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Deaf Children Are First Humans to Have Hearing Pathway Restored in Dramatic Demonstration of New Gene Therapy
In China, a true medical breakthrough has been achieved in a human trial that had as many as 10 children born deaf have their...
Groundbreaking Immunization Against Lyme Disease Takes Aim at the Microbiomes of Ticks and Mosquitoes
The glory days for some of the most debilitating pathogenic diseases may be numbered thanks to a new class of immunizations that change the...
Simple Blood Test for ‘Silent Killer’ Ovarian Cancer on the Horizon After Discovery of 3 Telltale Proteins
A simple blood test for ovarian cancer is on the horizon now that three telltale proteins have been discovered.
Scientists captured them from samples using...
This Fabric Is Designed to Block Mosquito Bites
In a potentially huge development for fashion in tropical countries, an entomologist has come up with a Spandex-polyester weave that's impermeable to the proboscis...
Physical Activity and Sedentary Lifestyle Have Greater Impact on Lifespan Than Our Genes
Shakespeare once wrote "The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves."
Concurring with the Bard, a recent paper in the journal...
Breakthrough Obesity Treatment in Early Research Can Target Bad Fat Anywhere in the Body
Folks struggling with obesity might wonder that with all the medical miracles modern technology has produced, how come there isn't a more sure-fire way...
Vaccine that Could Cure and Even Prevent Brain Cancer Developed by Scientists
In Boston, a potentially-revolutionary treatment for deadly brain cancer is showing promising early signs in mice both for the eradication and prevention of tumors...
Lab-Grown Blood Given to People in World-First Clinical Trial
British scientists have grown human red blood cells in a lab for the first time, and conducted a clinical trial to give it to...
Genetic Heart Conditions Could be Cured for First Time with Single Jab – It’s a ‘Defining Moment’
Armed with a big research grant, a crack team of scientists will seek to develop an injectable gene therapy to cure one of the...
Scientists Discover Genetic Cause of Lupus, a Chronic Autoimmune Disease
An international team of researchers has identified a cause of the autoimmune disease lupus within the DNA mutations of a gene that senses viral...
Fun Facts to Celebrate First Nobel Prizes 120 Years Ago: Youngest Laureate, First Woman, Most Wins, Who Declined?
PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Fisher Rare Book Library
120 years ago tomorrow, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded, including the first one in Physics for the...
Red Light Therapy Could Improve Your Eyesight After it Declines Due to Age
The simple of act of staring at a deep-red or near infrared light source for about three minutes was found to be enough to...
Implanted Electrodes Could Offer Improved Vision for 148 Million Blind People
A "long-held dream" of science was realized when a team of researchers from Spain and Utah coordinated to restore basic vision to a blind...
Scientists Develop Personalized Anti-Cancer Vaccine That Works in Mice
A research team in Montreal has been busy developing a personalized anti-cancer vaccine that works in mice.
At the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre...
Doctor Determines Perfect Prescriptions For Stage 4 Cancer: With Functional Profiling His Results Are ‘Stunning’
A pioneering California oncologist is doubling the success rates for cancer treatment—and one mom was so thrilled with her outcome that she reached out...
Green Tea Compound Could Hold The Key to Beating Cancer, Says Compelling New Study of ‘EGCG’
Green tea has been consumed in China for 4,000 years—and one of its compounds may hold the key to staving off cancer, according to...
Scientists Develop Ultra-Precise Lasers to Remove Cancers Without Damaging Healthy Tissue
Scottish scientists have developed a system of lasers that melt away cancer cells without damaging normal healthy cells.
The revolutionary treatment relies on a series...
Potential Drug Candidate Emerges as Llama Antibodies Found to Neutralize COVID-19’s Spike Protein
In looking for methods to block or neutralize the spike protein of COVID-19, nanobodies, an immune cell found in llamas, has been shown to do just that.
Dogs Trained to Sniff Out COVID-19 Score Near-Perfect in Diagnosis of Human Sweat Samples
In a French study, detection dogs were trained to sniff out the smell of COVID-19 on the armpit sweat of infected patients—and they were near perfect.
First Sickle Cell Disease Patient Treated With Gene-Edited Cells Experiences Significant Improvement
The first ever sickle cell patient to be treated with genetically-modified cells has experienced a significant improvement against the disease.