Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
The treatment of diabetes requires patients to regularly monitor their blood sugar levels and administer insulin injections; however, if artificial-insulin releasing cells could be introduced, this would greatly improve the…
Scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have used a new method to acquire cells from tissue samples for use in rheumatoid arthritis research, which could help with the development of…
Spanish researchers have proposed a new CrispR-Cas9 delivery mechanism that can be used to introduce the gene editing tool into cells via the endocytic pathway using a peptide vehicle. The…
A clinical trial is due to be conducted using Cerenkov Luminescence Imaging to guide prostate surgery. The trail is being conducted by the Netherlands Cancer Institute, and will use the…
A major development has been announced by researchers at the University of Minnesota, who have successfully used lab-grown blood vessel replacements for kidney dialysis in non-human primates. There is hope…
Stem cells have been used in new therapies to treat a wide range of diseases. Now, a new technique for using stem cell therapy for knee injuries has shown highly…
Researchers at Imperial College, London have discovered one of the hallucinogenic compounds in magic mushrooms – psilocybin – can help reduce symptoms of treatment resistant depression. The researchers administered the…
A closed loop artificial pancreas system is one in which blood sugar levels are monitored and the delivery of insulin is triggered automatically when blood sugar levels spike – mimicking…
A new form of gene therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Using the technique, doctors can reprogram a patient’s immune…
Researchers at the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health have found high doses of vitamin C have potential to be used as a treatment for certain types of leukemia….