Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
Two teams of researchers have successfully used CRISPR to correct genetic abnormalities that cause the inherited diseases phenylketonuria (PKU) and hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (HT1). In both studies the researchers…
An antibiotic patented in 1966 that has been widely used to treat bacterial infections in humans, especially those that cause colitis and diarrhoea, could have a new and very different…
Research conducted in the UK and Spain suggests the diphenylbutylpiperidine class anti-psychotic drug Pimozide could potentially be used as a new treatment for triple-negative breast cancer after it was shown…
For the first time, researchers in Japan have created human eggs from stem cells, which could potentially be used to help women who are unable to create their own eggs…
In 2015, researchers identified stem cells in rodents that only give rise to bone, cartilage or stromal cells – the cells in the spongy interior of bone – but the…
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans measure brain activity from changes in blood flow. fMRI scans have many uses and have allowed researchers to study neural signatures associated with suicidal…
Treatment of infections of extensively drug-resistant bacteria is now a major challenge and the problem is getting worse. There are fears that healthcare may soon be returned to the era…
Scientists in China have already conducted clinical trials of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology on humans, but the technology has yet to be green-lighted in the United States. While CRISPR-Cas9 has…
A landmark CRISPR gene editing study has been conducted on dogs with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by researchers at UT Southwestern’s Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine. The researchers have…
Researchers at University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy may have found an potential new treatment for childhood brain cancers such as medulloblastoma…