Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
A recent clinical trial has confirmed the drug Ibudilast reduces brain shrinkage in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a condition affecting the brain and spinal cord. The…
Sufferers of depression may soon benefit from a new treatment that has been shown to speed up recovery. Using the new technique, termed fMRI neurofeedback training, patients showed a 40%…
Functional brain cells – astrocytes – play an important role in normal brain function. The star-shaped glial cells are also known to play a role in the development of neurodegenerative…
There are a range of CRISPR systems in nature that protect against DNA damage, such as changes to DNA made by viruses, of which CRISPR-Cas9 is just one. The Cas9…
Probiotics are believed to have benefits for digestive health, especially when the microbiome in the gut has been disrupted due to illness or treatment with antibiotics, although evidence to support…
Scientists at the University of Adelaide have shown that it is possible to use stem cells to replace defective cells in the airways of mice with cystic fibrosis, offering hope…
Researchers at the Otonkoski Lab at the University of Helsinki, the Karolinska Institute, and King’s College London are the first to successfully convert human skin cells into induced pluripotent stem…
The CRISPR gene editing system allows scientists to make edits to DNA – removing damaged or malfunctioning genes and inserting new genetic material into the DNA. The CRISPR gene editing…
A new Smart bandage has been developed by scientists at Tufts University that can monitor how chronic wounds are healing and can deliver antibiotics and other drugs directly to the…
Image credit: Xiulan Yang/Murry Lab, UW Medicine Globally, heart failure is the leading cause of death and is most commonly the result of heart attacks. Heart attacks cause the death…