medical science
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What Schizophrenia Looks Like On A Molecular Level
What you’re looking at are neurons grown from a schizophrenic person. An incredible study, published today in Nature, reveals how scientists grew schizophrenic brain cells to understand the inner workings of this still-mysterious neurological disorder.
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New Evidence Shows That Mobile Phones Can Alter Brain Function
Talk on your mobile phone for an hour or more a day? Scientists have discovered that you’re speeding up brain activity in the area near the antenna. Now we just need to figure out if that’s a good or a bad thing. C’mon good thing! [NYT]
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You Can Buy An Over-The-Counter Paternity Test In New York
I’m sure other places have this already (ahem, the South) but Duane Reade, a pharmacy in New York, has just started selling an over-the-counter paternity test.
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The World’s Oldest Artificial Heart
In honour of Valentine’s Day, Gizmodo presents you with the Liotta-Cooley heart, the world’s first totally artificial blood pumper.