Archive for the ‘biotech/medical’ category: Page 1986
Mar 20, 2019
Novel research links an aging gut microbiome with heart disease
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
An intriguing new study, led by scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder, suggests an aging gut microbiome may be somewhat responsible for the degradation in cardiovascular heath that tends to appear as we grow older. The study is yet another addition to the growing body of evidence affirming the role gut bacteria plays in age-related disease.
Mar 20, 2019
Cerebral organoids at the air–liquid interface generate diverse nerve tracts with functional output
Posted by Ours Ondine in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
In Nature Neuroscience, researchers present a new method to grow a cerebral organoid from human stem cells that exhibits axon outgrowth with specific tract-like patterns. Read the paper here: https://go.nature.com/2HMQxtF
Mar 20, 2019
Researchers Discover DNA Switch for Full Body Regeneration
Posted by Chris Parbey Jnr in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension
This new method could open a major avenue towards the full regeneration of body parts.
A new study has revealed a method of switching the early growth response of DNA on and off, opening the future possibility of regenerating human body parts with the use of genetic editing.
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Mar 19, 2019
Fountain of youth for heart health may lie in the gut
Posted by Xavier Rosseel in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
“We have long known that oxidative stress and inflammation are involved in making arteries unhealthy over time, but we didn’t know why arteries begin to get inflamed and stressed. Something is triggering this,” Seals said. “We now suspect that, with age, the gut microbiota begins producing toxic molecules, including TMAO, which get into the blood stream, cause inflammation and oxidative stress and damage tissue.”
As our collection of resident gut bacteria changes with age, it increasingly produces harmful metabolites that damage veins and blood vessels, driving disease, a new study suggests.
Mar 19, 2019
Politician who opposed mandatory chickenpox vaccine has been hospitalized after getting chickenpox
Posted by Caycee Dee Neely in category: biotech/medical
The Onion is well known for biting satire. This is NOT The Onion.
Massimiliano Fedriga, a member of Italy’s far-right League party, is dead-set against the country’s mandatory vaccination laws. Guess who contracted chickenpox and had to spend four days in the hospital?
Mar 19, 2019
ResTORbio Announces Phase 3 Human Trials
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Last year, resTORbio announced the positive results of its phase 2b human trial, which targeted the aging immune system with an immune system-boosting drug. Now, the company has announced the news that its therapy is moving to a phase 3 study later this year after successful negotiation with the FDA.
Targeting the mTOR pathway of aging
ResTORbio is a biopharmaceutical company that is developing therapies that directly target the aging processes in order to prevent or cure age-related diseases. Its primary candidate drug is RTB101, which targets part of the mTOR pathway, one of the pathways involved in aging.
Mar 19, 2019
Women’s Pain Is Different From Men’s—the Drugs Could Be Too
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, sex
A new study shows clear differences in the biology of how men and women feel pain, a reminder that sex-specific pain medications might benefit us all.
Mar 18, 2019
Heart disease and depression are linked
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
The link between heart disease and depression could be inflammation, research suggests.
The two conditions have been heavily linked to each other for years but scientists have struggled to explain why this is.
Now experts have found inflammation — the body’s first line of defence — could be to blame.
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Mar 18, 2019
Popular high blood pressure drug linked to sudden cardiac arrest risk
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
A common calcium-channel blocking heart medication has been tentatively linked to increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest. The research comes from the European Sudden Cardiac Arrest network (ESCAPE-NET), though additional work is needed to determine whether the findings can be replicated. At the heart of the study were medications amlodipine and nifedipine, which are prescribed for high blood pressure and chest pain called angina.