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'Zombie Boy' exhibits his tattoos
Jul 8 2008, Debasmita Ghosh

Here is something really bizarre and scary. Thanks to the macabre tattoos inked all over his body, this ‘zombie boy’ is earning quite a good bit of attention for himself. With the inner organs patterned on his skin, a sudden glimpse makes one feel...

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Scientists Map the 10 Billion Neurons of Human Cerebral Cortex Find a Central Switchboard
Maggie, Las Vegas
The study of the human brain is one of the most fascinating, and incredibly meta, subjects in existence. The almost Escherian experiments of one brain studying another...
Scientists Map, Neurons, Human Cerebral Cortex, Technology
made popular Jul 2 2008
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Chips that work similar to the human brain under research
Jolly, Jalandhar
Professor Eshel Ben-Jacob and his team of Tel Aviv University’s Departments of Exact Sciences are working to develop chips that are based on the chemical...
Biochip, Living Chips, Artificial Intelligence, Neurons
made popular Aug 18 2007
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Researchers produce neurons from skin stem cells
Anupam Agnihotri, Shimla
The way neurodegenerative diseases are treated may be revolutionized as Laval University researchers in Canada comes up producing neurons from human skin stem cells....
Alper's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Ataxia telangiectasia
made popular Feb 24 2007
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New synthetic 3D scaffold may replace Petri dish for growing cells!
Irani, New Delhi
An MIT engineer and his Italian colleagues have successfully invention a 3D scaffold that in a near future may replace the ubiquitous Petri dish for growing cells! A...
synthetic 3D scaffold, Petri dish, growing cells, protein nanofibers
made popular Dec 27 2006
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Diminishing stem cells division linked to memory loss in old age!
Anupam Agnihotri, Shimla
The question, why older people suffer from memory loss has been nailed down by a new study. Interestingly, this new study has shown that memory loss due to ageing...
Stem cell, Neurons, Ageing, Memory
made popular Dec 20 2006
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Even small doses of ecstasy can damage your brain!
Anupam Agnihotri, Shimla
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, exposes shocking finding that even small dose of ecstasy can be harmful,...
Ecstasy, Neurons, Mental health, Serotonergic
made popular Nov 29 2006
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High levels of testosterone can make brain cells to self-destruct
Anupam Agnihotri, Shimla
Higher level of testosterone can detriment brain cells, a new study has come up with this conclusion. Through this study it has become apparent that high level of...
Testosterone, Brain cells, Neurons, Steroids
made popular Nov 23 2006
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Study finds how marijuana impairs memory!
Anupam Agnihotri, Shimla
A new study shows that how marijuana affects our memory in a negative way. And to come out with such conclusion researchers conducted a few tests on mice and found that...
Marijuana, Memory, Cannabinoid, Neurons
made popular Nov 21 2006
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'SLITRK1' gene may be linked with compulsive Hair-pulling Disorder!
Poonam, Shimla
From 3 to 5 percent of population is affected with the problem of compulsive hair-pulling disorder also called trichotillomania. Usually, this kind of problem is...
Hair-Pulling Disorder, Trichotillomania, Tourette Syndrome, SLTRK1 Gene
made popular Sep 29 2006
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How The Genes Shape The Brain?
Naveen, Shimla
Studying the brain is not a new thing but studying the neurons and how they respond to the environment and experience is no doubt a new concept. The more the animal is...
Brain, Neurons, Genes, Lifestyle
made popular Aug 2 2006
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Not pills, new device to zap your migraine pain before it starts
Irani, New Delhi
Do you suffer from migraine pain? Zap the debilitating disease away before it starts - and that too with the help of a device and not popping in a pill! It is an...
electronic device, painkiller device, migraine pain, TMS
made popular Jun 26 2006
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation prevents migraine
Pratyush, New Delhi
Transcranial magnetic stimulation or TMS delivers magnetic pulses that decrease the harshness of migraine. The study report was presented at the American Headache...
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, TMS, Magnetic Pulses, Migraine
made popular Jun 23 2006
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Human brain blueprint may be possible
Pratyush, New Delhi
The Three dimensional computer stimulation of more than ten thousand neurons in brain causes terabyte of data. The data is a fraction, of what needed for mapping the...
Human Brain, Brain Mapping, Neurons, Blue Brain Project
made popular May 12 2006
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Finding: Neurons choose taste and colour
Pratyush, New Delhi
Researchers of Harvard Medical School in Boston have identified neurons which is responsible to selects different goods. Cells in different parts of the brain react to...
Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Brain
made popular Apr 25 2006
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Vulnerable Neurons Can Be Protected by New Route to Stroke Therapy
Irani, New Delhi
Researchers have traced the major cause of the death of brain cells due to artery blockage or bleeding in the brain. That the resulting oxygen loss, or ischemia,...
