Checkpoint Inhibitors: A New Hope for Cancer Treatment
This article is part of an ongoing series on checkpoint inhibitors, a novel cancer immunotherapy. Here, we explore the history behind this revolutionary discovery. Future installments will delve deeper into the treatment’s mechanism and the latest research expanding the field. Twenty years …
Can Alzheimer’s Disease Be Transmitted By Blood And Organ Donations?
Alzheimer’s is not thought of as a transmissible illness — someone with the disease cannot suddenly “infect” someone else, just as someone with a broken arm cannot pass on their injury to others. This is taken to be common knowledge. A new …
Mapping the Mind: Advances in Understanding Speech Production
This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in neuroscience. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore normal function to tissues and organs damaged by disease, …
How Old Are You Really? New ‘Aging’ Clock Provides Clues
We age along two clocks: a chronological clock and a biological clock. The former is just a measure of how many birthdays you have celebrated — the age on your passport or driver’s license. The latter, on the other hand, gives a …
Can Artificial Intelligence Help Eliminate Health Disparities?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become one of the most promising new tools in healthcare. Not only has it been used to improve individual health outcomes by streamlining diagnosis and treatment, but recent studies have begun to explore its ability to improve …
Sleep Promotes Brain Health. Now We Know Why
This article is part of an ongoing series on aging and longevity. Here, we take a peek at how sleep impacts brain health and helps minimize cognitive decline. Other articles have touched on cell senescence, bone and muscle maintenance, heart health, DNA …
How Do We Remember? Association Is The Key
This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in neuroscience. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore normal function to tissues and organs damaged by disease, …
You Are What You Eat? How Diet Boosts Brain Health
This article on dietary restriction is part of a longer series covering all things aging and longevity. Other articles in the series have touched on cell senescence, bone and muscle maintenance, heart health, DNA damage, and a number of other topics. “You …
You May Think You Know Your Small Intestine
This story is part of a series exploring human anatomy and physiology complexities. Each story in this collection showcases discoveries reshaping our understanding of the body’s inner workings, potentially changing the way we teach and learn about it in the future. This …
Light And Sound May Help Treat Alzheimer’s Disease, Here’s How
This article is part of a small series on 40-hertz brain stimulation for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The first in the series can be read here, and the second, here. It is also part of a larger, …
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