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Axion BioSystems Announces Formation of Scientific Advisory Board
April 20, 2021 GMT
ATLANTA (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 20, 2021
Axion BioSystems, a leading life science tools company focused on developing and commercializing label-free, bioelectronic assays used to study the function of live cells
in vitro, announces the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). The SAB will be chaired by Jim Ross, Ph.D., founder and Chief Technology Officer, and will work closely with Axion BioSystems’ management team to help identify and prioritize Axion’s next generation of bioelectronic products.
How we humans became what we are today is a question that scientists have been trying to answer for a long time. How did we evolve such advanced cognitive abilities, giving rise to complex language, poetry and rocket science? In what way is the modern human brain different from those of our closest evolutionary relatives, such as Neanderthals and Denisovans?
By reintroducing ancient genes from such extinct species into human “mini brains” – clusters of stem cells grown in a lab that organise themselves into tiny versions of human brains – scientists have started to find new clues.
Most of what we know about human evolution comes from the study of ancient fossils and bones. We know that Neanderthals and Denisovans diverged from humans around 500,000-600,000 years ago, and that the last Neanderthals didn’t disappear from Europe until about 40,000 years ago.
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While the brain tissue of modern humans are typically smooth and spherical, the tissue created with the ancient genes were smaller and had rough, complex…