Polish company Neuro Device develops a system that enables the rehabilitation of people who have lost the ability to speak. The method based on neurostimulation will help speed up the recovery process of people with aphasia, even during home therapy.

Neuroscientists from Łódź are studying the effects of stress hormones, corticosteroids, on the electrical activity of the brain. They believe that it may be important for understanding the mechanisms of stress-related disorders.

After the period of fever, implantation of cancer cells causes their death, says Prof. Wiesław Kozak from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. The scientist who researches fever notes that this phenomenon has been observed in rodents, but in his opinion it is "probable" also in humans.

Researchers from Wrocław University of Science and Technology are working on markers that will help detect certain diseases more quickly - including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and diabetes.

Artificial saliva designed to help patients with prostheses or problems with the secretion of natural saliva has been patented scientists from Bialystok University of Technology, the Medical University of Bialystok and the company Nantes.

Inconspicuous zebrafish can successfully replace mice or rats in experiments. It currently helps researchers understand the genetic background of scoliosis and the mechanisms of drug addiction, experts said at a press conference in Warsaw.

Polish scientists are working on anticancer application of pirymentamine, a drug created 65 years ago to treat malaria, GLG Pharma announced at a press conference in Warsaw.

The first in Poland and third in the world transplant of corneal epithelial stem cells in a child has been carried out at the District Railway Hospital in Katowice by specialists from the Medical University of Silesia.

About 80 percent people suffering from influenza do not have a fever anymore, says Prof. Wiesław Kozak from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, who has been studying fever for several decades. He adds that by stopping the elevated temperature, we significantly extend the time of serious virus infection.