First Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
A landmark clinical trial was announced recently by researchers at Kyoto University. For the first time in history, this trial tests the use…
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Detecting Toxins Produced by Algae
Harmful algal blooms are becoming an increasing problem in areas around the world, including the Great Lakes, where drinking water is…
Babies learn about eye contact early in life
As infants, we absorb any information our surroundings have to offer, especially if other humans are involved. Infants can recognize their…
Effects of Gender and Alcohol Use on US Veterans with HIV
While many people might not think that HIV is a large problem in the United States, at the end of 2015 over 1.1 million Americans were…
Risk Factors for Heavy Metal Exposure in Children
Before a baby is born in Taiwan, both the development of its brain and its intellectual performance are already at risk. A 2014 study of 545…
New understanding of an ancient man and his tools
During the last days of the summer of 1991, tourists hiking in the Ötztal Alps near the Italy – Austria border found the remains of…
Ivy can protect buildings from frost
The UK and Ireland were visited by the Beast from the East in 2018 – freezing Arctic winds that dumped inches of snow and brought down…
Increasing Muscle Mass in Fish with Gene Editing
There may be concerns with genetically modified organisms (GMO), but the effectiveness of gene editing in developing more productive plants…
What happens if we send signals into space?
For over a hundred years, humans on Earth have been using radio transmissions to communicate with each other. This ability to communicate…
Brain Cancer Treatment Finishes Phase 3 of Clinical Trials
For most types of cancer, survival rates have steadily been improving since the 1970s as medical advancements have been made in both cancer…