medicine

Can We Stop The Heart From Aging?

Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller

A powerful genetic tool: single-cell sequencing. It's like going from amateur binoculars to the James Webb Space Telescope, we can now analyse every single cell, like a star in the sky, by parsing its DNA inside an aging heart.

Pupil light response proposed as biomarker to diagnose autism

Posted in Medicine on 27th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller

The study was small, only comparing 36 children with ASD, aged between six and 17, to a control group of 24, but the results are promising.

New class of drug could treat leukemia with fewer side effects

Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller

Researchers have identified a new class of drugs that could prove useful in fighting leukemia with less side effects than existing chemotherapy drugs.

Bioengineered Corneas Gave 14 Blind People Their Sight Back

Posted in Medicine on 26th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller

The implant caused their corneas to return to normal thickness and curvature, and the 14 participants who were blind before the operation had their vision restored.

Researchers identified markers of chemotherapy resistance and outcome in triple negative breast cancer

Posted in Medicine, Science on 25th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller

Researchers have identified biological markers in triple negative breast cancer that are associated with resistance to chemotherapy treatment.