An Unexpected Source for Cancer Treatment A recent study, published September 5, 2017 by Jeremy Rich and colleagues at University of California announced a new potential treatment for brain cancer: Zika virus. Zika virus made headlines for its outbreak...
Improved mRNA Delivery Techniques Could Lead to More Efficient Therapies A promising approach to treating disease involves delivering therapeutic mRNA into the patient’s cells, and letting the cells take it from there, translating the mRNA into a protein. The mRNA delivered in this ...
Unraveling Alzheimer’s One Gene at a Time Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, which causes problems with memory, thinking, and behavior. It is a progressive disease that is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States (1)....
Bauer’s Q-Collar to Protect Brains During Contact Sports For several years now, there has been ongoing concern about the consequences of playing contact sports; in particular, the potential for injury to the brain. About 20% of teenagers in general report suffering a...
“Link” Between Flu Vaccine and Miscarriage: Proven Facts or Media Hysteria? One of the most widely-covered medical dilemmas in the past 5 years is the safety of vaccines. The surge in concern began with the 1998 publication of a study that suggested a possible link between vaccinations...
Life on a TRAPPIST-1 Planet? The idea of humans moving to and living on a life-sustaining planet other than Earth is very exciting and even seems to be the plot to many popular movies. As it turns out, this isn’t completely science fiction...
Concussions and the Therapeutic Use of Omega-3s An estimated 1.6-3.8 million concussions occur in the United States every year1. Athletes in contact sports suffer from concussions on a daily basis. Symptoms include headaches, blurred vision, sleep deprivatio...
A New Drug to Combat Melanoma A new study published in EBioMedicine by the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals a drug that may hinder cancer cell proliferation. The drug, called Pevonedistat, shows potential as a treatment for...
New Opioid Drug Relieves Pain While Mitigating Adverse Effects The Center for Disease Control states that 78 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose, and that 28,000 Americans died from prescription opioid overdose and heroin combined in 2014. Frighteningly, the nu...
New Research Could Lead to Earlier Diagnosis of Liver Cancer in Dogs Conventional agents used in Contrast Enhanced CT scans are often administered multiple times in order to locate a tumor’s precise location due to the brevity of their effect. Veterinarians are currently researc...
