Innovation Stories
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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. -
Scientists Create Blood In Lab Using Stem Cells
Researchers in England have succeeded in growing human blood in a lab setting, using stem cells. However, the method is not yet perfected, and does not replace the need for traditional blood donations. -
HIV Breakthrough Allows Scientists To Target Dormant Virus
Scientists in France have identified a protein marker to set HIV-infected reservoir cells apart from healthy cells, which would make it easier to completely eliminate the virus from the body. -
This Gene Therapy Drug Cured A Third Of Dying Lymphoma Patients
A new experimental gene therapy drug has cured a third of seriously ill lymphoma patients involved in a clinical trial. However, the same drug may also have killed two volunteers. More research is needed. -
Universal Cancer Test Could Tell If A Patient Has A Tumor, And Where It's Located
A new study has identified a "clue" in the blood that could identify the presence of cancer, and also tell doctors where in the body the tumor is located. -
Protein Detection May Find Ovarian Cancer In Women Who Don’t Remove Ovaries
New research suggests that screening women at the highest risk for ovarian cancer for a protein biomarker called CA125 may help doctors find tumors earlier.
