MEDICINE & HEALTH

Cannabis Users Could Take Twice As Much Anesthensia to be Sedated

MEDICINE & HEALTH 04.18.2019 21:08 PM

A new study that featured on Monday suggests that one of the bad effects of using cannabis could be a strange tolerance to anesthesia.

Zombie Pigs? Scientists Restore Brain Activity in Pigs Four Hours After Death

04.18.2019 20:43 PM

Four hours post-mortem, pigs' brains restored by a sophisticated artificial system. Seems a bit impossible if one hadn't seen any zombie movie or TV show in the last few months given its popularity nowadays, but the concept of coming back to life after death still seems to be far-fetched.

Gene-editing Trials Have Begun in the US

04.18.2019 16:55 PM

The first US clinical trials using Crispr-edited cells have started. Crispr is a revolutionary gene-editing tool that can cut DNA with great precision, allowing genes to be turned off, new genes added or their functions changed.

Scientists Discovered Where Anesthesia Works On the Brain

04.18.2019 16:55 PM

Rather than inhibiting neurons, anesthesia could also activate individual neurons in the brain A medical miracle happened about 170 years ago when scientists discovered general anesthesia that enables millions of patients to undergo invasive, life-saving surgeries without pain.

Killer Combination: Late Dinner and No Breakfast

04.18.2019 14:05 PM

People who miss breakfast and have a late night dinner are more likely to have other unhealthy habits like smoking and low levels of physical activity

Gene-editing Could Make Its Way to the Womb

04.18.2019 11:42 AM

Pediatric surgeons want to use Crispr for pre-natal treatment. The scariest moment in some parents' life is when a doctor makes a diagnosis of disease or a developmental defect in their unborn child.

Yale Researchers Build BrainEx Machine to Restore Brain Function After Death

04.18.2019 11:42 AM

A machine that can somewhat restore some functions in brain cells of deceased pigs has been built. Researchers at Yale University spent six years building a machine, which they call BrainEx, that can restore functionality in brain cells of recently slaughtered pigs.

Baby Boy in Texas Born Without Skin

04.18.2019 08:55 AM

New light of hope shines on the parents of a boy in Texas born without skin. Parents Priscilla Maldonado Gray and Marvin Gray welcomed 2019 with a baby boy named Ja'bari Gray.

Study Reveals Human Placenta Exchange Through 3-D Modelling

04.18.2019 08:52 AM

A group of scientists was able to understand more about human placenta through a new method Researchers from the University of Manchester and St. Mary's Hospital have developed a novel three-dimensional human placenta imaging to determine why fetal growth restriction occurs.

New Blood Pressure Drug Has Potential of Treating Parkinson and Dementia in Animal Study

04.18.2019 08:00 AM

The drug can induce autophagy in several neurodegenerative conditions To treat high blood pressure may now become possible through a prescribed drug that has shown promise against diseases like Huntington's Parkinson's and forms of dementia in studies carried out in zebrafish and mice at the University of Cambridge.

Air Pollution Is Doing More Than Just Slowly Killing Us

04.17.2019 19:29 PM

The air that we breathe is polluted and the dirt is making all of us sick. But did you know that air pollution affects our behavior too?

A Comprehensive Look at Ribociclib in Advanced Breast Cancer

04.17.2019 15:50 PM

Ribociclib in combination with an aromatase inhibitor provides lesser benefit than the appropriate comparator therapy

A New Standard Tool That Measures the Effects of Caring For Survivors of TBI

04.17.2019 15:48 PM

Caregivers of persons with TBI are underserved and overlooked In an instant, a traumatic brain injury occurs. This ugly scenario can happen in a car crash, a battlefield blast, or a bad fall.

First Ever 3D Printed Heart was Made from Human Tissues and Vessels

04.17.2019 15:48 PM

Researchers have successfully 3D printed a heart complete with blood vessels, cells, ventricles, and chambers.

MIT Biologist Discovered Real Interstitial Fluid Surrounding Pancreatic Tumors

04.17.2019 09:41 AM

Scientists have to get the environment right to know how to find the dependencies of cancer Before conducting tests in humans or animals, there has always been a need to evaluate most cancer drugs in tumor cells grown in a lab dish.

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