Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona and Barcelona’s August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) have identified a mechanism involved in the regulation of cholesterol movement…
A potential new treatment for male infertility is being tested by researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) Emory University School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh. They will…
The injection of stem cells into the hearts of patients who have suffered a heart attack can help the heart to heal. Currently clinical trials are underway to test this…
Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have discovered a protein that causes blood stem cells to renew at twelve times the rate in vitro. The discovery could…
Image source: Tyler Harvey, Carnegie Institution of Sciences. There is often a long road to recovery when a tendon is injured, during which time patients may continue to experience considerable…
Researchers at the University of Houston have identified a new biomarker for lung cancer stem cells. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) or tumor-initiating cells (TICs) are cells that have similar abilities…
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Only around 5% of patients diagnosed with this form of cancer survive more than 5 years after diagnosis. Pancreatic cancer…
Researchers have long been searching for a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease that will allow the disease to be detected before patients start exhibiting symptoms. Damage to the brain occurs long…
Phase 2 clinical trials testing a new treatment for celiac disease are well underway and have shown it may be possible for patients with the celiac disease to reintroduce gluten…
It is advantageous to know what specific DNA mutations have led to the development of cancer, as this informs treatment decisions. Certain treatments will be much more effective at treating…