A stunning breakthrough at the University of Bristol has led to the development of a new bio-ink that can perform 3D printing of a living tissue – a process known as bioprinting. The bio-ink contains stems cells and is composed from two different polymers. The first is a natural polymer …
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental illness characterized by intrusive thoughts known as obsessions and repetitive behaviors known as compulsions. People with this disorder can find themselves deeply upset by their uncontrollable, intrusive obsessions, and can spend hours each day performing ritualistic compulsions intended to relieve the anxiety these obsessions …
Vitamin deficiencies can lead to lot of health complications, but in a recent study published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry it has been found that Vitamin A deficiency can lead to Type 2 diabetes. This type of diabetes is the most common form of diabetes in the United States …
Osteoporosis is a disease, which has been catching the attention of a wide population base all over the world. This is mainly because the modern lifestyle causes it to grip a lot of people and seriously affect them. This disease is characterized by excessively brittle bones which tend to break …
Recently, Scott Sicherer, a professor of Pediatrics of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City conducted a survey with five colleagues. Sicherer and his team studied over 500 infants aged between 3 and 15 months.
For men, there can be nothing more depressive than finding out that they have prostate cancer. A surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland usually means losing the ability to have an erection, as it damages the nerve that runs along the prostate. In such a critical situation, the possibility …
All thanks to a ground-breaking blood test that is expected to help with cancer detection as early as five years before the disease surfaces, which is a feat not accomplished through either CT scans or mammograms.