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Pig-organ transplants are often rejected — researchers find a way to stop it
The successful treatment in a brain-dead man could be used in living people, to prevent the immune system attacking donor organs.
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Researchers Uncover Hidden Ingredients Behind AI Creativity
Image generators are designed to mimic their training data, so where does their apparent creativity come from? A recent study suggests that it’s an inevitable by-product of their architecture.
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The AI revolution is running out of data. What can researchers do?
AI developers are rapidly picking the Internet clean to train large language models such as those behind ChatGPT. Here’s how they are trying to get around the problem.
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This fMRI technique promised to transform brain research — why can no one replicate it?
The DIANA technique sparked excitement from neuroscientists. But two new papers have cast doubt over the results.
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In search of the perfect stem cell
Xehetasunak Data eta ordua: Egoitza Thirty years ago, the idea of generating a heart cell or a neuron from a skin cell seemed like science fiction. However, thanks to the dizzying evolution of regenerative medicine, it is now reality. Nowadays we know that pluripotent stem cells have extraordinary potential to generate any kind of cell…
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Research with drugs on human beings: from the laboratory to the pharmacy
Xehetasunak Data eta ordua: Egoitza What research processes are required of drug manufacturers before authorising them to market their products? What is the role of national and international regulatory agencies? Medical practice has changed substantially thanks to advances in the treatment of disease, but we should not forget that drugs also have a potential adverse…
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Cannabinoids: New Research and Therapeutic Options
Xehetasunak Data eta ordua: Egoitza Endocannabinoid systems play a role in several physiological and pathological processes within our bodies. The natural cannabinoids in plants, as well as synthetic cannabinoids, are able to improve this endogenous system. In recent years, a great deal of research has been done on this subject so as to better understand…
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Rediscovering Basque primitive art: new findings, new research
Xehetasunak Data eta ordua: Egoitza The systematic prospecting developed by archaeologists and speleologists alike has grown during the past decade, multiplying findings of Palaeolithic parietal art in different areas of the Basque Country. The Atxurra (Berriatua) and Armintxe (Lekeitio) caves contain archaeological sites that have become two great “sanctuaries” of cave art. The recent finding…
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