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4 Promising New and Upcoming Clinical Trials for Type 1 Diabetes

Using AI to diagnose skin cancer

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Studying Parkinson’s Disease

July 16, 2018July 16, 2018Danny Schnitzler Comment

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder that affects six million people across the world. Symptoms of the disease become apparent with age, which means

New Insights Into How Metformin Works: Changing your gut microbiome

June 8, 2017August 28, 2017Rina Soetanto Comment

Metformin is the most commonly prescribed medication for Type 2 Diabetes. Although it is well known to be very effective in lowering blood glucose

White blood cells poke little holes in your blood vessels to get out

January 22, 2017January 23, 2017Rina Soetanto Comment

The walls of your blood vessels are very good at keeping blood cells in. But to protect you from pathogens, white blood cells need to

How do clinical trials work?

January 16, 2017January 19, 2017Anthony Faso Comment

Have you ever wondered why new drugs that you see reported in the papers never seem to become available, or if they do, it’s many

What are prions, and how do they cause mad cow disease?

January 8, 2017January 11, 2017Jack Simpson 3

Have you ever wondered what caused mad cow disease? It is not caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites. In fact, mad cow disease is instead caused by

How do white blood cells actually kill cancer cells?

January 5, 2017January 7, 2017Rina Soetanto Comment

I recently wrote a post about a clinical trial that freed a woman from her advanced cancer. Her treatment used her own white blood cells –

Studying Parkinson’s Disease

Exercise improves symptoms of Parkinson’s disease

Sleeping longer – perhaps a strategy to decrease sugar intake?

Does diet during pregnancy and early infancy really influence the baby’s risk for developing allergies?

A strain of bacteria commonly found on human skin were found to protect against skin cancer

Nation-wide South Korean study confirms that taking antithyroid drugs during the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for birth defects

Treating Heart Disease with Anti-Inflammatory Therapy

A strain of bacteria commonly found on human skin were found to protect against skin cancer

Transplants derived from stem cells could replenish red blood cells and was useful in treating severe anemia in mice

Studying Parkinson’s Disease

New Insights Into How Metformin Works: Changing your gut microbiome

White blood cells poke little holes in your blood vessels to get out

How do clinical trials work?

What are prions, and how do they cause mad cow disease?

How do white blood cells actually kill cancer cells?