New research has shed more light on the worsening of type 2 diabetes in patients. Research conducted by scientists at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine has recently found that the worsening of type 2 diabetes is due to the function of brain insulin. Their studies have proven that the impaired brain insulin action is [...]
In a revolutionary development, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., a leading biotechnology company applying cellular technology in the field of regenerative medicine, has announced that it has gotten the go ahead for developing its single-blastomere technique. The company has been issued a patent for its single-blastomere technology that provides an alternative manner of deriving human embryonic [...]
You must have heard this saying a million times in your life! However, new research has emerged which actually proves that an apple a day will not just keep the doctor away, but also increase your lifespan. Researchers have announced that they have discovered the first evidence that consumption of a healthful antioxidant substance in [...]
Every vaccine scientist wants to discover just one thing – how to stimulate immunity that lasts for a lifetime! There are many live vaccines, such as the ones for smallpox and yellow fever that are able to stimulate immunity against the disease that lasts for many decades. However, in spite of the success of such [...]
In a new breakthrough for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease, three research groups have separately reported the discovery of new cardiovascular disease (CAD) risk genes. The international Coronary Artery Disease Genome-Wide Replication and Meta-Analysis (CARDIoGRAM) consortium carried out a meta-analysis of 14 prior genome-wide association studies involving some 87,000 individuals of European ancestry. [...]
A new study has shown that children who grow up in urban areas are more likely to suffer from asthma as compared to children who grow up on farms. Dr. Markus Ege and Professor Erika von Mutius at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) along with an international team of researchers have recently published a large-scale study that proves [...]
While it might seem unbelievable, MIT engineers have announced that they have managed to design a new type of nanoparticles that could effectively and safely deliver vaccines for diseases such as malaria and HIV. HIV is known to be one of the biggest killers in the world and till now no one has been able [...]
Many developing countries are fighting the battle against malaria, with thousands of people dying every year due to malaria. Now, new research from the University of Maryland has indicated that a genetically engineered fungus might actually be able to cure malaria. The research team has proposed that a genetically engineered fungus carrying genes for [...]
In a breakthrough in neonatal technology, research has proved that the heart muscles of a newborn baby have the ability to grow back on its own. This promising discovery was revealed by researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, who discovered that the mammalian newborn heart can heal itself completely.
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc., a major manufacturer of adult stem cell technologies and therapeutics, has recently announced how with the use of its NurOwn™ technology platform, it has developed a way in which intramuscular transplantation of autologous, astrocyte-like cells that manufacture and secrete neurotrophic factors (NTFs), preserved motor function, preserved the myelinated motor axons in [...]
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