health

2023 roundup: 5 of our most important cancer research stories of the year

Posted in Medicine, Science on 20th Dec, 2023
by Alex Muller

2023 has been a big year for Cancer Research UK.

Ozempic Drug May Add Addiction Treatment To Its Growing List Of Uses

Posted in Medicine, Science on 29th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller

Semaglutide was associated with a decrease in drug and alcohol consumption, and anecdotally, many patients taking the drug report a decrease in the urge to drink.

Speed Counts When Walking To Beat Diabetes, Says New Study

Posted in Medicine, Science on 29th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller

"While current strategies to increase total walking time are beneficial, it may also be reasonable to encourage people to walk at faster speeds to further increase the health benefits of walking."

Zombie Cells Have A Weakness. An Experimental Anti-Aging Therapy Exploits It.

Posted in Medicine, Science on 29th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller

It's a promising alternative to existing methods for wiping out senescent cells.

An AI Tool Just Revealed Almost 200 New Systems For CRISPR Gene Editing

Posted in Medicine, Science on 29th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller

This month, a team at MIT and Harvard led by CRISPR pioneer Dr. Feng Zhang took inspiration from an existing big-data approach and used AI to narrow the sea of genetic sequences to a handful that are similar to known CRISPR systems.