Researchers have succeeded in restoring mobility and sensation of touch in stroke-afflicted rats by reprogramming human skin cells to become nerve cells, which were then transplanted into the rats’ brains. …read more Source:: Science
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Scorpion toxin that targets ‘wasabi receptor’ may help solve mystery of chronic pain
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•Researchers have discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the ‘wasabi receptor,’ a chemical-sensing protein found in nerve cells that’s responsible for the sinus-jolting sting of wasabi. Because the toxin triggers …read more Source:: Science
Bees can count with just four ‘nerve cells’ in their brains
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•Bees can solve seemingly clever counting tasks with very small numbers of nerve cells in their brains, according to researchers. …read more Source:: Science