PRIME is a needle-less injection device that might hit the market soon, thanks to a new commercialization deal Needles are usually seen as a necessary evil, but maybe they don’t have to be. Plenty of painless alternatives are in the works, like microneedle patches, a laser-based device that pushes drugs through the skin as microjets of liquid, and...
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This Temporary Tattoo Is Made From Living Cells
It’s a little more high-tech than the tattoos you might remember fishing out of the bottom of a Cracker Jack box as a kid. Engineers at MIT have developed a temporary tattoo that’s 3-D printed with living ink. The tattoo is made up of bacterial cells that are genetically programmed to light up when exposed to different...
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Exosome Diagnostics May Predict Which Cancers are Invasive (and Which are “Safe”)
During the fall months of cancer campaigning, perhaps the biggest awareness remains in shadow: it is not yet possible to prevent patients from receiving needless treatment. As it stands, conservative estimates have determined that greater than 50% of men and women undergo unnecessary surgery and chemotherapy[1]. Many cancers do not deserve the dreaded name and...
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ALZHEIMER’S SYMPTOMS WORSENED BY CANOLA OIL—AND IT COULD CAUSE ONSET OF DEMENTIA, SCIENTISTS WARN
Cooking with canola oil is extremely common, but a new study might make you think before subbing it in for the ever-popular olive. Researchers from Temple University found that canola decreased learning ability, inhibited memory and led to weight gain for mice with Alzheimer’s disease. Canola oil may worsen the symptoms and onset of dementia,...
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Is this the formula for reversing type 2 diabetes?
The first-year results of a clinical trial have shown that almost half of people partaking in an intensive weight management program delivered through primary care achieved remission of their type 2 diabetes without medication. A trial has shown that type 2 diabetes is reversible if weight is lost and kept off. The trial, which...