Tag: Research

These Celebrities have Royal Titles From The Queen Herself

Most people would agree that “Commander of the Order of the British Empire” sounds pretty darn impressive. After all, you’re not just a commander, but the commander of an empire! Titles such as this and others like knight, dame, and royal victorian are given out each year by Queen Elizabeth and other members of the British royal family, and receiving one is understandably a...

Koko the Gorilla Delivers Powerful Last Message to Humans Before Passing Away

For kids who grew up in the 1980s, Koko the gorilla was a familiar face who made appearances on numerous TV shows. She challenged the way we look at animals and gave us some incredibly adorable and heartbreaking moments. Most notable of course, was the fame she achieved for becoming the first gorilla to become fluent in American Sign Language. Born in at San...
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Can Decriminalizing Pot Help Solve the Opioid Crisis?

Proponents of marijuana legalization have long said that legal marijuana could curb the ever-increasing abuse of opioids. Now, two new studies add powerful support...

Cancer Vaccine With a 97% Success Rate Moves Into Human Trials

Researchers from Stanford University have developed a vaccine capable of eliminating tumors in mice, with potentially no serious side effects. The treatment consists of...

New AI Can Predict How Much Longer You Have to Live

“Doctor, how much time do I have left?” is one of the most difficult but inevitable questions that the doctors of the seriously ill...

Could “Artificial” Sperm Cure Infertility?

Researchers from Cambridge University’s Gurdon Institute have made significant progress towards the replication of  human sperm cells in the lab. Their work, which employed...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dolphins Having ‘Conversations’ Like Humans. True or False?

If dolphins could talk, what would they say? Their preferred topics of conversation may remain a mystery, but Ukrainian scientists have recently conducted research...

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...

Why Aspirin May be the Most Powerful Weapon in the War on Brain Cancer

Less than 20 percent of people with brain cancer survive more than five years after their diagnosis. It’s one of the most deadly forms...