Innovation Stories
- New research suggests that eliminating certain amino acids, the building blocks of protein, from the diet could aid in recovery from cancer. However, the diet comes with risks.
- A new study has found that equipping cells in the immune system with a "targeting device" from viruses may help the body better fight off antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
- Weighted blankets use deep touch pressure to boost serotonin levels, and reduce nervous system activity.
- 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.
- A new study from the Scripps Research Institute in California explains how researchers have developed an antibody that destroys HIV-infected cells.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- New research suggests that fat cell inflammation in breast tissue could put women with a healthy BMI at heightened risk for breast 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 therapy after spine surgery may help to reduce patients' pain more than drugs alone.
- 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.