Innovation Stories
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The Science Behind Weighted Blankets: Do They Work?
Weighted blankets use deep touch pressure to boost serotonin levels, and reduce nervous system activity. -
Potential Parkinson’s 'Cure' Reverses Disease Symptoms In Mice
A potential new Parkinson's disease treatment successfully reversed and even cured disease symptoms in mice, although it's still unclear whether these results can be reproduced in humans. -
Antibody Therapy Makes Cells Resistant To HIV
A new study from the Scripps Research Institute in California explains how researchers have developed an antibody that destroys HIV-infected cells. -
Long-Term Aspirin Use May Help You Survive Cancer
New research has found that cancer patients who have taken aspirin for a long period of time may live longer than patients who do not take it. -
Can Sperm Carry Drugs Inside The Female Reproductive Tract?
Researchers in Germany hope to attach a medicine-filled "hat" to sperm cells in order to better deliver treatment to hard-to-reach cancers inside the female reproductive tract. -
Exotic Areca Nut May Help You Quit Smoking For Good
A new study suggests that the areca nut from Asia may contain a compound that could be used to make a new smoking cessation drug, without the bad side effects. -
Healthy Weight Women May Be At Greater Breast Cancer Risk Than We Thought
New research suggests that fat cell inflammation in breast tissue could put women with a healthy BMI at heightened risk for breast cancer. -
Scientists May Have Figured Out The Link Between Obesity And Cancer
Study finds that aggressive breast cancer cells grow faster in obese tissue, suggesting that weight loss may be an effective cancer-fighting tool. -
Music Can Heal A Broken...Spine?
Music therapy after spine surgery may help to reduce patients' pain more than drugs alone. -
FDA Approves First Drug For Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
The FDA has approved ocrelizumab, commercially known as Ocrevus, to treat the most rare and severe form of multiple sclerosis. The drug will be available to the public in two weeks. -
Paralyzed Man Feeds Himself Using Mind-Controlled Device
A man who had been paralyzed from the shoulders down for the past eight years was able to use his arm to feed himself thanks to a mind-controlled device that reconnected the lost signals between his brain and arm muscles. -
Potential New Treatment For 'Incurable' Breast Cancer
A new study from Tel Aviv University in Israel has discovered a natural process that is able to destroy "incurable" cancer cells without destroying healthy cells.
