understand cause and effect, imagi
Continue reading >>Scientists have long believed that glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive type of primary brain tumor, begins in glial cells that make up supportive tissue in the brain or in neural stem cells.
Continue reading >>Four young boys with a rare, fatal brain condition have made it through a dangerous ordeal. Scientists have safely transplanted human neural stem cells into their brains.
Continue reading >>A Philadelphia cancer treatment facility is offering patients with advanced cases a detailed personalized “blueprint” of their own cancer genes in a cutting-edge test that opens the door to one of the first practical applications of personalized medical t
Continue reading >>When it comes to the heart, some old cells can become new again, especially with some prodding.
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