Does death have to be final? According to a group of researchers from the U.S. and India, it might not have to be. In 2019, they’ll attempt to perform a feat that’s sure to spark heavy ethical debate: they'll use the latest in stem cell innovations in -a first step toward bringing the dead back to life. Researchers plan to tackle death itself by using a combination of therapies including stem cell...
While persons born blind may have to wait longer for viable treatment options, those with compromised eyesight due to injury or disease have plenty of reasons to be excited about the future. Stem cell research, only one of several -regenerative medicine- options presently gaining seemingly limitless momentum, is opening doors hitherto merely imagined. Ophthalmologists should soon be able to offer...
In the United States alone, over 34 million people suffer from diabetes, with over 1.5 million new diagnoses each year. About 1.6 million Americans have type 1 diabetes, which requires -insulin therapy-, but it’s extremely expensive and often hard for patients to regulate. Even with therapy, diabetes is an extremely dangerous disease with an astonishing death rate. Naturally, some researchers have...
Approximately - 1.1 million people - were living with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) at the end of 2015; 15 percent of these had no idea they’d been infected. Statistically speaking, those who started antiretroviral treatment early could expect to live a long life despite their HIV diagnosis, but they would never be cured. A cure may be on the horizon, though. Two men infected with HIV have been...
Parents and grandparents rejoice at the arrival of new members in the family. There are few things sweeter and more delightful than a newborn baby. All we want to do is love and protect them. We wish them a long and healthy life but we also know that life can bring difficulties and disease over which we don’t have a lot of control. But what if there was a way to ensure that both your child and grandchild...