Miswired memory networks in developmental disorders

4 Sep, 2007 02:14 pm Developmental disorders including Down syndrome and Fragile X syndrome share the symptom of impaired memory. Theories on the origins of these disorders...

Agriculture and Food Workers Challenge Nanotechnologies

9 Aug, 2007 12:10 pm We analize the first declaration issued at a continental level by a federation of trade unions on nanotechnologies. In March, 2007,...

Make Assurance Double Sure ? Dual Networks for Behavioral Control

9 Jul, 2007 02:01 pm The ability to exercise voluntary control over one?s own actions forms a central aspect of what it means to be human. The number of possible responses...

Protein Network Promotes Pluripotency of Stem Cells

26 Dec, 2006 04:41 pm A study published November 16 in Nature identifies a protein network that promotes the pluripotency of stem cells. The lead author, Jianlong Wang,...