99.8 % accuracy of the new methods that can read lengthy sections of genetic material is quite impressive. These methods can reduce the time needed to analyse DNA data, which could speed up genetic studies. However, a new research from the University of Edinburgh revealed that even 99.8 % accuracy equates to millions of mistakes...
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Proving Painsomnia is Real: A Case Study
Living with Painsomnia It doesn’t matter if it is 11pm or 2am. Anyone seeking solidarity during a long night awake with pain can find a virtual friend on the Twitter #Painsomnia hashtag or by mentioning it on other tags frequented by people living with a chronic disease. Painsomnia is a patient-generated term for the vicious...
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Experimental Procedure Could Help Cure Sickle Cell Disease
Is gene therapy the answer to sickle cell disease? An experimental treatment that promises to correct the condition at the genetic level has already shown great promise in a clinical trial. Researchers reported that a patient who has gone through gene therapy to cure sickle cell disease no longer experiences symptoms and has an increased...
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Smart, self-powered knee implants could reduce number of knee replacement surgeries
Knee replacement surgery is the most common joint replacement procedure, with the number of surgeries increasing every year. Many of those surgeries are done to replace an older implant or one that has worn out. Increasingly, this surgery is being performed for younger, more active patients who are faced with a dilemma. When they undergo...
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Emerging evidence of an impending Parkinson’s disease pandemic identified
Amsterdam, NL, January 29, 2019 – For most of human history Parkinson’s disease (PD) has been a rare disorder. However, demography and the by-products of industrialization are now contributing to an impending Parkinson’s pandemic, according to experts writing in a supplement to the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease. They say that this pandemic can be addressed...
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Can the tongue microbiome help diagnose pancreatic cancer?
Pancreatic cancer is typically an aggressive form of the disease, with a fairly low 5-year survival rate. Diagnosing pancreatic cancer in its early stages could help people receive treatment more quickly, but what kind of test would work best? doctor examining tongue The specific bacterial abundance on a person’s tongue may indicate the presence of...
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Intensive BP treatment does not reduce dementia risk
Jeff D. Williamson, M.D., M.H.S., from the Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and colleagues randomly assigned adults aged 50 years or older with hypertension to a systolic BP goal of <120 mm Hg (4,678 participants) or <140 mm Hg (4,683 participants). (HealthDay)—Treating systolic blood pressure (BP) to a goal of less...
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New cell model of most common form of Alzheimer’s points to molecular causes, drug target
Harvard Medical School geneticists have created a new model-in-a-dish of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease, which accounts for more than 90 percent of Alzheimer’s cases and tends to strike people without a family history of the disease. Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: public domain The model marks the first time researchers have identified the same molecular abnormalities across multiple...
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An Israeli pharmaceutical company is claiming it will have a “complete cure for cancer” within the next year
Cure All An Israeli pharmaceutical company is claiming it will have a “complete cure for cancer” within the next year. The company is Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies (AEBi), and based on the claims of its board chairman Dan Aridor, the treatment it’s working on sounds nothing short of revolutionary. “Our cancer cure will be effective from...
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A CURE FOR CANCER? ISRAELI SCIENTISTS SAY THEY THINK THEY FOUND ONE
A small team of Israeli scientists think they might have found the first complete cure for cancer. Cancer cells [illustrative]. (photo credit: PIXABAY) “We believe we will offer in a year’s time a complete cure for cancer,” said Dan Aridor, of a new treatment being developed by his company, Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies Ltd. (AEBi), which...