At the University of California, Berkeley neuroscientists are engaged in activities normally reserved for sci-fi books. They’re using holographic projectors to control the activity of entire groups of neurons at the same time. Though there’s certainly room for abuse, the therapeutic and scientific potential for being able to manipulate the brain in a detailed fashion...
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Some gut bacteria may protect against intestinal infection
Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have for the first time found evidence that the presence of a key species in the human gut microbiome is associated with protection from infection with typhoid fever. If the research is borne out, it could offer an exciting new way to reduce intestinal infections from microbes. The...
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Fringe benefits: Drug side effects could treat human hair loss
Immunofluorescence of β-catenin protein (red) and cell nuclei (blue) in the human hair follicle bulb, the command center for maintaining hair growth. Credit: Dr. Nathan John Hawkshaw A new drug could ease the distress of men and women who suffer from baldness, according to researchers from The University of Manchester’s Centre for Dermatology Research. The study from the...
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Drug Created To Treat Osteoporosis Could Also Be The Cure For Baldness
For many people, going bald can be an embarrassing thing to go through. Whether it’s from stress, male pattern baldness, or simply because a person’s hair may be thinning, it’s tough losing hair, but there could be a solution. A new drug may be able to help men and women who suffer from hair loss. According to researchers from...
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New 3D Handheld Printer Can Heal Deep Wounds At A Faster Rate
The University of Toronto researchers have created a new machine that they believe can heal wounds at a faster rate. The handheld 3D printer prints and deposits layers of tissue that heals deep wounds in a span of two minutes. The Canadian researchers were led by Ph.D. student Navid Hakimi and were under the supervision of Associate Professor Axel Guenther, who...
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Unlocking cancer’s secrets using the ‘social networks’ of cells
Megha Padi, Ph.D., of the UA Cancer Center has developed a method for probing the genetic underpinnings of cancer and other diseases, which could lead to better treatments TUCSON, Ariz. – Recent headlines have cast suspicion on social network analysis, which can mine data from the internet to target advertisements or potentially influence elections. But what...
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Penn engineer make drug microparticles a thousand times faster than ever before
Pharmaceuticals owe their effects mostly to their chemical composition, but the packaging of these drugs into specific physical formulations also need to be done to exact specifications. For example, many drugs are encapsulated in solid microparticles, the size and shape of which determine the timing of the drug’s release and its delivery to specific parts...
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New CAR T case study shows promise in acute myeloid leukemia
First time AML patient in remission nine months following CAR T cell therapy and a bone marrow transplant H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE TAMPA, Fla. – Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell therapy, also known as CAR T therapy, was named the biggest research breakthrough of 2017 by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The personal gene...
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Heart failure: The Alzheimer’s disease of the heart?
Protein clumping may contribute to heart failure development and could be used as a diagnostic tool for testing therapies or disease progression IMAGE: A PET SCAN DETECTS CLUMPING PROTEINS IN RAT HEARTS (TOP). THE ENLARGED HEART (RIGHT) IS ONE WITH HEART FAILURE. OTHER PET SCANS SHOWING BLOOD FLOW IN THE RAT HEARTS Similar to how protein...
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Sirtuin-1 levels linked to lupus
The Cardiometabolic and Kidney Risk ResearchGroup, in collaboration with the Genomic and Genetic Diagnosis Unit of the Health Research Institute of Valencia’s Hospital Clínico, INCLIVA, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Valencia University and the Hospital Clínico’s Internal Medicine Department, have proven that the levels of messenger RNA and proteins of the enzyme Sirtuin-1 in urine...