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New research has shown some schizophrenia to be, in part, genetically determined, which promises new insight into psychiatric illness. But the need for enlightened social policies remains urgent.
The ability to grow neurons in culture has made possible great strides in the field of neuroscience. Advances in optical microscopy, together with techniques involving the retroviral transformation of neuronal precursors and cell fusion, will pave the way for further developments.
Next week, learning and memory, psychotherapeutic drugs and the ion channels of neurons will be the talk of the town at the American Society for Neuroscience meeting in Toronto, Ontario. As a preview to the more than 175 exhibits, we feature products from a neuro-receptor ligand to a magnetometer for mapping the brain.
