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How Data-Manipulation and Non-Transparent Reporting is Polluting the Research World
Research transparency is recognized by almost all social scientists as a fundamental ethical obligation. Research articles must include all relevant information about the methods and results necessary to judge the relevance and validity of a study.
Are Designer Babies the Future Reality?
A designer baby refers to a gene-modified human embryo with appropriate traits that can be created as per the instructions given by the parents.
Bacterial Enzymes and Development of Cancer
Research suspects a different mechanism in which bacteria may have the capacity to directly alter/damage DNA and modify the genes that can be turned on and off in normal cells.
Chemotherapy and Hair Loss go Hand in Hand: What to Expect?
Both women and men generally report hair loss to be one of the adverse effects they mostly fear after getting diagnosed with cancer. Facing severe hair loss while receiving chemotherapy might be upsetting, but the loss is mostly temporary.
Influence of Signaling Molecules in Brain
As neuroscience is being developed rapidly, researchers are uncovering functional aspects of the complex physiology and anatomy of the human brain.
PCR: The Gold Standard Method in Molecular Diagnostics
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), due to its capacity to generate both qualitative and quantitative results with greater reproducibility and accuracy, has now become a standard diagnostic tool in molecular medicine.
Medulloblastoma and its Metastases
Medulloblastoma tends to spread through cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) – the fluid that surrounds and protects your brain and spinal cord – to other areas around the brain and spinal cord.
Mitochondrial Inheritance
In eukaryotes, mitochondrial DNA is predominantly maternally inherited. Elucidating the molecular mechanism for this mode of inheritance will provide new insights into how mitochondrial diseases are transmitted from parent to offspring.
Phototherapy and its Applications
Phototherapy using artificial light sources gained importance in the treatment of skin diseases with a ...
Non-Drug Strategies for Pain Management
Non-pharmacological interventions involving physical and psychological therapies have shown excellent potential in pain management and reduce the use of pharmacological treatments.
The Reliable Methods of Medical Sterilization
Locking up of knee inhibits one’s ability to move it in any of the directions. Developing and keeping up with the muscle strength in the knee joints and leg muscles can help forestall the injuries and conditions that can lead to a locked knee.
The Never-ending Fight of Food Born Illness in Developing Countries
Over the past decades, safety of food for ...
In Vitro Fertilization: A Ray of Hope against Infertility
In vitro fertilization is an effective fertility treatment that involves the fertilization of eggs by sperms under laboratory conditions which is an effective treatment for various infertility conditions that help ...
The Central Cause of Hormonal Diseases
Hormones produced can be deficient or excess for the body and may not function properly, which may lead ...
Past, Present and Future of Organ Transplantation
Organ transplant is the last medical procedure in cases of severe organ failure and can be undertaken only in critical cases and emergency medical situations.
Single-Cell Protein: The Ultimate Alternative Protein
Single-cell proteins, derived from unicellular microorganisms, can be a more sustainable alternative to conventional methods of protein production to meet the increasing demand for protein supply.
The Reliable Methods of Medical Sterilization
The destruction of microbes and inhibiting microbial growth are not simple as the efficiency of an antimicrobial agent is affected by several factors.
Injury or Damage in Brain Cells Reverberates to 'Bystander' Cells
Experiments were conducted which show that within hours after injury, suppression of axon transport in all axons, whether injured or not, has decreased mechano- and chemosensory signal transduction in uninjured bystander neurons ...
Personalized Medicine: A Shift from Patient-Physician Engagement to Patient-Centered Care
Personalized medicine has opened a new direction that revolutionizes the practice of medicine and healthcare by enabling diagnosis and disease management to be more accurately targeted at the individual patient...
Gene Therapy: The Road to Recovery in Making
Gene Therapy is when certain DNA is introduced within a patient for treating a genetic disease. The technique continues to be a very crucial and active field of research aimed at developing effective treatments for various life-threatening diseases ...
The Bright Side of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Biology
The self-renewing capacity, multilineage potential, immunomodulation and secretion of anti-inflammatory molecules make mesenchymal stem cells an ideal candidate for future treatment strategies ...
Are We Heading Towards a Future of Lab-Grown Meat?
Biofabrication of complex living products by using various bioengineering techniques is a potential solution to reduce the ill-effects of current meat production systems and can dramatically transform traditional agriculture by inventing “animal-free” meat ...
Bioremediation: Brought to You by the Invisible Workforce
Bioremediation can be custom fitted to the necessities of the pollution site in question and the particular microbes required for the pollutant break-down are supported by choosing the limiting component...
Turning Back the Sickle Cell Disease: A New Drug into Play
Researchers at the Fulcrum Therapeutics developed a bioavailable drug candidate called FTX 6058...
If There is a Will, There is a Way: Battling Cancer
Besides being in the good hands of doctors, one’s willpower can be one of the significant factors in the battle against cancer. Having hope, along ...
Synthetic Biology: The Gateway to Future Biotechnological Industry
Synthetic biology has come up as a new interdisciplinary area involving application of ...
The Science of the Psychedelic Renaissance
There is growing research suggesting psychedelics hold incredible promise for treating mental disorders ranging from depression, anxiety to PTSD and the positive therapeutic effects of psychedelics open ...
Get the benefits of Clean and Green: Eat Organic!
The choice of eating organic food has found its way in the growing trend globally as people have realized the needs of healthy self-improvement.
