Category: Health Condition
Cambridge Scientists Make a Discovery That Could Increase the Number of Kidneys Available for Transplantation
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in changing the blood type of dead people’s kidneys. A revolutionary discovery that could increase the number of kidneys available for organ …Boston University: Aldosterone Involved in Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease affects more than 9% of the world’s population, representing a prevalence of nearly 700 million cases. A team of researchers showed that aldosterone, a steroid hormone …Chronic Back Pain Can Be Managed by Stimulating the Autonomic Nervous System
Aging comes with a lot of changes in the human body – cells weaken and break down faster, bones become weaker, and standing for hours becomes difficult. For some …Researchers Working To Find New Effective Treatments For Tuberculosis
Treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections is difficult, especially with the emergence of strains that are drug-resistant. Researchers led by University of Oklahoma professor Helen Zgurskaya are now working to …
New AI System Developed That Can Quickly Pinpoint Sepsis Occurrence
It is normal for the body’s immune system to respond to the invasion of foreign bodies via inflammation, such as during an infection. However, during sepsis, this response to …How the Regenerative Properties of Glioblastoma Can Be Terminated
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) or simply glioblastoma, is a type of cancer characterized by the growth of an aggressive neoplasm (tumor) in the brain or spinal cord. This type of …
Hemophilia B Treatment Now Has a Lot of Potential Thanks to Novel Liver-Directed AAV Gene Therapy
Hemophilia B is an X-linked inherited bleeding illness. It results from gene changes that code for the protein coagulation factor IX (F9). These gene changes result in less protein …
Scientists Create Biohybrid Model That Could Aid in Creating Human Hearts
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) report that they have developed a biohybrid model that reconstructs the heart muscles’ helical structure, …