Health and Medicine
Discovery could allow enhanced activity of the immune system to attack cancer cells, in particular in cases of lung cancer and melanoma.
As more doctors retire, less students study medicine due to its difficult, long, expensive training, nurse practitioners’ and physician assistants’ roles expand, more doctors are brought from third world countries. Could pharmacists’ fill the void?
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Now going into clinical trials for specific types of cancer, Alpha Tau’s technology shows potential for treating any solid tumor
Drs. Linus Pauling and Dr. Sydney Bush, had more effect on my understanding of cardiovascular disease than any other person
Israeli scientists show how this basic component of body cells can become ‘bad’ and cause hardening of the arteries
A wound covered by an electric bandage on a rat's skin (top left) healed faster than a wound under a control bandage (right).
Namely, it’s prudent to take the lowest effective dose for the shortest period of time.
Israel’s Nitinotes is developing a minimally invasive alternative to bariatric surgery
Israeli study shows how changes in the cellular environment damage the molecular structure of nerve cells’ insulating coating, possibly leading to MS.
Researchers explore how to end virus 'hijacking' of the immune system.
Best present you can give a lonely friend. Pick up the telephone and make the call.
Current research shows that Low Intensity Laser Therapy is a new way to treat concussion but has received little medical attention. It also has the appeal of being non-toxic, non-invasive and is completely safe
C&EN's Year in Pharma 2018
Portable, wearable device will offer over-the-counter alternative to pills or surgery, to be used as needed
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Paid off journal editors, Scientific Fraud, Inappropriate image duplication, Hoaxes,
Countries debate plan to equate digitized DNA data to biological material
Making biologics on demand
Vines, similar to those pictured, contain a compound that could make pancreatic cancer cells susceptible to starvation
Addicts who exercise appear to be less vulnerable to relapsing upon returning to the environment where drugs were previously taken
Hebrew University researchers share results of a new glioblastoma treatment with the potential to improve and extend patients’ lives
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The immune system is a powerful weapon in fighting infection
Breakthrough development uses a patient's own stomach cells, cutting the risk of an immune response to implanted organs
Israel’s Collplant inks licensing and commercialization deal with major American biotech firm to make human organs
Nurse practitioners, wellness coaches, and nutritionists, who can direct patients to improved lifestyle and to circumvent chronic conditions