Tag: Medical science

Black Protester Shows Nazi That Love Really Does Trump Hate

Aaron Courtney, an African-American man and high school football coach probably didn't plan on hugging a white supremacist last weekend - however, that's exactly what happened. Last week, hundreds of white nationalists and counter-protesters faced off in Gainesville, Florida during a speech by alt-right leader, Richard Spencer (Spencer's speech was quickly drowned out by chants of "Go home!"). At one point during the protest, a...

The Family Profiting From the Opioid Crisis Hides Behind Charity

America is facing an unprecedented public health crisis— opioid addiction and the subsequent loss of many lives. The prescription drug OxyContin has been attributed to many of these deaths. Amazingly, however, little is known about the proprietors of OxyContin— the Sackler family. Their secret? Calculated and lavish acts of philanthropy. America’s Opioid Crisis: a Public Health Issue of Epic Proportions A recent article published in the New...
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These 3D Printed Ovaries Could Restore Human Fertility

Using 3D printing in medical research so far, we have witnessed the development of the 3D-printed ear, jawbones, skeletal muscles, and vascular structures that...

MDMA is Being Developed Into a Prescription Medication

Here’s something you may know: MDMA, better known by its street name “ecstasy”, is an illicit drug first synthesized in the early 20th century and...

This Baby Lamb Grew Outside its Mother’s Womb – and Humans Could be Next

Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have developed an artificial womb that has successfully developed a young lamb. This is all part of...

This New Cancer Therapy Treatment Has Left Patients in Complete Remission

The race to find the cure for cancer consists of a multibillion-dollar global research industry that has, in recent years, developed some promising therapies...

What We Really Know About the Controversial New Drug That Makes Us Smarter

The era of the ‘smart drugs’ has well and truly begun. With the promise of cognitive enhancement, creative expansion, and heightened memory function for...

This Futuristic Brain Implant Aims to Improve Our Memory

The world of neuroprosthetics is an extraordinary and ground-breaking branch of neuroscience that is set to change the face of medicine as we currently...

This New ‘SkinGun’ Helps Burn Victims Regrow Their Skin in Just a Few Days

A new system developed by New York-based biotech firm RenovaCare is offering a glimmer of hope to burn victims nationwide. The system harvests a...

This Brand New Brain Chip Enables Paralyzed Primates to Walk Again

For the first time in history, a new brain chip was able to restore leg movement in paralyzed primates - a difficult feat that...

Poop in a Pill: the Bite-Sized Cure for Deadly Gastro Infections

Poop doesn't get enough credit. Sure, it's gross and the last thing you'd want to bring up during a dinner conversation. But from nourishing...

Breakthrough: Surgeon Grows Ear on His Patient’s Arm to Restore Hearing

After having his right ear ripped from his face in a traffic accident, a patient in China is now growing an artificial ear on his...

This New Drug Might Prevent Alzheimer’s From Forming in the First Place

In the struggle to cure Alzheimer's disease, results from clinical trials of a new drug look promising in both understanding its cause and reducing...

Scientists Have Discovered What May Be the First Safe Opiate

According to the CDC, from 2000 to 2014 nearly 500,000 people died of drug overdoses in the U.S. 2014 had a record high of...