Category: Medical Research
The Amoeba Dictyostelium Discoideum Used to Synthesize a Precursor to THC
It is not a new finding in our world that microorganisms can help in the production of useful substances including drugs. The penicillin mold, Chrysogenum, is a typical example. …
Scientists Develop Biosensors for Rapid Cancer Therapy Assessment
Patients do not always respond, as desired, to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) inhibitors, and physicians cannot tell this quickly enough. Researchers have now developed biosensors that could make it …
Body Temperature Plays Greater Role than Metabolism in Lifespan, Study Shows
According to researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, body temperature may be a more decisive lifespan modulator than metabolic rate. If you wish to live longer, you may …
The Health Benefits of Homeopathy May Be Overestimated Study Shows
According to one study, much of the scientific research on homeopathy is marred by statistical bias, suggesting that the benefits of these capsules may be overestimated. Homeopathy comes from …
Women That Are Exposed to Lead Are More Likely to Give Birth to Boys
Demography has its own terminology. Among the terms specific to this field of science is sex ratio which indicates the number of males per 100 females at birth. For …Anti Aging Breakthrough: Scientists Reverse Aging in Mice Using the Yamanaka Factors
While some persons desire and long for old age, others wish they could do without aging. As people age, their cells age too. The hair of old people begins …
Genetic Mapping: The First Single-Nucleus Transcriptomic Atlas of the Fruit Fly Completed
One day, in 1910, Thomas Hunt Morgan, an American geneticist, while performing experiments on a particular species of flies made an astounding discovery that changed the trajectory of science …
Ponatinib an FDA-Approved Drug Inhibits RIPK2 a Protein Involved in Prostate Cancer Metastasis
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer that threatens the lives of many men across the globe today. Occurring in over 34,000 men in the U.S alone, doctors are …