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BrainGate chip enables 2 tetraplegics to control robotic arms
A chip, about as big as a baby aspirin and implanted in the motor cortex, enabled two people paralyzed by a brain stem stroke who couldn't move their arms and legs to control robotic arms with their thoughts.
Researchers develop 'smart' nanostructures for drug delivery
Scientists at Johns Hopkins and Brown are developing self-assembling nanostructures that can break apart on their own to deliver drugs.
UPDATED: Nanobump-coated breast implants repel cancer cells
Scientists at Brown University engineered a breast implant with nano-sized polymer "pimples" designed to discourage cancer cells from returning.
Brown U team pinpoints new drug target
Investigators at Brown University have stripped down a kinase complex, developing a detailed analysis of its structure that led them to a potential new drug target. "Disregulation always leads to
Computer-based therapy relieves fears
Know any good computerized therapists? Researchers think they might have found one, showing in a small trial that an application that delivered cognitive bias modification (CBM) helped treat people
Brown U. program crunches data on mutations behind disease
Our understanding of gene mutations is key to conquering many diseases such as cancer and rare genetic disorders. A group from Brown University has used computer modeling to better understand
Interview with a "magnetic" scientist
We've already reported on Brown University's " magnet car " that can deliver meds into your GI track by getting it to hold perfectly still. Well, PharmTech.com delves more into the technology in a
A magnet car for your GI tract could deliver meds
You remember that children's toy with which you can move a car around a plastic-encased maze by holding a magnet underneath? Move the magnet, the toy car above it moves. Well, over at Brown
Brown's psych chair is latest to step aside
Top psychiatrists are dropping like flies these days. The latest academic to tender his resignation is Brown University's head of psychiatry Marty Keller. According to a memo issued by the university
