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Different Studies Found Killer T-Cells and Antibodies that Neutralize COVID-19
A new paper published in Nature identified an antibody taken from a patient infected with SARS that seems to neutralize COVID-19’s infection potential.
Primary Cause of Lupus Discovered–And a Possible Way to Reverse It
A team of scientists from Northwestern Medicine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have identified the cause of lupus, a devastating autoimmune disease that affects...
Scientists Discover Potential HIV Cure that Eliminates Disease from Cells Using CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing
A new study has unveiled a likely future cure for HIV which uses molecular scissors to ‘cut out’ HIV DNA from infected cells.
To cut...
Scientists Are 3D-Printing Stem Cells that Can Be Implanted as Brain Tissue
An exciting advance from Oxford Univ. has raised the prospect of tailoring stem cells quickly to treat brain injuries in humans in the future,...
Scientists Discover a Small Strand of RNA to Be Key to Fighting Cancer With Our Immune System
A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown how a single, small strand of microRNA, known as let-7, governs the...
Scientists Say Exposure to Microplastics in Human Bodies is Not Inflammatory
Japanese scientists have made a breakthrough discovery on the effects of ingesting microplastics, namely that our immune system is capable of protecting us from...
Revolutionary Structure for Cancer-Killing Vaccines Could Make Treatments 3x More Effective
Cancer-killing vaccines could be made drastically more potent, according to scientists at Northwestern University, who say their new technology would arm vaccines with a...
Breakthrough Obesity Treatment in Early Research Can Target Bad Fat Anywhere in the Body
Folks struggling with obesity might wonder that with all the medical miracles modern technology has produced, how come there isn't a more sure-fire way...
Man Paralyzed from the Neck Down from Rare Disease Makes Incredible Recovery, Now Back at the Gym
A man who was paralyzed from the neck down has made an incredible recovery and is back in the gym just six months after...
CAR T-Cell Therapy Sends Lupus into Remission for Patients, Using Specially-Armed Immune Cells
A decade ago, CAR T-cell therapy changed the face of cancer research and treatment. It's now been applied in a small trial to lupus...
CRISPR Gene-Editing Tool Redesigned to be 4,000 Times Less Likely to Target the Wrong Strand of DNA
One of the grand challenges with using CRISPR-based gene editing on humans is that the molecular machinery sometimes makes changes to the wrong section...
Doctors Say Cancer Patients Cured a Decade After Immune Cell Therapy at University of Pennsylvania
A 75-year-old California man has, after ten years of observation, been declared free of cancer after an immune cell treatment wiped out his blood...
Breakthrough Using CRISPR to Target Fat Cells in Genetic Study of Obesity
Fat—it is vital for life but too much can lead to a host of health problems. Studying how fat tissue, or adipose, functions in...
New Simple Therapy Offers Potentially Groundbreaking Treatment Option for ALS and Other Autoimmune Diseases
A man with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) had the advance of his disease slowed, and even halted altogether, thanks to a new trial that...
Immunotherapy Drugs So Effective that Tumors Disappear in Weeks for Head and Neck Cancer Patients in Landmark Trial
From "positive trends in survival" to "completely eradicated," the results from a phase III cancer trial has oncologists and patients in the UK excited.
An...
The Second COVID Vaccine to Show Encouraging Results: Moderna Tops 94% Protection, Needs No Freezer
A new vaccine that protects against the coronavirus is 94.5% effective, according to early data from the US company Moderna.
The study involved 30,000 people...
Here’s Some Hope: People Have Lasting Immunity To COVID-19, Even After Mild Cases
After six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a body of scientific work is emerging that shows our immune system is capable of remembering COVID-19...
First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds Shining a Red Light Through the Eyelid for 3 Minutes Per Day Can Boost Failing Eyesight
Shining a deep red light for three minutes a day into your eye, even through the eyelid, can significantly improve declining eyesight, finds a...
Dogs Trained to Sniff Out COVID-19 Score Near-Perfect in Diagnosis of Human Sweat Samples
In a French study, detection dogs were trained to sniff out the smell of COVID-19 on the armpit sweat of infected patients—and they were near perfect.
Millions of COVID Cases and Deaths Averted Thanks to Lockdowns: ‘One of Humanity’s Greatest Achievements’
Researchers from Imperial College London and UC Berkeley used different methods to reach the same conclusion: COVID lockdown measures have saved millions.