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Let’s hope this therapy works as well in humans as it does in rodents. They are currently recruiting for a human study. “The researchers believe the local application of very small amounts of the agents could serve as a rapid

See the documents here. Here’s what Fierce Biotech has to say: “While aspects of the framework are intended to ensure effective regenerative medicines reach patients as soon as possible, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., also framed it as an attempt

Not surprising really, but good to remember. Put down the cupcakes! Here’s the story in the Atlantic. “A high-carb diet, and the attendant high blood sugar, are associated with cognitive decline.”

Here’s the latest from YC’s Sam Altman: “I’m excited to announce a new experiment we’re going to try: YC Bio. YC Bio is a new way for us to fund early-stage life science companies that are still in the lab

Lisa Mosconi, Assoc. Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical, makes the case that declining hormones may be to blame for higher rates of Alzheimer’s in women. Read it here. From her article: “In the next three

From Scientific American: “Minuscule blobs of human brain tissue have come a long way in the four years since scientists in Vienna discovered how to create them from stem cells. The most advanced of these human brain organoids — no

From Gizmodo: “Every generation has had its breakthrough that promised to, at long last, finally cure cancer, but this time around the chances of actually pulling it off are looking pretty good. Rapid advancement in fields like genetics have led

“New research from Alphabet’s life science company, Verily, and Google shows that one day there might be a far easier test to determine risk of heart disease. Researchers were able to find new indicators of heart disease risk present in

More digital medicine. From Engadget: “Pancreatic cancer has a very low survival rate, with just nine percent of patients surviving past five years. A major contributor to this rate is the fact that once those with pancreatic cancer start to

Here’s a thoughtful piece by Tyler Cowan on genetic engineering. He says, “There’s a lot of innovation going on in China these days, but perhaps not all of it is good. Chinese fertility centers are going well beyond American practices,