Promising lab-grown skin sprouts hair and grows glands
Source: BBC By Jonathan Webb Science reporter, BBC News Scientists in Japan have successfully transplanted mice with lab-grown skin that has more of the organ’s working parts in place than […]
Harvard professor says ‘Miracles from Heaven’ and other remarkable cures could be real
Source: Washington Post By Jeffrey Rediger When I went to see “Miracles from Heaven,” I saw more laughter, crying and applause than I’ve ever seen in a movie theater. Clearly, this […]
U.N.C. Football Player Who Ended Up Homeless Had C.T.E.
Source: The Washington Post For so long, Ryan Hoffman, a former college football player I wrote about last year, had the same explanation for his inability to get his life […]
‘Stunning’ operation regenerates eye’s lens’Stunning’ operation regenerates eye’s lens
Source: BBC A pioneering procedure to regenerate the eye has successfully treated children with cataracts in China. More than half of all cases of blindness are caused by cataracts – […]
Genetics of cancer tumours reveal possible treatment revolution
Source: Gulfnews London, New York: A landmark discovery into the genetic makeup of tumours has the potential to open a new front in the war on cancer, delivering potent therapies […]
Scientists ‘find cancer’s Achilles heel’
Source: BBC Scientists believe they have discovered a way to “steer” the immune system to kill cancers. Researchers at University College, London have developed a way of finding unique markings […]
1st Canadian undergoes doctor-assisted death in B.C.
Source: CTV A Calgary woman who was granted a legal exemption for doctor-assisted death has ended her life in British Columbia with the help of a physician. The woman, who […]
It’s Now Possible to Make Mouse Sperm in a Lab
Source: Time The research has implications for infertile couples Stem cells are a promising resource for replenishing the body with healthy cells, but so far, making eggs and sperm from […]
7 Amazing Things You Probably Didn’t Know About REM Sleep
Source: Huffington Post The mysterious phase of deep sleep when our most vivid dreams occur has long fascinated scientists and artists. But it wasn’t until the 1950s that sleep period — […]
Scientists Just 3D Printed a Transplantable Human Ear
Source: Gizmodo Scientists have developed an innovative 3D bioprinter capable of generating replacement tissue that’s strong enough to withstand transplantation. To show its power, the scientists printed a jaw bone, […]
Miracle Cure ? A Decade of the Human Genome – BBC Documentary
Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome Horizon, 2010-2011 Episode 5 of 15 A decade ago, scientists announced that they had produced the first draft of the human genome, […]
The country that supplies eyes
Source: BBC To restore sight to damaged eyes, doctors often need to transplant the cornea – the transparent covering of the iris and the pupil – from a donor’s dead […]
Tumours reveal novel genetic disruption in DNA
Source: Gulf News Scientists who scoured the DNA of brain tumours, searching gene by gene for bad actors, were puzzled. The cancers had none of the mutations in growth-causing genes […]
Zika virus ‘spreading explosively,’ WHO leader says
Source: CNN (CNN)The Zika virus is “is now spreading explosively” in the Americas, the head of the World Health Organization said Thursday, with another official estimating between 3 million to […]
Video: This man’s blood has saved the lives of two million babies
Epigraph: Every human life is sacred and precious. Anyone who saves a life; it would be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) […]
‘New research hope’ from pancreatic cancer tissue bank
Source: BBC Medical researchers hope a new bank storing tissue from patients will give them a clearer insight into pancreatic cancer. This complex illness has the worst 10-year survival rate […]
Why Curing Cancer Is Not a ‘Moonshot’
Source: Time Here are some things that have been compared to moonshots: Google Books, nuclear fusion, Google Glass, artificial brains, drone delivery, getting from New York to London in one […]
Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos pour millions into new cancer test
Source: CNN A new cancer test is getting some serious investment from two of the richest people in the world. Tech luminaries Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have led a […]
Organs for human transplant grown in sheep & pigs
Source: RT Organs which could be used for human transplants are being grown in farm animals for the first time in an attempt to solve the global shortage of donors […]
‘9 OUT OF 10 COMMANDMENTS INVOLVE COMPASSION’
Source: Public Opinion My faith and practice of medicine go hand in hand By AMATUL KHALID, M.D. I have been a physician for more than 30 years. Many times I […]