By Claudia Wallis on January 7, 2021 Kishore Nath holds a vaccination card provided to residents who have been given the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Viamonte, a retirement community in Walnut Creek, Calif., on December 30, 2020. Credit: Carlos Avila Gonzalez Getty Images Operation Warp Speed has certainly lived up to its name. The arrival of the first coronavirus vaccines...
MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IMAGE: AN ILLUSTRATION OF WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS RELATED TO CANNABIS USE CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN More than half of people who use medical marijuana products to ease pain also experience clusters of multiple withdrawal symptoms when they’re between uses, a new study finds. And about 10% of the patients taking...
Resveratrol and derived molecules were for a time excessively hyped as a means to trigger some of the beneficial metabolic response produced by calorie restriction, by acting on sirtuins, and thus have a positive impact on aging. The company Sirtris was founded to develop this area of research into a therapeutic, its backers did a great deal to promote the aforementioned excessive...
Senolytic drugs are those capable of selectively destroying senescent cells. A range of such therapies are at various stages of development, including those that have reached initial human clinical trials. Senescent cell accumulation is an important cause of degenerative aging, and the removal of such cells via senolytic treatments has been shown to produce rejuvenation and extension of life in animal...
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO IMAGE: THE BRAZILIAN RESEARCH GROUP USED EPIGENETIC MODULATORS TO TRY TO ‘ERASE’ THE DAMAGE DONE BY STRESS TO NEUROPLASTICITY. THE STUDY SHOWED THAT ACUTE INTERVENTION IN EPIGENETIC MECHANISMS PRODUCES ANTIDEPRESSANT-LIKE EFFECTS MORE RAPIDLY THAN CONVENTIONAL DRUGS. CREDIT: FCFRP-USP By Karina Ninni | Agência FAPESP – Treatment...
By Michael Irving January 06, 2021 Scientists may have discovered new evidence explaining the cellular mechanism for how birds and other animals can navigate using the Earth’s magnetic fieldzizar/Depositphotos One of the most remarkable “sixth” senses in the animal kingdom is magnetoreception – the ability to detect magnetic fields – but exactly how it works...
by John Anderer ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Herbal medicine and science don’t always overlap, but a new study finds ginger root may be an effective supplemental treatment option for certain autoimmune diseases. Researchers from the University of Michigan report the main bioactive ingredient in ginger (6-gingerol) therapeutically counters the mechanism responsible for some autoimmune diseases in mice. Researchers focused...
by Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: CC0 Public Domain Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex, a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of noncancerous tumors in multiple organs of the body, have limited treatment options. A team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has now shown that gene therapy can effectively treat mice that express one...
January 3, 2021by Kyle Melnick This German lower-body exosuit aims to revolutionize man-machine interfaces. Despite the considerable advances in immersive technology these past few years, simulating physical locomotion in a virtual environment remains one of the most difficult aspects of developing interactive VR content. And while many of these omnidirectional treadmills, such as the Omni One and KAT WALK...
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IMAGE: DR. SUNG II PARK’S PADDLE-SHAPED DEVICE CONSISTS OF A HARVESTOR THAT CONTAINS MICROCHIPS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION. THE HARVESTOR ALSO PRODUCES CURRENTS TO POWER LEDS INSERTED NEAR THE END OF THE SHAFT CREDIT: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Gastric bypass surgery is sometimes the last resort for those who struggle with...
