Content: The future treatment of Parkinson’s disease may target the spinal cord instead of the brain to help alleviate the slow, rigid movements and tremors that are the hallmarks of the disease. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have developed and tested a first-of-its-kind device that rapidly restored motor function in mice with the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Miguel Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D., senior study investigator and Anne W. Deane Professor of Neuroscience: "We...

Is it possible to cure drug addiction through medicine. This short film experiments with that reality.

http://nano3.calit2.net/ Nano3 provides advanced capabilities for fabrication and characterization in a state-of-the-art cleanroom opened in May 2006. The name Nano3 reflects the synergetic nature of the facility, focusing on three fields of nanoscale research and development within the space - Nanoscience, Nanoengineering and Nanomedicine. In addition to providing essential nanofabrication capabilities for research on electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices, the facility...

Fundamental biomedical research leads to hope against 'incurable' diseases, like ALS, cancer and Chron's

Dr. Javier Movellan speaks to students of Sacred Heart Middle School about machine intelligence.

The reasons that people give up their compulsive use of drugs vary, but they almost always include survival. The video explains the role of memory bumps, the brain's stop and go switches using an allergy as an analogy to explain substance abuse.