Delicious Cancer Breakthrough: Pomegranates Found to Significantly Fuel Tumor-Fighting Immune Cells
A new study shows a substance found in pomegranates significantly boosts the immune system to fight cancer—with endlessly rejuvenated T cells.
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Cure for Baldness Could Be on the Horizon as Hair Cells Are Generated in a Lab
Japanese researchers successfully generated hair follicles inside in vitro cultures, which could lead to useful treatments for hair loss.
Breakthrough: Polyethylene Bags and Jugs Can Finally be Upcycled to Solve Several Problems at Once
Notorious plastic bags and containers can finally be upcycled, thanks to polyethylene breakthrough at Berkeley's Lawrence National Lab
New Alzheimer's Drug Slows Mental Decline By 27% in Trial Hailed as 'Most Encouraging to Date'
Biogen and Eisai released their phase 3 trial results, showing new Alzheimer's drug lecanemab slowed the rate of cognitive decline by 27%.
Doctors Hail New Era for Cancer Screening as Single Blood Test Spots Multiple Cancers in Early Stages
It's called the Galleri test, and it looks for multiple different kinds of cancer DNA in the blood, and at much earlier stages.
Pipes a Million Times Thinner Than Human Hair Could Deliver Personalized Therapies to Individual Cells
The 'world's tiniest plumbing system' might transform medicine by funneling drugs or proteins to precisely targeted organs and tissue
Scientists Discover How to Starve Melanoma of its Key Growth Enzyme in New Breakthrough
Starvation as a treatment and/or cure for different cancers has been explored in oncology, as tumors grow fast but require tons of energy.
Take-out Containers Turned into Valuable Seaweed Chemical Using Rays of Sunlight
It's rarely recycled due to costly and complex processes required, as well as the difficulty of collecting it.
'Off the Charts' Hydrogel Outperforms Cartilage and May Be in Human Knees Next Year
A long awaited update to a 2020 medical breakthrough could have a natural knee-cartilage replicant on deck for replacement surgeries by 2023.
Breeding Corals for the Great Barrier Reef Achieves First Out-of-Season Spawning Event Ever
The breakthrough dramatically expands the capacity to grow corals in captivity to then use to restore the Great Barrier Reef.
NASA Detects Carbon Dioxide-the Building Block of Life-in Exoplanet's Atmosphere for First Time
For all the grief carbon dioxide gets down here on Earth, its detection in the atmosphere of an exoplanet has scientists elated.
Breakthrough Might Finally Destroy the Harmful 'Forever Chemicals' in Our Water
Chemists at Northwestern have figured out how to destroy PFAS ‘forever chemicals' using low temperatures and inexpensive, common substances.
Alzheimer's Memory Loss Reversed in Mice After Scientists Discover Method to Form New Brain Cells
Alzheimer's was reversed in mice after UIC scientists boosted the formation of new brain cells, a breakthrough that could lead to treatments.
Scientists Finally Provide Relief For Depression By Locating Exact Target for Deep Brain Stimulation
Researchers found the G-spot that makes deep brain stimulation (DBS) work for patients with treatment-resistant depression.
Study Discovers 'Hero' Protein That Helps Repair DNA and Prevent Cancer Like a 'Guardian of the Genome'
The 'Hero' protein RPA and its ally WASp can 'save the day' and prevent potential cancers-and we may restore its function in WAS patients.
Bioengineered Cornea Can Restore Sight to the Blind and Visually Impaired
Researchers have developed an implant made of collagen protein which resembles the human cornea and restored vision to 20 people.
'Transformational' Therapy Seems to Be a Cure For Hemophilia
British doctors are giving patients a dead virus that's been re-engineered to produce a protein known as factor IX, which hemophiliacs can't.
When Antibiotics Failed, She Found a Natural Enemy of Superbug Bacteria to Save Husband's Life
Her husband was dying from a bacterial superbug, but Steffanie Strathdee, an epidemiologist, found the needle in a haystack to cure him.
Prehistoric People Created Art by Flickering Firelight, New Research Reveals
Our early ancestors probably created intricate artwork by firelight, an examination of 50 engraved stones unearthed in France has revealed. The stones were incised with artistic designs around 15,000 years ago and have patterns of heat damage which suggests they were carved close to the flickering light of a fire, the new study has found. […]
Genetic Code from 5,700 Year-old 'Chewing Gum' Reveals Extraordinary Details of Young Danish Woman
The genetics of a dark skinned, blue eyed hunter-gatherer from Denmark have been found preserved in a 5,700 year-old piece of chewing gum.
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