Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
Researchers at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) have characterized a new pathway involved in fibroblast activation and myofibroblast formation, which provides clues as to how pathological fibrosis…
Botanical medicines have been used for tens of thousands of years as a treatment for specific ailments such as high blood pressure, although the mechanisms by which these plant extracts…
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection used to be a death sentence; however today, thanks to antiretroviral therapy, patients with HIV can live long and healthy lives without developing acquired immune…
A team of researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco have developed a potential cure for the common cold and a range of other diseases. The…
New research suggests the use of CRISPR to edit mutations in muscle stem cells (MuSCs) could be an effective long-term treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a genetic…
Researchers at Scripps Research Institute have identified a biomarker for type 1 diabetes using single cell analysis techniques that could be used to diagnose patients during the pre-diabetic stage of…
A study led by Dennis Drayna, Ph.D of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) has provided insights into the neurological deficits associated with stuttering and the…
A chlamydia vaccine developed Copenhagen-based research institute, Statens Serum Institut (SSI), has been shown to be safe to use in humans. Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection….
Researchers have found a link between motor neurone disease and the gut microbiome. The research suggests microbes in the gut can exacerbate symptoms of motor neurone disease and some have…
There have been several successful attempts at creating cerebral organoids artificially in the lab. Now, a team of researchers in Japan have gone one step further and have demonstrated their…