Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a way to grow and maintain adult stem cells in large amounts for weeks. Until now it was impossible to keep stem cells ‘alive’ for more than 4-5 days. this discovery can lead to applications for regeneration of organs, inhibition of cancer cell growth and more.
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Scientists from Monash University discovered new effective way of treating prostate cancer – the second most common cancer for men in the world. The new treatment deals with resistent cells which cannot be cured using existing treatments by activating the beta estrogen receptor in the prostate.
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Pfizer became the first research-based pharmaceutical company to cut prices on medicines in low income countreis.
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For the first time, scientists have shown great improvements on memroy tests and cognitive functions in mice with Alzheimer’s disease after injecting stem cells to those mice.
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A new optical similar to ultrasound device can monitor brain tumors and other neurodegenerative conditions (such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s ) through the eyes. The eye is connected to the brain by a nerve and each condition change on the brain can also damage the eye.
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IBM researchers in collaboration with Stanford University have developed new MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) with 3-D image about one hundred million times finer than standard MRI. This amazing development will enable monitoring basic biological elements such as viruses and will pave the way for a breakthrough in medical capabilities.
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New finding show that implants for babies can enable them to learn to speak almost as well as hearing babies. The implant, which was tried on cats, bypasses the defective hair cells in the ear and stimulates neurons directly, enabling feedback which allows the learning process.
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Australian researchers found a way to make mosquitoes die younger ‘naturally’, and thus spreading fewer diseases. The way to achieve it is by infecting the mosquitoes with a bacterium named Wolbachia causing them to shorter their live span by half.
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