News tagged with medical breakthroughs


Lazy eye disorder: A promising new therapeutic approach

A research team led by Dr. Robert Hess from McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has used the popular puzzle video game Tetris in an innovative approach to treat adult ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New target for Alzheimer's disease treatment

Researchers have found new evidence that insulating cells, the cells that protect our nerves, can be made and added to the central nervous system throughout our lifetime.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ohio State researchers design a viral vector to treat a genetic form of blindness

Researchers at Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital have developed a viral vector designed to deliver a gene into the eyes of people born with an inherited, progressive form of blindness ...

Ophthalmology created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New website to unite cystic fibrosis patients and researchers

People with cystic fibrosis (CF) will be able to access the latest research findings about their condition, volunteer for clinical trials and influence the direction of future scientific studies through a ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Autoimmune diseases the target of new research

A revolutionary medical breakthrough by researchers at Flinders University could pave the way to a cure for two debilitating autoimmune diseases.

Immunology created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

USADA's chief science officer publishes editorial on anti-dope testing in sport: History and science

Lance Armstrong's doping scandal may be considered by U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as "more extensive than any previously revealed in professional sports history," but a new editorial in The FASEB Journal by USADA's Larry ...

Other created Oct 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Autism Speaks and SAGE Labs develop rat models for translational autism research

Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, today announced its expanded collaboration with Sigma Advanced Genetic Engineering (SAGE) Labs, an initiative of Sigma Life, to develop the first ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Aug 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0