June 18, 2013
A team from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center of Columbia University has generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately reflect the features of maturity-onset diabetes of the young … Read More
June 18, 2013
Fewer doctors in the United States are choosing to become primary care physicians – especially in rural areas of the country, Medical Daily reported. (Fox News)
June 17, 2013
One of the most prominent founders of the field of bioethics and a longtime professor and professor emeritus at Georgetown passed away yesterday at the age of 92. Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, who would have been 93 on June 22, … Read More
June 17, 2013
In the wake of cases of kidney trafficking being reported across the district, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) officials in a press meet here on Saturday said that all private hospitals should have an ethics committees to monitor organ transplantation … Read More
June 17, 2013
But while it’s true that genetic testing can provide important information for diagnosing, treating and, in Jolie’s case, even preventing diseases, it’s not always clear which tests are really worth getting. So before you decide to follow the Hollywood starlet’s … Read More
June 17, 2013
Australian healthcare company Virtus Health has become the world’s first in-vitro fertilisation company to be listed on a stock exchange after it got its IPO away this week. (ABC.net)
June 17, 2013
Bertolt Meyer’s amazing bionic hand controlled by an iPhone app is a glimpse of the advances being made in prosthetics. But in years to come, will everyone want one? (The Guardian)
June 17, 2013
Science is sending us towards a posthuman future. We need to decide if that’s where we should be going. (The Guardian)
June 17, 2013
The Belgian parliament is now considering expanding euthanasia in ways that many Americans might find startling. Under one proposal, gravely ill teenagers could seek euthanasia, if their parents agreed. Another bill would let patients with early Alzheimer’s sign a declaration … Read More
June 17, 2013
The exhibition, which was created in collaboration with National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, covers 4,400 square feet with interactive games, 3D models, DNA sequencing equipment and videos of real-life stories. It aims to … Read More
June 17, 2013
After a busy two weeks of court rulings, the US Food and Drug Administration has finally come to an agreement with the federal courts concerning emergency contraception. One product, Plan B One-Step, will be put on drugstore shelves next to … Read More
June 17, 2013
House Republicans have modified a tough anti-abortion bill to include exceptions for rape and incest after the GOP sponsor of the legislation raised a firestorm by declaring that very few rapes result in pregnancies. (Boson.com)
June 17, 2013
Researchers have found a critical element that may explain why some cancers spread farther and faster than others, a discovery that could lead to one of the Holy Grails of cancer treatment: containing the disease. Scientists from the University of … Read More
June 17, 2013
While millions of Chinese tourists seek exotic experiences on foreign shores, some are going overseas for health reasons. A 46-year-old man from Shanghai going by the pseudonym Wang, was diagnosed with lung cancer in June. He went to Massachusetts General … Read More
June 17, 2013
One of the challenges facing stem cell researchers is how to ensure that cells delivered to patients don’t die after transplantation to the point of care. (Forbes)
June 17, 2013
Last autumn, Hisashi Moriguchi stunned the world of stem-cell science by claiming he had become the first person to transfer induced pluripotent stem cells into patients. (Nature)
June 17, 2013
Eva Dempster was born on Tuesday after cutting edge time-lapse embryo imaging was used during the IVF process. Pictures taken at five-minute intervals helped check development was normal before the fertilised egg was implanted into her mother. The first baby … Read More
June 14, 2013
In real time and in three dimensions, these technologies can show us how cancers spread and how active cancer cells respond to a particular drug. They can also tell us how much, how often and how long to administer drugs. … Read More
June 14, 2013
Huntington’s disease is a devastating, hereditary neurodegenerative disease affecting about 1 out of every 10,000 people in the USA, Europe and Australia. It typically causes involuntary movements of the face and body and dementia. Symptoms worsen over time, eventually leaving … Read More
June 14, 2013
Publish your data, or else we will—that’s the stark warning to drug companies in a new proposal released today. Peter Doshi, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and his colleagues are fed up that only about … Read More
June 14, 2013
In a surprising finding, U.S. researchers say there is a common molecular vulnerability in autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, making treatment closer. (UPI)
June 14, 2013
Almost immediately after the Supreme Court ruled that human genes could not be patented, several laboratories announced they, too, would begin offering genetic testing for breast cancer risk, making it likely that that test and others could become more affordable … Read More
June 14, 2013
After decades of global research, controversies, and failed approval petitions, the UK’s Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency finally gave researchers at the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine the go-ahead late last month to start developing synthetic blood with adult … Read More
June 14, 2013
There are only a few providers of TPN in the United States. The drugs are difficult to manufacture and if one batch of critical TPN components like phosphorous or calcium goes sour it can send ripple effects through the industry … Read More
June 14, 2013
Electronic devices have been used for decades to help doctors track our brain waves, register our beating hearts, and restore hearing to the deaf. Now, a mix of nanoelectronics experts, materials scientists, and neuroscientists are creating ultrasmall, flexible, and stretchable … Read More
