End the winter cold. “A single nasal spray vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus” by keeping lung macrophages on “amber alert” for about three months in animal tests. The idea is a “radical departure” from how vaccines […]
A large language model for complex cardiology care. “In our RCT, general cardiologists’ clinical assessments aided by AMIE were preferred overall, saved time in 50.5% of cases and had fewer clinically significant errors and fewer omissions of important content.” This […]
Hair remembers toxic history. “back when the regulations were absent, the lead levels were about 100 times higher than they are after the regulations.” University of Utah scientists analyzed hair samples going back to 1916 and watched lead levels collapse […]
Why exercise isn’t much help if you are trying to lose weight. “People who start to exercise more burn extra calories. Yet they don’t lose nearly as much as weight as would be expected based on the extra calories burned. […]
Cancer may help protect the brain against Alzheimer’s. Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person. Now, a study reveals that a protein from cancer cells might infiltrate […]
Mouse Alzheimer’s reversed in new study. “Remarkably, not only did preserving NAD+ balance protect mice from developing AD, but delayed treatment in mice with advanced disease also enabled the brain to fix the major pathological events driven by the disease-causing […]
The first human test of a rejuvenation method will begin “shortly”. In a bid to treat blindness, Life Biosciences will try out potent cellular reprogramming technology on volunteers. This is a company affiliated with Dr. David Sinclair. They’re testing Yamanaka […]
Peanut allergy treatment progress. “The median tolerated dose increased from 30 mg (equivalent to approximately 1/8th of a peanut) to 3000 mg (12 peanuts) at the exit challenge, representing a 100-fold increase.” This phase II trial shows promising results for peanut oral […]
I genetically engineered myself to fix lactose intolerance. “Recently my friend Gabriel Licina, renowned biohacker and genetic engineer, gave me access to the tools and materials I needed to make a therapy that could potentially fix the issue.” The therapy […]
The evolution of bacteria. “The longest-running and most celebrated of modern evolution experiments is the appropriately named Long-Term Evolution Experiment (LTEE). Started by Richard Lenski in 1988 at the University of California, Irvine, and continuing in the hands of Jeffrey […]