Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
3D printers can be used to create artificial bones with high tensile strength out of inorganic material, but when it comes to printing biological materials that require flexibility, there are…
Researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa have studied the effect of HIV on the brain and have shown that in the early stages of infection, HIV does impact…
A Parkinson’s disease treatment that involves replacing dead cells in the brain with healthy cells has potential to reduce the progression of the disease, although while the treatment should be…
A potential new treatment for tinnitus has been developed that can reduce symptoms of the disorder. The new treatment also has potential to eliminate symptoms. Researchers at the Department of…
FDA guidance on regenerative medicine has been issued covering the allowable uses of novel cellular therapies, when the use of such therapies is exempt from FDA regulation, and how the…
The damaging effect of alcohol on brain stem cells has been investigated by researchers at the University of Texas in Galveston. The study shows alcohol kills brain stem cells and…
Spinal cord injury often results in permanent impairment of limb function, although human stem cells have been used to repair spinal cord injury in rats. Scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute…
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) can show thought patterns associated with cognitive processes, but can fMRI identify suicidal thoughts? Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, where thought identification using fMRI was…
fMRI scans on ADHD patients suggest that rather than being a single condition, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder includes multiple disorders – with each displaying common symptoms caused by different neurobiological…
One of the biggest problems in medicine, and one which has potential to become a worldwide health crisis, is bacterial resistance to antibiotics. When our antibiotics cease to be effective,…