1. I

    Buruli Ulcer - Another NTD - Third Most Common Mycobacterial Infection.

    In a recent post about Buruli ulcers, many raised questions and this post is to offer a brief clarification on the issues raised. The disease itself was discovered in 1897 in Buruli (Now Nakasongola District - Uganda) and hence the name. Buruli ulcer is a skin infection that kills the cells and...
  2. I

    Intermittent Fasting Slows Hair Growth.

    Studies done on both Mice and Humans show that intermittent fasting is linked with slow hair growth. In the mouse model, the mice were shaved and then fed either one of two intermittent fasting patterns — 16:8 (eight hours eating, 16 hours fasting) or alternate-day fasting — or the control...
  3. I

    Recent advances related to Diabetes

    Mt Sinai Researchers Move Closer to a Cure for Diabetes. New research confirms a novel route for human beta cell regeneration. Diabetes researchers and bioinformaticians from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a new understanding of how human beta cell regenerative...
  4. I

    Johns Hopkins Scientists Rewrite Medical Texts on Brain Cells

    A new study challenges the long-held belief that axons, brain cell extensions, are tube-like. Axons in brain cells resemble a string of pearls rather than smooth tubes, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. This discovery, aided by advanced imaging and modeling, reveals how physical and...
  5. I

    WHO sends team to DRC to investigate the mystery illness.

    The World Health Organization has sent a team to study a mystery illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 79 people have died from an unknown disease that is causing flu-like symptoms in south-western Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry says. The health ministry...
  6. I

    "Molecular GPS" Guides Killer T-Cells to Brain Tumors.

    Researchers have found a way to program immune cells to attack glioblastoma and treat the inflammation of multiple sclerosis in mice. The technology will soon be tested in a clinical trial for people with glioblastoma. UCSF scientists have developed a "molecular GPS" to guide immune cells into...
  7. I

    74 Year old World's oldest known wild bird is expecting....

    Parenting can be tough, even for the young and energetic, but one elderly albatross is about to go through it all again—at the ripe old (and apparently record-setting) age of 74. Wisdom, a Laysan Albatross, is one of millions of the huge seabirds that return to Midway Atoll, near Hawaii, every...
  8. I

    Footprints show Two Hominin species co-existed 1.5 MYA.

    More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed each other as they scavenged for food. Scientists know this because they have examined...
  9. I

    You're Probably Wrong About Rainbows

  10. I

    The Ancient City That Mastered Water.

    An interesting video about the well known Alhambra - Fortress Palace Here's another one, more descriptive but a bit old and longer.
  11. I

    The Most Important Material Ever Made

  12. I

    Long COVID: SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulation

    Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) have identified a mechanism that may explain the neurological symptoms of long COVID. The study shows that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein remains in the brain's protective layers, the meninges, and the skull's bone marrow...
  13. I

    Voyager 1 is back!

    After a temporary communication breakdown last month, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has resumed normal operations. The team successfully reactivated its primary radio transmitter and resumed data collection from its four active science instruments, despite ongoing power management challenges due...
  14. I

    Possibility of a Nasal Spray for Alzheimer's

    A future treatment for Alzheimer disease may involve a nasal spray. Researchers at Università Cattolica and Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS have discovered that by inhibiting the brain enzyme S-acyltransferase (zDHHC) through a nasal-spray drug, they can counteract the...

    No contents