September 18, 2017
(Sacramento Bee) – Without industry regulation or oversight, early sperm donors sired, usually unknowingly, tens or even hundreds of children until the federal government stepped in. Thousands of children were born, and many of them now, like, Baxter, are seeking … Read More
September 18, 2017
(Popular Mechanics) – For decades, scientists have been dreaming of one day creating tiny nanobots that can work at the microscopic scale, building things one molecule at a time or purifying our bloodstreams. While we might actually enjoy the work … Read More
September 15, 2017
(UPI) – Even after the devastation caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma disappears, survivors could still suffer from mental stress caused by the massive storms, experts say. “Everybody who has been in a disaster is changed permanently in some way. … Read More
September 15, 2017
(Scientific American) – The former judge tried to think creatively, as he had on the bench—where he was known for unconventional and sometimes highly controversial sentencing. He came up with what might be called the delayed kidney swap: He gave his kidney … Read More
September 15, 2017
(Medical Xpress) – Amid changing attitudes toward death and dying, some people with serious physical and/or mental illnesses are claiming a right to choose the time, place, and manner of their death. Discussions about “pre-planned death” pose new challenges for … Read More
September 15, 2017
(Eurekalert) – A growing body of clinical evidence shows that transplantation of a patient’s own mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to achieve a cure and prevent recurrent of Crohn’s disease-related fistula can be a safe and effective addition to surgery. A … Read More
September 15, 2017
(MedPage Today) – Cardiac stem cell therapy could gain FDA approval far earlier than most people expect, despite the fact that these therapies have consistently failed to produce any convincing evidence of safety and efficacy. Under the old FDA rules … Read More
September 15, 2017
(Bloomberg) – Craig Venter has got a deal for you. For $25,000, he’ll sell you a complete genome sequence, a full-body MRI scan, a cardio CT scan, bone densitometry, cognitive testing and more, all in the hope of discovering a … Read More
September 15, 2017
(STAT News) – For tax payments, “nudges” have helped municipalities increase revenues and decrease collection-related costs. For energy consumption, “nudges” have helped homeowners save money and utilities preserve capacity. But in health care, the technique has been slower to catch … Read More
September 15, 2017
(Bloomberg) – The contrast between these approaches mirrors the national debate over how to deal with a drug crisis that killed 33,000 Americans in 2015, a tally expected to increase. The epidemic began years ago as doctors started to liberally prescribe … Read More
September 15, 2017
(Healthline) – Traumatic brain injuries aren’t created equal. Many patients once thought to be in unconscious vegetative states are actually minimally conscious, say experts, and they can recover over time. But wrong diagnoses are rampant, according to studies. In fact, researchers … Read More
September 14, 2017
(Science) – A Senate spending panel yesterday countered a move by its House of Representatives counterpart to quash federal funding for research that uses human fetal tissue from elective abortions. The move sets up a conflict that will need to … Read More
September 14, 2017
(TIME) – Eight people — between the ages of 70 and 99 — died in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma when The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, where they lived, lost a transformer that had powered the air conditioning, facility … Read More
September 14, 2017
(The Atlantic) – Cancers have unwitting allies: the healthy cells that surround them. Several groups of scientists have now found that normal cells can inadvertently release substances that shield their malignant neighbors from anticancer drugs. That would explain why even … Read More
September 14, 2017
(News-Medical) – In new research published yesterday in Nature Genetics, personal genetics company 23andMe, Inc, and Genentech have identified 17 new genetic variants associated with Parkinson’s disease, almost doubling the total number of known risk variants for the condition, providing … Read More
September 14, 2017
(Retraction Watch) – A journal is retracting a paper on the relative merits of one fertility procedure compared to another because the study never received ethical review or approval. In the paper, “Intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection versus conventional intracytoplasmic … Read More
September 14, 2017
(Wired) – Natural Cycles, the only app to be approved as a contraceptive, has proved 99 per cent effective in the largest study investigating it to date. The startup had previously conducted a study of 4,000 women, which showed similar … Read More
September 13, 2017
(The Guardian) – More than 160,000 of Myanmar’s 1.1 million ethnic Rohingya minority have fled to Bangladesh, bringing with them stories that they say describe ethnic cleansing. During interviews with more than a dozen Rohingya from Tula Toli, the Guardian … Read More
September 13, 2017
(STAT News) – Sometimes when scientists study things, they come up with results they didn’t expect, can’t explain, and may secretly wish they’d never sought. A new journal article looking at whether getting a flu shot during pregnancy increases a … Read More
September 13, 2017
(New York Post) – A women’s health organization that is battling the state of Texas over proposed abortion legislation is offering fully paid procedures for Hurricane Harvey victims — and 15 women have signed up, according to a report. Whole … Read More
September 13, 2017
(The San Diego Union-Tribune) – A new way to make a promising kind of stem cell has been developed by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute, an advance that might eventually improve the quality of these cells. Scientists led by … Read More
September 13, 2017
(Chemistry World) – Chemists have used one-pot click chemistry to join multiple fragments of DNA together into a functioning gene. The approach could be a more efficient and cost-effective way to synthesise genes and genomes, particularly those containing epigenetic modifications. … Read More
September 13, 2017
(MIT Technology Review) – On Monday, the California gene-hunting company Human Longevity published a paper making the bold claim that it can identify individuals using their genomes to predict what their faces looks like. The assertion—that your DNA can be … Read More
September 13, 2017
(Eurekalert) – An analysis of more than 100 clinical trials found that they were often unregistered, unpublished and had discrepancies in the reporting of primary outcomes, according to a study published by JAMA. The study is being released to coincide … Read More
September 13, 2017
(The Japan Times) – A record 1 in 20 babies was born through in vitro fertilization treatment in Japan in 2015, a recent tally showed. The upward trend in the number of IVF treatments is expected to continue as more … Read More
