Using tiny micromotors to diagnose and treat disease in the human body could soon be a reality. But keeping these devices intact as they travel through the body remains a hurdle. Now in a st... Read more
In 2016, UC Berkeley engineers demonstrated the first implanted, ultrasonic neural dust sensors, bringing closer the day when a Fitbit-like device could monitor internal nerves, muscles or o... Read more
The new cells prevented the onset of diabetes in an animal model of the disease bringing personalized cell therapy for diabetes closer. Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and the Univers... Read more
Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School and Boston University have successfully shown neuroprotection in a Parkinson’s mouse model using new techniques to deliver dru... Read more
Muscular dystrophy, which affects approximately 250,000 people in the U.S., occurs when damaged muscle tissue is replaced with fibrous, fatty or bony tissue and loses function. For years, sc... Read more
UCLA-led research on telomerase could lead to new strategies for treating disease An enzyme called telomerase plays a significant role in aging and most cancers, but until recently many aspe... Read more
Scientific experiments with the herpesvirus such as the one that causes Marek’s disease in poultry have confirmed, for the first time, the highly controversial theory that some vaccine... Read more
Scientists who have discovered the mechanism of a protein that suppresses inflammation in the body, say the information could potentially be used to develop new drugs to control inflammation... Read more
A research consortium headed by Professor Hossam Haick of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is developing a product that, when coupled with a smartphone, will be able to screen the... Read more
Protection from chemotherapy immunosuppression indicates effect could be conserved in humans In the first evidence of a natural intervention triggering stem cell-based regeneration of an org... Read more
Worldwide, life expectancy of older people continues to rise. By 2020, for the first time in history, the number of people aged 60 years and older will outnumber children younger than 5 year... Read more
No longer just fantastical fodder for sci-fi buffs, cyborg technology is bringing us tangible progress toward real-life electronic skin, prosthetics and ultraflexible circuits. Now taking th... Read more
A Montreal team of researchers has found a genetic variant that protects against and delays the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The study revealed that certain natural and frequent genetic var... Read more
Scientists have identified a set of 10 proteins in the blood which can predict the onset of Alzheimer’s, marking a significant step towards developing a blood test for the disease. The study... Read more
Their discovery may one day lead to new treatments for many common autoimmune diseases. Researchers at the University of Georgia report in the Journal of Biological Chemistry that an enzyme... Read more
