Dreams Decoded - Scientist Turn Dreams Into Short Films With Brain Scans!
Dreams are to fulfill them in real life. Many times our dreams are secret and we don’t like to share them. But it is interesting fact that, they will not remain secret in future and can be scanned!...
View ArticleCancer Immunotherapy Set for Human Trials
Few statements in medical science are met with as much skepticism as the words, “We found a cure for cancer.” Cancer is a description given to more than 100 distinct diseases, affecting almost every...
View ArticleEvolution of Broadly Neutralizing Anti-HIV Antibodies and Vaccine Development
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes a chronic infection of a type of immune cell, called CD4+ T cells. Vaccines against HIV have so far been elusive, due mainly to the fact that HIV is a...
View ArticleItaly's Stem Cell controversy
Italian research foundation like 'Stamina' have raised ethical questions, even legal ramifications and protests to a certain level. Stem cell research has become quite popular in the last few years....
View ArticleBiological computing – Organic nanotechnology
Nanotechnology has excited the public’s eye ever since Eric Drexler detailed its possibilities in his 1986 book “Engines of Creation”. Much research had been done in the past 20 years regarding this...
View ArticleLaser Treatment for Cocaine Addiction in Rats
Drug abuse is one of the prevailing social problems of this age, and has proven difficult for scientists to tackle over the years. From behavioral therapies to lobotomy and substitute substances, the...
View ArticleBiomimicing tissues using 3-D printed lipid droplets
Biomimicry is a field of biotechnology long present in the scientific world. Copying existing mechanisms present in organisms has been around since technology first evolved, thus in some sense it...
View ArticleDerivation of adult stem cells from the human intestine
Intestinal diseases have presented a big problem in medicine up until now. Cellular death in the intestine caused by several diseases such as celiac disease, radiation and chemo therapy has proven to...
View ArticleChallenges and Limitations of Tissue Engineering
Organ and tissue transplantation in developed countries is in steady increase. There are whole networks in some parts of the world, and these methods have significantly prolonged lives of many people....
View ArticleObesity and Neurons - Obesity treatment by manipulating neural pathways
A new study has shown that the reason some people can eat apparently what they want, get no exercise and still not gain weight, might be neurological. The study shows that people with a high-fat diet...
View ArticleThe Genetics of Obesity - New Obesity Genes Located
Obesity has presented itself as the modern world disease, with stunning calculations; nearly 30% of all non-violent deaths are caused or closely tied to obesity and associated health risks. Childhood...
View ArticleIsis and Roche form an alliance to combat Huntington's
Huntington’s disease is an inherited genetic disorder affecting the brain that leads to progressive loss of both mental and physical faculty, motor control and psychiatric problems. It is an autosomal...
View ArticleOvarian Cancer Vaccine - Clinical Trials Raise Treatment Possibility
Promising Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Shows Efficacy in Early Clinical Trials. Currently, most cancer treatments involve chemotherapy and radiation. Both of these therapies target rapidly-replicating cells...
View ArticleSociological Impacts and Ethical implications of Personalized Medicine
Personalized health-care is becoming more and more apparent as the future of medicine. The benefits are apparent, and the scientific and health-related impacts have been discussed many times over....
View ArticleIncreasing Use of Stem Cells in Veterinary Medicine
Pet owners can be willing to go to great lengths to care for their companions. Thanks to rapidly improving medical advancements, along with more reasonable pricing, animals are able to receive benefits...
View ArticleAutism Treatment - New technologies give hope to patients
New molecular technologies lead to new findings and possible treatment concerning Autism. Autism is a neurological development disorder causing impaired social interaction and communication and...
View ArticleBetter Outcome for IVF Frozen Embryos
Freezing of human embryos (cryopreservation) became an important part of the program of medical procedures in the treatment of the infertile couples. Recent research shows that the freezing of embryos...
View ArticleUse of Anti-Prion Antibody in Ovarian Cancer
Prion (a combined, shortened, and mis-spelled form of protein of infection) is a name given to a misfolded protein that is generally associated with neurological disease. Prions have been associated...
View ArticleAdvances in Predictive Human Toxicity – Cryoperserved Human Hepatocytes
Adverse drug reactions are a big problem in pharmacy and medicine. With a striking death-toll of nearly one quarter of all disease related deaths worldwide, it certainly is a big target for innovative...
View ArticleGene Patents Suit to be Heard by Supreme Court
The Human Genome Project, a large collaboration of scientists to sequence all of the base pairs of DNA in the human genome, was launched with the hope that the information gathered could revolutionize...
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