The therapeutic benefit to patients receiving mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) therapy is not because the injected cells remain viable, but because of cell death, researchers at the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) have found. In recent years, significant efforts have been made to develop stem cell-based therapies for difficult-to-treat diseases. […]
When the first bride came up the driveway with a wedding proposal, Janet Storrier, who gardens at historic Hopewood House in the Southern Highlands’ Bowral, was surprised. But she said yes. A few years later Hopewood House is as renowned for lavish weddings as it was for lavish parties when […]
Arizona man contracted Covid and spread it to his dog and cat in first-ever case reported of human to pet transmission of the virus in the U.S. Researchers have found the first documented case of a person transmitting Covid to a domesticated animal in the U.S. The unvaccinated man tested […]
Rochester biologists show how selfish genetic elements that can cause tumors may also trigger the death of cancer cells. Selfish genetic elements were once thought to be merely parasites of the genome. But researchers at the University of Rochester have discovered that this so-called “junk DNA” may actually be key […]
Governments are pressing ahead with home quarantine for returning travelers and people are isolating at home due to COVID-19. So now is a good time to think about what you can do to reduce your risk of infection if you live in an apartment. Earlier in the pandemic, apartments were […]
Modern assisted reproductive technologies have helped millions of infertile couples to bypass their reproductive challenges, and these technologies can be regarded as one of the greatest achievements of medicine. Yet, they are far from perfect. Many couples still fail to achieve pregnancy or need several treatment cycles to attain parenthood. […]
(Reuters) -Merck & Co is buying Acceleron Pharma Inc for about $11.5 billion, broadening its portfolio beyond aging cancer drug Keytruda with potential treatments that could bring in fresh revenue.FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Rahway, New Jersey, U.S., […]
Think of an illustrated guide to the brain, and you’ll probably imagine pages with images of that squishy pink mass that lives inside our heads, with clinical explanations of its anatomy. Campbell Walker aka Struthless. Credit:Yasmin Suteja What you’re not imagining is a whimsical and chaotic houseboat. Which is exactly […]
The test results that hot day in early August shouldn’t have surprised me — all the symptoms were there. A few days earlier, fatigue had enveloped me like a weighted blanket. I chalked it up to my weekend of travel. Next, a headache clamped down on the back of my […]
Marius Pirvu/Shutterstock By Elizabeth S. Mitchell/Sept. 13, 2021 6:11 pm EDT Over the past year-and-a-half or so, we have all heard a great deal about being “touch starved” due to isolation that has ensued during quarantine and social distancing. The Texas Medical Center says that the term “touch starvation” is an accurate […]