Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
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….
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new treatment for acute myeloid leukemia for patients who have specific isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2) gene mutations. Approximately 21,380 individuals are…
Researchers at the UCF College of Medicine’s Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences (BSBS) are using the CRISPR gene editing tool to gain insights into Parkinson’s disease, specifically to monitor the activity…
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers have identified two genes responsible for the congenital heart defect hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). HLHS is a rare structural abnormality in the…
Scientists at the Monash University’ Biomedicine Discovery Institute have provided new insights into the cell signaling pathways used by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), and how the virus is able to…
Yibin Kang, Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology, and colleagues at the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University have identified a microRNA molecule that protects breast cancer stem cells from the…
CRISPR-Cas9 has been shown to have great potential for treating genetic disorders and other diseases in humans and livestock. There is also hope that the gene editing tool could be…
Cancer Research UK has announced it will be conducting tests to determine if the Zika Virus can potentially be used to kill brain tumor cells. The research team, which is…