Collaborate Disseminate
Oregon is getting ever closer to being able to call itself the psilocybin state, with the latest moves seeing trained therapy facilitators granted licenses, several manufacturers awarded permits to grow the mushrooms, and the first laboratory coming on… Continue reading Oregon’s magic mushroom move is ever closer to being open for business
The prevalence of prostate cancer around the world means that finding an effective treatment is critical. A new UK study has used mathematics to investigate the effectiveness of some currently available prostate cancer treatments.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Math used to help calculate more effective prostate cancer treatments
A new large-scale genetic analysis has revealed a set of small RNA molecules, called microRNAs, in human pancreatic islet cells strongly associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The important discovery will guide future studies into the early detection a… Continue reading MicroRNA discovery opens up new target for novel diabetes treatments
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease with poor outcomes, but a pair of new studies may point towards a more optimistic future. In tests in human cells and live mice, the scientists identified a gene and a prot… Continue reading Scientists discover two new potential avenues of treatment for ALS
After someone has suffered a heart attack, their body replaces the damaged heart muscle tissue with non-beating scar tissue, compromising the heart’s function. A new injectable biomaterial, however, may help the heart heal better.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Biomaterial could travel through the bloodstream to heal damaged hearts
It’s always good if the use of antibiotics can be avoided, to keep harmful bacteria from developing a resistance to them. A new wound-treatment spray could help, as it kills bacteria using peptides that occur naturally in our bodies – no antibiotics re… Continue reading Peptide spray kills bacteria in wounds without using antibiotics
It goes without saying that if someone has a blood clot in their brain, that clot should be cleared as soon as possible. An experimental new transducer could help, as it uses swirling waves of ultrasound to break up blood clots much faster than existin… Continue reading Experimental device breaks up blood clots using twisted ultrasound
When someone suffers a heart attack, their heart is left permanently scarred and thus less capable of pumping blood. According to a new study, however, a protein injection could help undo such damage.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Univ… Continue reading Protein injection gets heart scar tissue working again
When a limb is rendered immobile for long periods of time, its muscles will inevitably begin to atrophy. A new implant could help keep that from happening, however, by mechanically stretching and compressing those muscles.Continue ReadingCategory: Medi… Continue reading Shape-memory implant may keep immobilized muscles from wasting away
While bone injuries such as fractures typically heal on their own, large sections of missing bone often never grow back, requiring bone transplants from other parts of the body. A new hydrogel, however, could help change that.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Special hydrogel may one day heal voids in injured bones