Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
A promising new inkjet bioprinting technique has been developed by researchers in Japan that solves many of the challenges of printing bioinks into solid structures. One of the main…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new form of gene therapy for inherited blindness. This is the first time a directly administered gene therapy has been approved…
Stem cell harvesting from amniotic fluid could allow large numbers of stem cells to be easily obtained for use in the treatment of diseases and medical research. When Caesarean deliveries…
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…
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…
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…
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…