news from the lab 2010

Scientists could explain how the eye creates circuits to analyze motion. The detection of motion in the retina is based on circuit asymmetry, a fundamental computational principle in the brain.

Children of mothers who live with farm animals and cats are better protected against neurodermatitis.

A novel nano-tomography method developed by a team of researchers opens the door to computed tomography examinations of minute structures at nanometer resolutions.

Taking one type of cell and transforming it into another type is now possible. Cells taken from the thymus have been transformed into skin cells - a discovery that may have important ramifications for the field of organ regeneration.

Scientists restore vision in retinitis pigmentosa using an archaebacterial protein.

There has been little progress in the way we treat depression and anxiety for over thirty years, but a recent study may open the door to new strategies.

Alzheimer's disease currently affects more than 26 million people worldwide and estimates of up to four times as many sufferers by 2050 has made studying its causes a top priority for neuroscientists.