Flavivirus and its Threat
A number of studies found that the virus can activate the endothelial cells and affect the structure and function of the blood‐brain barrier, promoting immune cell migration to benefit the virus nervous system target cells infected by flaviviruses...
3D-Printed Heart: A New Reality
The advancement of bioprinting has been a major medical breakthrough and the discovery of the 3D-printed heart is soon to be able to replace a real human heart.
Concussion and the Brain Injury
Concussion is normally produced by acceleration/deceleration of head and is often characterized by a sudden brief impairment of consciousness, memory loss, and paralysis of reflex activity...
Can Stem Cells Reverse Aging?
Stem cells act as body’s repair system by replacing and rejuvenating aging cells for the maintenance of health. With the current existing information on stem cells, it is actually attainable to delay aging and improve both health and life expectancy ...
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism is considered a disorder of the brain and mainly runs in families. Researchers found that causes for autism are likely to be genetic, bio-chemical, metabolic, and neurological...
Hypnosis: An Altered State of Consciousness
Hypnosis, an induced trance state, poses significant effects on the brain and this phenomenon is considered a viable, cost-effective and safe therapeutic method that boosts the quality of life...
Organ Transplantation: A New Lease of Life
There is a growing debate over organ transplantation which is a successive therapeutic option for the treatment of end-stage organ diseases but the ethical issues associated with the shortage of transplantable...
Living with Palmoplantar Hyperhidrosis
This episode of excessive sweating has an abrupt onset, which may or not be related with stressful and emotional events, presenting with more intensity on the fingers and palms and comparatively less intensely in the posterior part of the hands.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: A Breakthrough in Healthcare
The physiological and pharmacological benefits and high therapeutic response of hyperbaric oxygen therapy indicates that hyperbaric oxygen therapy offers promise in the treatment of a wide range of medical conditions.
Skin Cancer: Prevalent in Caucasians
More number of melanized melanosomes present in darker-skinned groups absorb and scatter more...
Hold the Prescription and Try These Natural Antibiotics Instead
The significance of natural antibiotics lies in the fact that they are effective against infections without causing enough side effects. Substitution of...
The The Therapeutic Potential of Exosomes
Currently, many are manipulating exosomes to solve drug delivery problems for a dizzying array of therapies – small molecules, RNA therapies, proteins ...
Laser Stories in Medicine
The usage of lasers has become increasingly popular in modern medicine, as minimally invasive techniques are continually being used in the treatment of different pathologic pathways...
How Laparoscopic Surgery Has Taken Over Open Surgery
A single large incision is made during “open surgery”, whereas the “laparoscopic surgery” takes the help of several smaller incisions for entering the abdomen and the recovery time of the patient is also faster...
Bioterrorism: Is the Threat Real?
Advances in genetic engineering have revolutionized the development of highly lethal bioweapons and the establishment of defensive strategies and concerted efforts of different agencies can ameliorate the fatal consequences of bioterrorism. ...
The Criminal Behavior of Genes
Identifying the crucial role of genetics in criminal behavior implies there must be something known as a “Crime Gene”. Genes come out as the strongest predictor of whether a person has predisposition towards crime or any criminal behavior....
The Disorder That Makes One Age 7 Times Faster
In addition to the implications for the diagnosis and conceivable treatment of progeria, the revelation of this model’s underlying genetics of premature aging ...
Epigenetics – Blurring the Lines between Nature and Nurture
Examples of mechanisms that produce such changes are DNA methylation and histone modification, each of which alters how genes are expressed without altering the underlying DNA sequence.
Anesthesia-The Gamechanger
General anesthetics mainly acts by inactivating the central nervous system (CNS) excitatory receptors while activating the inhibitory receptors of CNS. Oscillations play a major role in keeping the brain in working conditions.
Oxidative Stress: A Cause of Male Infertility
In normal conditions, the male reproductive system balances between ROS production and antioxidant activity. The seminal antioxidants play a beneficial role in restricting the ROS level in sperms.
Stem Cell Therapy: A Promise to Cardiac Regeneration
Cell-based regenerative therapies became a promising treatment for heart failure. Cardiac regeneration is a broad effort with cutting-edge science that aims to repair irreversibly damaged heart tissue, using stem cell therapy.
Jumping Genes The Natural Genome Engineers
Clinically relevant transposons have proved to be an efficient tool in gene therapy by which the gene of interest can be easily introduced into the target cell ...
The Invisible Us – The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease
The gut-brain-microbiota axis comprises the cross-talk between the central nervous system, neuroendocrine and neuroimmune systems, the sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic nervous systems, the enteric nervous system and the intestinal microbiota
Antibiotic Resistance: A Threat to Global Health
Self-medication is one of the greatest causes leading to the development of antibiotic resistance. Treatment of antibiotic-resistant strains in severe cases is impossible, making it one of the most life-threatening…
The Future of Cancer Research
Cancer remains one of the biggest and most well-funded areas in medical research. Along with improvements in the older approaches, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, stem cell transplant…
Is Schizophrenia Really a Brain Disease?
After Hundred years of research and spending billions of dollars, researchers have no clear evidence that schizophrenia and other related psychotic disorders are…
Ketamine for Rapid Treatment of Depression
A team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently discovered…
Therapy With Meta Intervention
Keeping messages brief and simple is more effective when trying to encourage patients to complete a health care program, according to new…
Best Strategy to Manage Stress Depends on the Person
People use different coping strategies to deal with stressful events, and some people use coping strategies more than others. Three techniques for keeping…