Rewiring Medicine: How MIT Is Turning Skin Cells Into Brain Cells

Rewiring Medicine: How MIT Is Turning Skin Cells Into Brain Cells

Imagine a world where your skin cells can be transformed directly into neurons, bypassing the traditional detour through stem cell land. Sounds like science fiction? Well, buckle up, because MIT engineers have turned this futuristic concept into reality! Traditionally, converting a skin cell into a neuron involved first rewinding it back to a pluripotent stem […]

NASA Astronauts Make Stellar Comeback After 9-Month Space Stay: Thanks to SpaceX!

An image of Williams, Wilmore, Hague, and Gorbunov returning from space.

In a spectacular turn of events, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have triumphantly returned to Earth after an unexpected nine-month sojourn aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Initially slated for a brief eight-day stint to test Boeing’s Starliner capsule, their mission transformed into an extended odyssey due to unforeseen technical hiccups. But fear […]