Neurons, Stroke Therapy, brain cells, proteins
made popular Mar 7 2006
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Scientists develop Alzheimer's damage-reversing chemical
Irani, New Delhi
Do you know, every 72 seconds, someone develops Alzheimer’s?! — the neurodegenerative disease, unfortunately making it the most common form of dementia...
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made popular Jul 24 2007
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Is moderate drinking healthy?
Nishi Roy, Bangalore
Neuroscientists in a recent report have said that moderate drinking has a positive effect on the mental health of a person. Moderate consumption, is frequently defined...
Moderate dinking, moderate consumption, healthy, brain cells
made popular Jul 17 2007
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Inflammation may protect brains of Alzheimer's patients: Study
Navneet, New Delhi
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have come up with an astounding finding that says that inflammation as a result of disease or injury acts as a...
Alzheimer's, Patients, Brain cells, Microglia
made popular Jun 6 2007
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Migraine: A threat to your brain
Anupam Agnihotri, Shimla
Pain is not the only thing that comes with migraine but damage to your brain may also flock with it. Putting this fact forward, researcher unveiled that migraine may...
Migraine, Brain damage, Brain cells, Headache
made popular Apr 30 2007
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New evidences bolster pesticides-Parkinson's disease links
Irani, New Delhi
Exposure to pesticides has revealed a number of hazards related to central nervous system disorders! It has also been found that pesticides can cause Parkinson’s...
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made popular Apr 24 2007
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Stress fuels depression by killing brain cells
Anupam Agnihotri, Shimla
Stress is harmful for mental and physical health most of us know this but a fact, hurled by a new study depicts it somewhat more horrifically. According to...
Stress, Mental Stress, Depression, Brain cells
made popular Mar 16 2007
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Study explains the way exercise boosts brainpower
Anupam Agnihotri, Shimla
Exercise is good for mental health; most of us know this fact but the way exercise works for mental health is still somewhat less known. However, this time researchers...
Brain cells, Mental health, Exercise and brain, Brain power
made popular Mar 13 2007
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Researchers to solve brain-obesity puzzle
Anupam Agnihotri, Shimla
It seems, to some extent, researchers have unriddled the brain-obesity puzzle, which has been confounding people all round the world. Actually, during the course of...
Brain cells, Brain, Obesity, Fat problem
made popular Jan 30 2007
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New synthetic 3D scaffold may replace Petri dish for growing cells!
Irani, New Delhi
An MIT engineer and his Italian colleagues have successfully invention a 3D scaffold that in a near future may replace the ubiquitous Petri dish for growing cells! A...
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made popular Dec 27 2006
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Chemotherapy linked to brain shrinkage, Study
Anupam Agnihotri, Shimla
Here is bad news for those who go for chemotherapy because a new study by Japanese researchers have exposed a shocking fact that chemotherapy results in temporary brain...
Brain shrinkage, Chemotherapy, Brain, Brain cells
made popular Nov 28 2006
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Humpback whale's Brain Cells similar to Humans
Pankaj, Shimla
It may not be language as we know it, but whales have no shortage of ways to make themselves understood. So broad is their vocal repertoire, in fact, that whales can...
Humpback whales, Language, humans, Brain cells
made popular Nov 27 2006
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High levels of testosterone can make brain cells to self-destruct
Anupam Agnihotri, Shimla
Higher level of testosterone can detriment brain cells, a new study has come up with this conclusion. Through this study it has become apparent that high level of...
Testosterone, Brain cells, Neurons, Steroids
made popular Nov 23 2006
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Genes linked to Depression may help develop Antidepressants!
Poonam, Shimla
We often feel depressed, may be due to sadness, dullness and lack of happiness or solution to a problem, no definite goal in life, isolation and many more personal...
Depression, Genes, Phosphodiesterase Genes, Brain Cells
made popular Sep 27 2006
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Play Safe, Boxing may damage Brain Cells!
Poonam, Shimla
A Boxing match can be a source of energetic delight and entertain you as a spectator. Think when you are standing there in the ring facing other boxer. You may get...
Boxing, Head, Brain Cells, Spinal Fluid
made popular Sep 13 2006
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Cell phones: friends or foes?
Pratyush, New Delhi
Cellular phones create electromagnetic field and excite certain brain cells. The researchers at Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Isola Tiberina, Italy have found that this...
Cell Phones, Electromagnetic Field, EMF, Brain Cells
made popular Jun 27 2006
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Vulnerable Neurons Can Be Protected by New Route to Stroke Therapy
Irani, New Delhi
Researchers have traced the major cause of the death of brain cells due to artery blockage or bleeding in the brain. That the resulting oxygen loss, or ischemia,...
Neurons, Stroke Therapy, brain cells, proteins
made popular Mar 7 2006
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