medicine
New ketamine-like drug offers antidepressant benefits without psychedelic side effects
Posted in Medicine on 21st Apr, 2019
by Alex Muller
"Recent research has raised the possibility that a new drug, such as NV-5138, could be developed that is rapid-acting but also more efficacious and safer than current formulations of ketamine,"
HIV used to cure 'bubble boy' disease
Posted in Breakthrough Stories, Medicine on 20th Apr, 2019
by Alex Muller
US scientists say they used HIV to make a gene therapy that cured eight infants of severe combined immunodeficiency, or "bubble boy" disease.
Scientists create world's first patient-specific vascularized 3D-printed heart
Posted in Medicine on 16th Apr, 2019
by Alex Muller
Although pieces of heart tissue have previously been bioprinted, scientists have now succeeded in creating the world's first 3D-printed vascularized heart to be made from a patient's own biological materials.
JUUL electronic cigarette products linked to cellular damage
Posted in Medicine on 11th Apr, 2019
by Alex Muller
JUUL e-cigarette products that have recently risen in popularity, especially among adolescents.
Injecting immune stimulants turns tumors into "cancer vaccine factories"
Posted in Medicine on 9th Apr, 2019
by Alex Muller
A new way of supercharging the body's immune system so that it can take the upper hand and destroy tumor cells around the body.