Naked Mole Rats: Scientists Successfully Transfer Longevity Gene

The engineered mice were better protected against both spontaneous tumors and chemically induced skin cancer. They also showed signs of improved...

New vaccine may provide protection against many respiratory infections and allergens

Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues invented a new vaccine that protects mice from respiratory viruses, bacteria and allergens — the...

Teen first in world to be cured of rare disease through gene editing treatment

Blood stem cells were enriched and treated with a gene editing product that targeted and corrected the mutation in the gene responsible for CGD. As a...

Older adults vaccinated against shingles seemed to have a lower risk of dementia

...older adults vaccinated against shingles seemed to have a lower risk of dementia. A study last month suggested the same vaccine appears to slow...

High altitude air may fight diabetes by turning red blood cells into sugar sponges

Red blood cells can alter their metabolism when oxygen levels drop ...it lowers circulating blood sugar, offering a potential explanation for reduced...

Novel "CDT Nanoagent" kills cancer cells without harming healthy cells

...scientists present a novel CDT nanoagent, an iron-based metal-organic framework or MOF. The MOF showed potent toxicity in multiple cancer cell...

I've associated MOFs with Direct Air Carbon Capture - interesting to see them here too. - TGR Editor

Frog gut bacterium eliminates cancer tumors in mice

A bacterium from tree frogs' intestines has shown "remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when given intravenously, surpassing standard therapies...

Supramolecular nanoparticles reverse Alzheimers in mice

The team designed particles that imitate natural molecules used by the brain's cleanup system regulating what passes through the blood-brain barrier,...

One of the world’s oldest blood pressure drugs can also halt the growth of aggressive brain tumors

A common medication for preeclampsia, hydralazine, acts on an enzyme called 2-aminoethanethiol dioxygenase (ADO)—a molecular switch for oxygen that...

Nanoparticles restore brain function in Alzheimer’s mice

Scientists have developed nanoparticles that can reverse the cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice. The treatment works by repairing the...

Destroying Cancer with Ultrasound

Decades later, Xu's serendipitous discovery, known as histotripsy, is one of several approaches using ultrasound that are ushering in a new era of...

Scientists regrow frogs’ limbs in leap for regenerative medicine

The frog used does not have the ability to naturally regenerate a limb and was treated with a five-drug cocktail over 24 hours. That treatment set in...

PINK1 Protein Breakthrough in Parkinson’s Research

The study provides an essential framework to develop targeted therapies that could alter the progression of Parkinson’s disease....

India's 'blockbuster' drugs to take on deadly superbugs

A number of promising locally-developed new drugs show potential to combat antibiotic-resistant pathogens....

This scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab

Halassy self-administered a treatment called oncolytic virotherapy (OVT) to help treat her own stage 3 cancer. She has now been cancer-free for four...

Low dose lithium may stop Alzheimer’s disease in its tracks

Researchers at McGill have shown that low-dose lithium is capable of both halting Alzheimer’s and of recovering lost cognitive abilities. ...

Scientists inhibit tumour growth by starving cancer cells glucose & glutamine.

Researchers describe the discovery of a new, high-potency molecule that blocked several varieties of the glucose transport protein. ...

Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins

Sleeping pills ... could reduce the build-up of toxic clumps of proteins in fluid that washes the brain clean every night....

Honeybee venom 'kills some breast cancer cells'

Australian scientists say the venom from honeybees has been found to destroy aggressive breast cancer cells in a lab setting....

Scientists tame chaotic protein fueling 75% of cancers

MYC is the protein responsible for making many cancer cases worse. Researchers have found a way to rein it in....

Stemcell Knee Injection Regenerates Cartilage, Reduces Osteoarthritis by 58%

An injection of off-the-shelf stem cell therapy for knee osteoarthritis improved pain and function in a clinical trial, & has the potential to halt...

New lung cancer drug (lorlatinib) shockingly effective

Doctors are hailing “off the chart” trial results that show a new drug stopped lung cancer advancing for longer than any other treatment in...

Gut bacteria may hold the key to preventing Parkinson's disease

Now, Finnish scientists say they have found that certain strains of gut bacteria are also the probable cause of Parkinson's disease....

mRNA Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Initial Trial

In a recent early-stage trial, half of pancreatic cancer patients who received a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine after surgery did not have a...

Clinical trial of mRNA universal influenza vaccine candidate begins

A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine ... has begun enrolling volunteers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ...

Giant Study Pinpoints Specific Gut Bacteria Linked to Alzheimer's

Tensions between the brain, the gut, and the makeup of its microbial inhabitants appear to play a critical role in the development of...

The Cellular Reset: Inside the Scientific Pursuit of a Universal Cure

...Later, Gill measured the age of the skin cells and found that, biologically, they were between 25 and 30 years younger than they had been at the...

One-hour operation could cure prostate cancer by destroying tumours with electric currents

Prostate cancer could be cured with a "game-changing" one-hour operation that uses electric currents to destroy the most difficult to reach tumours....

The Quest for Injectable Brain Implants Has Begun

Rather than making an electrode outside of the brain and then trying to implant it, they have designed a gel that, when injected into bodily tissue,...

New Treatment Succeeds with All Types of Bone Cancer

A new drug could help increase survival rates of more people with bone cancer, particularly children, said scientists. Researchers at the University...

Could Alzheimer's Be Caused by Infection?

...the US National Institute on Aging [is running] a clinical trial investigating whether a herpes antiviral drug called valacyclovir could slow the...

Breast Cancer Vaccines are coming...

The search for a treatment may be coming to an end because researchers have made a promising breakthrough... It confirmed that the experimental jab...

Inner Cosmos To Treat Depression With BCI Implant

The company created what it calls “a digital pill for the mind," similar to a cochlear implant. “We've built the cochlear implant for depression,...

Team has Used CRISPR to engineer custom bacteriophages that could treat drug-resistant infections

...a team has used a rare form of CRISPR to engineer custom bacteriophages, a development that could aid in the treatment of drug-resistant infections...

Bacteriophages are viruses that kill harmful bacteria. Read more here: UC San Diego - What is Phage Therapy? - TGR Editor

Fetal stem cell treatment for multiple sclerosis shows promising signs

People with progressive multiple sclerosis had higher levels of protective molecules in their spinal fluid two years after being injected with stem...

What naked mole-rats can teach us about treating cancer

Naked mole-rats seem to defy ageing and appear immune to cancer. Scientists are studying these strange creatures to understand how humans can live...

This jumped out at me because I just saw the excellent / gross Naked Mole Rat exhibit at the Living Desert Zoo in Palm Springs, CA. https://www.livingdesert.org/animals/naked-mole-rat/ - TGR Editor

Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer

A teenage girl's incurable cancer has been cleared from her body in the first use of a revolutionary new type of medicine. Base editing allows...

FYI: Base editing is applied CRISPR-Cas9. See https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03536-x for more. - TGR Editor

Baby's life 'probably saved' by umbilical stem cells

Professor Massimo Caputo from the Bristol Heart Institute used pioneering stem cell injections to correct baby Finley's heart defect. He hopes to...