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Feb 12, 2019

Electric nanoparticles can target and kill cancer cells

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Particles that produce electrical signals when bombarded with ultrasound could be a way to direct a cell-killing treatment directly to tumors.

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Feb 11, 2019

A ‘Fountain Of Youth’ Pill? Sure, If You’re A Mouse

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension

Renowned Harvard University geneticist David Sinclair recently made a startling assertion: Scientific data shows he has knocked more than two decades off his biological age.


The race for the cure to aging sparks hope and hype among top scientists — plus billions of dollars in investment.

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Feb 11, 2019

ExploristVideosMagnets attract and repel human blood

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Your blood is slightly magnetic.

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Feb 11, 2019

FuturismVideosA tiny robot is being put to work inside the human body

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Feb 11, 2019

Spinal cord is ‘smarter’ than previously thought

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience, space travel

Turns out it is smarter than we think.

It is well known that the circuits in this part of our nervous system, which travel down the length of our spine, control seemingly simple things like the pain reflex in humans, and some motor control functions in animals.

Now, new research from Western University has shown that the spinal cord is also able to process and control more complex functions, like the positioning of your hand in external space.

“This research has shown that a least one important function is being done at the level of the spinal cord and it opens up a whole new area of investigation to say, ‘what else is done at the spinal level and what else have we potentially missed in this domain?’” said the study’s senior and supervising researcher Andrew Pruszynski, PhD, assistant professor at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and Canada Research Chair in Sensorimotor Neuroscience.

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Feb 11, 2019

A.I. Shows Promise as a Physician Assistant

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

A so-called neural network analyzed the medical records of 600,000 hospital patients in China, diagnosing their conditions as accurately as doctors did in some cases.

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Feb 11, 2019

Scientists believe it may be possible to reverse the heart damage caused by aging

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

New research, which has been published today in the EMBO Journal, could suggest a new way of preventing heart failure in older patients.

Heart failure occurs when the heart is not pumping blood around the body as well as it should, most commonly when the has been damaged – for example, after a heart attack.

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Feb 11, 2019

Removing Senescent Cells Improves Heart Health

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Researchers at Newcastle University have shown that clearing out senescent cardiac muscle cells from the hearts of aged mice restores heart health.

It seems that not a month goes by without a new study showing that senolytics, drugs that remove aged and damaged cells from the body, improve organ or tissue function by reversing some aspects of aging. A new study has shown that removing senescent cells from the hearts of old mice restores heart health and alleviates the detrimental effects of cardiac aging, including myocardial hypertrophy and fibrosis.

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Feb 11, 2019

Scientist finds cure for HPV infection, cervical cancer after 20 years of trying

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

This HPV cure comes at a time when cervical cancer cases are quickly becoming the leading cause for death among female cancer patients around the world, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a statement.

The researchers specialise in early detection and photodynamic therapy to fight HPV and have succeeded in winning the ultimate battle — a 100 percent cure — after twenty years of tweaking the treatment.

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Feb 11, 2019

Converting cells into new neurons could lead to a pill that repairs brain damage

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

As powerful as the human brain is, once it’s damaged it can’t really recover completely. Now researchers at Penn State may have found a way to boost the brain’s regenerative abilities, using certain molecules to convert neighboring cells into new neurons. The technique could eventually lead to pills that treat brain injuries, stroke or Alzheimer’s disease.

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