Newly regenerated muscle fibers. Accelerated healing isn’t just for superheroes. A new study in Cell Reports suggests a way that mere mortals can potentially speed their recovery from a wide variety of injuries. “Our research shows that by priming the body before an injury, you can speed the process of tissue repair and recovery, similar to...
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AI-powered diagnostic device takes out Tricoder XPrize
Launched in 2012, Qualcomm Tricoder XPrize tasked competing teams with a developing a portable and versatile medical diagnostics machine that would give people “unprecedented access” to information about their health. The contest has been won by an AI powered device awarded top honors and US $ 2.5 million for tis trouble. This Xprize – a...
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Are tumor cells Glutamine addicts?
Most cancers require large amounts of glutamine for rapid growth and there are numerous studies indicating that they cannot survive without it, a phenomenon termed ad “glutamine addiction”. This led to the idea that preventing tumors from glutamine uptake could be a potential therapeutic strategy. Researchers from Berlin and Wurzburg, Germany conclude that glutamine deprivation...
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Specialized blood vessels enhance tumor-fighting Immunotherapy
Researchers from VIB and KU Leuven, together with colleagues from the University of California and the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research have demonstrated that, anti-angiogenic therapy can improve immune boosting treatments. The combination of these two therapies result in the growth of specialized vessels that deliver cancer-fighting immune cells to the tumor, potentially leading...
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Immune system could identify changes in cancer antigen
A new study has identified novel mechanisms where T cells may be able to differentiate an emerging class of targets specifically increased on Cancer cells. Researchers from the University of Virginia and Brimingham have published their study in Oncotarget, focuses on how immune system recognizes protein targets that are modified by phosphorylation- it is known...
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Defeating cancer using Gene regulation
Scientists are finding ways to put on and off genes as a means of battling cancer, which would eventually lead to highly personalized treatment for cancer at the genetic level. Such methods could shut down cancer’s defenses against medications. The code treatment; The molecular insight into our own DNA is now possible through a field...
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Th17 cells could facilitate wider clinical use of adoptive Immunotherapy
Researchers at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) report that long-term expansion protocols for adoptive cancer immunotherapy does not compromise Th17 cells’ effectiveness against large tumors in the March 9.2017 issue of JCI insight. This is a significant finding because rapid expansion protocols (REPs) that are used to produce sufficient CD8+ T cell numbers for...
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The Future of the Human Brain: Smart Drugs and Nootropics
A Scientific Way of Enhancing Performance? Futurism curates the products that could help reshape our world. Learn more about Qualia and ‘smart drugs’ here. Doing research to define what nootropics are is kind of like asking Tekkies which VPN is the best one to use. You get an avalanche of responses from a group of people who are...
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Mighty morphed brain cells cure Parkinson’s in mice, but human trials still far off
Using a trick from stem-cell science, researchers got mice with a version of Parkinson’s disease to walk almost normally. Mice that walk straight and fluidly don’t usually make scientists exult, but these did: The lab rodents all had a mouse version of Parkinson’s disease and only weeks before had barely been able to lurch and...
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Origin of Blood
Summary: Scientists have developed a new understanding of how the first blood cells form during human development as they transition from endothelial cells to form blood cells of different types. Scientists at Lund University, Sweden have developed a new understanding of how the first blood cells form during human embryogenesis as they show transition from...