Category: Medical Research
Pancreatic Cancer Treatment: Modified T Cells Show Strong Anti-Tumor Properties
Pancreatic cancer a death sentence Pancreatic cancer is a disease with a very poor prognosis. Only a handful of patients are still alive after five years. German researchers are …
Muscle Mass Enhancement: Yamanaka Factors Accelerate Muscle Regeneration in Mice
Scientists from the Salk Institute published a study in Nature Communications recently that focused on enhancing muscle regeneration in mice using various molecular compounds. Loss of muscle mass occurs …
New Research in Mice Shows the Potential Of Base Editing for Treating Sickle Cell Disease
A recently published article presented a new form of treatment for sickle cell disease in mice. Researchers from the Broad Institute, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital used a new …
University of Maryland Scientists Test Methylene Blue as Sunscreen
Sunscreens are an essential part of summer vacations. However, the chemicals contained in some of them may be harmful to the environment and health. Researchers at the University of …
Northwestern University Researchers Create a New Biomaterial That Can Be Used to Grow Neurons
Researchers from Northwestern University developed a new kind of biomaterial that can be 3D printed and can imitate features of the brain tissue. This is a step towards incredible …
Declining Sperm Count in Western Men Does Not Necessarily Mean a Decline in Fertility
Recent studies have shown that sperm counts in men are declining, especially in Western countries, leading to apocalyptic predictions about the possible extinction of the human species. But Harvard …
A New Brain-Computer Interface to Help Patients with ALS and Spinal Cord Injuries Communicate
A new brain-computer interface (BCI) was developed recently that is believed to be quicker and more accurate than the previous BCIs and it uses handwriting as an underlying principle …Scientists Make Embryos That Are Part Human, Part Monkey
Scientists working in China and the U.S. have successfully grown chimeric embryos that were created by injecting human cells into the embryos of monkeys for a considerable length of …