Month: April 2020

Apr 30 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

The Existence of Senolytics May Trigger the Shift Towards Targeting Root Causes of Disease

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It is sadly true that little medical research and development involves targeting the root causes of the treated condition. This is exactly why therapies largely fail in trials, and are...

Apr 30 2020

Daily News

Complement C5 Protein is a Biomarker of Preclinical Atherosclerosis

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At some point in the years ahead, the research community will develop effective means of reversing atherosclerotic lesions, the fatty, inflammatory deposits that build up in blood vessel walls to...

Apr 30 2020

Daily News

Direct Reprogramming of Skin Cells into Photoreceptors to Restore Light Sensitivity in Mice

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Researchers here demonstrate a direct form of cellular reprogramming, converting skin cells directly into another cell type without going through intermediary stages of induced pluripotency and differentiation. In this case...

Apr 29 2020

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Electronic skin fully powered by sweat can monitor health

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Electronic skin monitors body’s vitals signs while being powered by sweat.

Apr 29 2020

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Researchers develop new microneedle array combination vaccine delivery system

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In parallel to their current work on a potential coronavirus vaccine, researchers have developed a new vaccine delivery system for vaccines using live or attenuated viral vectors: a finger-tip sized...

Apr 29 2020

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Nasal smear as an allergy screening test

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In the world of allergy diagnostics, the familiar blood samples and unpleasant skin prick procedures for testing allergen tolerance may soon be a thing of the past. A team of...

Apr 29 2020

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Biomechanics of skin can perform useful tactile computations

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As our body’s largest and most prominent organ, the skin also provides one of our most fundamental connections to the world around us. From the moment we’re born, it is...

Apr 29 2020

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New textile could keep you cool in the heat, warm in the cold

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Imagine a single garment that could adapt to changing weather conditions, keeping its wearer cool in the heat of midday but warm when an evening storm blows in. In addition...

Apr 29 2020

2020, All, Anti-Aging, Diseases & Problems, Melasma, Pregnancy, sunscreen safety

Melasma, pigment, spring and pregancy!

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For everyone……spring is here in the northern hemisphere anyway!   We are about two months from the summer solstice, which is the longest day of the year on June 20,21.  This...

Apr 29 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

COVID-19 in the Context of Aging

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It is widely appreciated that old people have a poor time of it when it comes to infectious disease. Seasonal influenza kills tens of thousands of older people every year...