Archive for the ‘biotech/medical’ category: Page 1902
Jun 9, 2019
Richard Christophr Saragoza Photo
Posted by Richard Christophr Saragoza in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience, quantum physics
The double helix of dna and transferring for information and energy by torsion field in quantum beings.
Every human is a complex, multi-dimensional energy being.
THE HUMAN BIOFIELD DEFINED:
Jun 9, 2019
The gene therapy revolution is here. Medicine is scrambling to keep pace
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Greg Dore at the Kirby Institute of NSW participated in Australia’s Hepatitis C pricing discussions, and believes our model will work for the new gene therapy drugs – notwithstanding their eye-popping price tags – and the fact that the patient populations for these rare genetic diseases will be tiny.
However, the real reason companies are getting into gene therapy is not just to treat rare disease. It’s because they realise this technology will be a game changer for medicine.
Jun 9, 2019
New prostate cancer test will give men ‘peace of mind’ that they will never develop the disease, scientists say
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, government
A new one-off prostate cancer test at the age of 55 promises to give men “peace of mind” that they will never develop the disease, scientists have revealed.
The 10-minute scan, which could be rolled out in supermarkets and shopping centres, detects dangerous cancers years before they cause any harm while ignoring growths that do not pose a threat.
Subject to a government-funded trial beginning this summer, the new MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) technique should enable the world’s first universal screening programme for prostate cancer.
Jun 9, 2019
Long-lived bats could hold secrets to mammal longevity
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
University of Maryland researchers analyzed an evolutionary tree reconstructed from the DNA of a majority of known bat species and found four bat lineages that exhibit extreme longevity. They also identified, for the first time, two life history features that predict extended life spans in bats.
Their work is described in a research paper, published in the April 10, 2019 issue of the journal Biology Letters, which concluded that horseshoe bats, long-eared bats, the common vampire bat and at least one lineage of mouse-eared bats all live at least four times longer than other, similarly sized mammals. The researchers also found that a high-latitude home range and larger males than females can be used to predict a given bat species’ life span.
“Scientists are very interested in finding closely related species in which one is long lived and one is short lived, because it implies that there has been some recent change to allow one species to live longer,” said Gerald Wilkinson, a biology professor at UMD and lead author of the paper. “This study provides multiple cases of closely related species with varying longevity, which gives us many opportunities to make comparisons and look for some underlying mechanism that would allow some species to live so long.”
Jun 9, 2019
The surprising way some people are fighting aging
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, education, life extension
Dr. Alan Green’s patients travel from around the country to his tiny practice in Queens, N.Y., lured by the prospect of longer lives.
Over the past two years, more than 200 patients have flocked to see Green after learning that two drugs he prescribes could possibly stave off aging. One 95-year-old was so intent on keeping her appointment that she asked her son to drive her from Maryland after a snowstorm had closed the schools.
Green is among a small but growing number of doctors who prescribe drugs “off-label” for their possible anti-aging effects. Metformin is typically prescribed for diabetes, and rapamycin prevents organ rejection after a transplant, but doctors can prescribe drugs off-label for other purposes — in this case, for “aging.”
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Jun 9, 2019
Cancer: New compound boosts chemo, prevents treatment resistance
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
A new study in mice finds a compound that boosts the effectiveness of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin and stops cancer cells from becoming resistant to it.
Jun 8, 2019
Nanotechnology treatment reverses multiple sclerosis in mice
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology
Summary: Extracting nanosized exosomes from bone marrow stem cells and injecting them into mice, researchers reverse symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Source: UC IrvineA nanotechnology treatment.
Jun 8, 2019
The human body is a mosaic of different genomes
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
Jun 8, 2019
Regenerative medicine breakthrough: Can a small chip ‘heal’ entire organs?
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, computing, life extension
A groundbreaking new cell reprogramming device can turn existing cells into any other type of cell, repairing tissue and organs in mice.