Neuroscience Medicine

Neuroscience Medicine

crispr cholesterol
It could permanently lower cholesterol — and permanently reduce your risk of having a heart attack.
While Y chromosome loss was first observed in 1963, it was not until 2014 that researchers found the link to a shorter life span.
chronic pain
Drugs that stifle acute inflammation may prevent the body from healing properly.
The same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines may enable the first damage-reversing heart attack cure.
Anesthesia causes animals and humans to lose consciousness. A study found it has a similar effect on Venus flytraps.
ants cancer
The insects were just as accurate as trained dogs, although not as cuddly.
“At that time, it was just a wild idea, [...] that instead of just a loss of consciousness, anesthetics may do something to the brain that actually turns pain off.”
Altos Labs, a new biotech firm with $3 billion in funding, has announced plans to combat aging. But what does that mean for human life span, exactly?
It started with a 22-year-old woman, named in papers only as Mrs McK.
The paper-thin device may also someday be used to stimulate bone growth.