medicine

Drug boosts immune system in elderly people by 40% and it also has antiaging effect in fruit flies

Posted in Science on 13th Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller

Inhibition of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) protein kinase extends life span and ameliorates aging-related pathologies.

How Cancer Care is Changing with Tech Innovation

Posted in Medicine on 12th Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller

Perhaps complacency in the medical field that has led the community at large to let the arrival of several new cancer treatment methods go by with inadequate fanfare.

Nanoparticle-drug combo turns white fat to brown fat with potential to treat obesity, diabetes

Posted in Medicine on 9th Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller

A way to deliver a drug directly to stored white fat cells to turn them into more easily burned brown fat cells.

AI beats 15 doctors in tumor diagnosis competition

Posted in Science on 4th Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller

An AI system has wiped the floor with some of Chinas top doctors when it comes to diagnosing brain tumors and predicting hematoma expansion.

Sound waves could provide 'liquid biopsies'

Posted in Science on 3rd Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller

Acoustic microfluidic platform gently and quickly separates circulating tumor cells from blood samples.