World's First Vaccine for Declining Honeybees Approved By the US for Conditional Use

A biotech company announced this week that the USDA (Department of Agriculture) granted them a conditional license for their honeybee vaccine.

By Jeanne Goddard

08 January 81 Views

14-year-old Invents Soap for Treating Skin Cancer and Wins Top Honor as America's Top Young Scientist

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, with an average annual treatment cost of $8.1 billion.

By Blake Isbell

20 October 51 Views

Natural Defenses in Plants May Be Successful in Humans Against Neurodegenerative Diseases: New Study

The multidisciplinary team identified the chloroplast plant protein SPP as the reason why plants are unaffected by the problematic protein.

By Blake Isbell

03 October 44 Views

Using the Body's 'Invisible Scalpel' to Remove Brain Cancer With Immunotherapy at Salk Institute

Glioblastoma is the most common form of brain tumor, and while it's also the most deadly, the brain has the immune cells to destroy them. 

By Blake Isbell

17 August 67 Views

Scientists Find Potential Universal Anti-Venom to Treat Snakebites, from Kraits to King Cobras.

Existing antivenoms involve taking antibodies from animals who have developed immunity, but this produces a treatment for just one species.

By Blake Isbell

27 February 67 Views

Baby 'Completely Paralyzed' by Rare Toxin was Saved After Remedy Found 5,000 Miles Away

A baby left completely paralyzed after being diagnosed with botulism was saved by a remedy found thousands of miles away in the US.

By Jeanne Goddard

09 March 47 Views

The 'Wizard of Paws' Makes Prosthetics to Fit Any Animal - Lending a Human Hand of Compassion

Derrick Campana creates prosthetics for animals to give them a second chance at a healthy life-elephant, tiger, or duck.

By Roger Harper

19 July 47 Views

New Zinc Treatment 'Can Help to Restore Lost Hearing' in Mice-University Research Shows

They found that hours after mice are exposed to loud noise, their inner ear zinc level spikes which, ultimately, leads to cellular damage.

By Blake Isbell

14 February 59 Views

Kinder than Chemo Cancer Drug Cured This Young Man of Leukemia-Available in the US

Blina is a kind of targeted therapy drug called a bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE). It's administered via a carried supply through the arm.

By Blake Isbell

08 February 50 Views

Deaf Children Are First Humans to Have Hearing Pathway Restored in Dramatic Demonstration of New Gene Therapy

MIT hailed it as China's first domestic gene therapy breakthrough, as well as "the most dramatic restoration of a lost sense yet achieved."

By Blake Isbell

31 October 57 Views

Genetic Heart Conditions Could be Cured for First Time with Single Jab - It's a 'Defining Moment'

Genetic cardiomyopathies is a group of diseases that are genetically passed on to offspring and often strike young people down in their 20s.

By Blake Isbell

17 August 45 Views

CRISPR Gene-Editing Experiment Partly Restores Vision In Legally Blind Patients

An experimental trial of seven patients with LCA, regained some of their vision after being legally-blind, through CRISPR gene-editing.

By Blake Isbell

30 September 53 Views

We Can Now Use CRISPR Gene Editing on Ticks - to Fight Lyme Disease in Humans

We can now use CRISPR gene editing on ticks to prevent Lyme Disease in humans, researchers at Penn State have discovered.

By Jeanne Goddard

28 February 55 Views

3 Years After CRISPR Treatment 73 of 75 Patients Cured of Blood Disease - FDA Approval is Near

Vertex hope to market what would be the first FDA-approved CRISPR treatment in the U.S. by the end of the year,

By Blake Isbell

29 June 41 Views

Another Study Shows African Psychedelic Plant Ibogaine Treats Traumatic Brain Injury in Vets With 'Dramatic' Results

An African psychedelic plant significantly alleviated symptoms of war veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries, shows new study.

By Jeanne Goddard

07 January 43 Views