Associate Professor Ki-Bum Lee has developed patent-pending technology that may overcome one of the critical barriers to harnessing the full therapeutic potential of stem cells. One of the m... Read more
UCLA biologists have identified a gene that can slow the aging process throughout the entire body when activated remotely in key organ systems. Working with fruit flies, the life scientists... Read more
Fast-acting ketamine by-product – may be future therapy for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s There is new hope for people suffering from depression. Researchers have identified a compound, hydroxyn... Read more
Researchers have determined that a copper compound known for decades may form the basis for a therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease. In a new study just pu... Read more
Existing cochlear technology used in a new way to re-grow auditory nerves Researchers at UNSW Australia have for the first time used electrical pulses delivered from a cochlear implant to de... Read more
The most effective way to tackle debilitating diseases is to punch them at the start and keep them from growing. Research at Michigan State University, published in the Journal of Biological... Read more
Researchers at Griffith University‘s Eskitis Institute have developed a new technique for discovering natural compounds which could form the basis of novel therapeutic drugs. The Park... Read more
A new wearable sensor stores and transmits motion data and delivers drugs Researchers have created a wearable device that is as thin as a temporary tattoo and can store and transmit data abo... Read more
Scientists report that they have developed a novel compound that appears to protect mice against developing movement problems associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The research, which co... Read more
Intranasal stem cell therapy may one day treat brain disorders Many diseases of the central nervous system involve the death of neurons—so, theoretically, the replacement of dead cells shoul... Read more
“Nobody has talked about using only light to treat these diseases until now” Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, together with researchers at the Polish Wroclaw... Read more
Findings Point to Potential New Use of an Existing Drug Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a set of compounds that may be used to treat multiple sclerosis (M... Read more
New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that these lab-grown cells express a broad array of natural and potent protective agents providing preservation and protection against injury, toxi... Read more
Scientists believe they could be on the cusp of a medical breakthrough which could bring hope to thousands of Parkinson’s sufferers. They’ve injected brain cells from pigs into h... Read more