Category: Health News
The Battle of the Sexes Starts in the Womb: Guess What the Fight Is Over!
A new life begins when a sperm with paternal genes fertilizes the egg with maternal genes. Normally, one would expect the paternal and maternal genes to peacefully cohabit till …
Severe Lung Injuries Bring About Abnormal Stem Cell Repair UCSF Study Shows
New research reveals that severe lung injuries from diseases such as COVID-19 and pulmonary fibrosis can initiate anomalous differentiation of stem cells in the lung, thus inhibiting the regaining …
Study Suggests Growing Organs in Lab for Transplantation Closer to Reality
Scientists have been exploring the idea of growing organs outside the human body for transplantation procedures but nothing concrete has come yet. However, new research by a team from …
Those Who Start Smoking Cannabis before the Age of 16 Twice as Likely to Experience Unemployment in Adulthood
Of the 17.1 million young Europeans who used cannabis, 40 percent were French, aged 15 to 24, according to a study by the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and …New Way to Test for Consciousness in Humans, Animals, and Artificial Intelligence
The topic of consciousness has been subject to debates and controversies for quite a long time. According to the Oxford Dictionary, consciousness is the state of being aware of …Batteryless Device Based on the Piezo-Triboelectric Effect Can Treat Hearing Loss
The World Health Organization describes deafness as the inability to hear sounds of 20dB or more in both ears. At present, 430 million people in the world have hearing …Lizard Study Reveals Simple Mechanics of Breathing That Could Revolutionize Artificial Lungs Engineering
The human lung is quite a very complex structure. Multiple branchings here and there, complex mechanisms of gaseous exchange, and the like. This arrangement has made it challenging to …