La mejor ciencia para mentes hambrientas
Long disregarded as a party drug, loved by hippies and alternative thinkers, LSD has been recently demonstrated to be much more than that. Being useful as anti depressive and in therapy against PTSD and other traumas. Now, another “power” of LSD has been uncovered: it potentiates brain plasticity, thereby improving memory and other cognitive processes….
In previous articles we introduced the potential of caloric restriction (CR), that is a reduction of between 20-40% of the normal caloric intake, to extend lifespan and improve the healthspan, thereby delaying the onset of aging related diseases. But, is CR recommended for everyone? Today we review caloric restriction in the context of disease. While…
la reprogramación celular parece el próximo milagro médico del siglo, ya que en principio debería ser útil tanto para reparar órganos que no funcionan como deberían o incluso reemplazarlos. ¿podría servir también contra el envejecimiento? A finales del pasado año un articulo demostró por primera vez que la misma estrategia empleada para la reprogramación celular, esto es,…
Reprogramming is considered to be the potential medical miracle of the century, it should in principle help repair malfunctioning organs, or even replace them. But could it also be good for aging? Late last year an article showed for the first time how the same strategy used for cell reprogramming, that is, to return mature…
Such a common question to break the ice among strangers can be really problematic when your job is actually doing science, and even more if you do it with animals. Because behind that exclamation: Neuroscience, how cool! comes the next question: but what exactly? So today I am going to try explain what I do…
This is an article I wrote for Nature Careers explaining why we scientists do what we do, (which is nearly masochistic, at least sometimes) from my personal perspective and based on my experience so far. Enjoy! “Here is my confession: I am hooked on Science. I tried quitting, living a normal life, you know,…
Desde que me instalé en Alemania uno de mis caballos de batalla está siendo el del plurilingüismo. Más de uno ha dado cuenta de los errores que cometo en mi propia lengua materna y aunque no podría asegurarlo con certeza absoluta si he observado que en los últimos años cuanto más frecuentemente he hablado en…