Red eyes, ringing ears, sensitivity to light, trouble hearing: although a loss of taste and smell have become well-known sensory symptoms of COVID, accumulating research suggests that vision and hearing are also frequent targets of SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes the disease. More than 10 percent of people who get […]
Day: November 18, 2021
An Experiment Using Human Stem Cells Ended Up Reversing Diabetes in Mice
A technique capable of converting human stem cells into insulin-producing cells could hold huge promise for future diabetic treatments, if results seen in a recent experiment with mice can be successfully replicated in humans. In a 2020 study, researchers figured out a new way to coax human pluripotent stem […]
Scientists Discover Unknown Plant Species Growing on Australia’s Sacred Uluru
Scientists have made what is being described as a once-in-a-lifetime discovery, finding a new plant species on the giant rock of Uluru in Australia. What’s more, the fig has been hiding in plain sight for years. Ficus desertorum, or the desert fig, is the name that’s been given to the […]
Experimental mRNA Vaccine Not Yet Tested in Humans Protects Against Lyme Disease
A new laboratory-stage mRNA vaccine that teaches the immune system to recognize the saliva from tick bites could prevent these bugs from feeding on and transmitting tick-borne diseases to people, according to a recent study my colleagues and I conducted in the Fikrig Lab at the Yale School of Medicine. […]
Toxic Signature of Poisoning in 5,000-Year-Old Bones Is Oldest Evidence of Its Kind
The earliest evidence of mercury poisoning has been found in 5,000-year-old bones of humans buried in Spain and Portugal, according to a new study. Exposure to the naturally occurring heavy metal may have toxic effects on the body including on the nervous, digestive, and immune systems, according to The World Health Organization (WHO). […]
Antibody Breakthrough in Mice Could Lead to a Vaccine For Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, impacting roughly 44 million people worldwide. In some nations, those numbers could triple in the next fifty years, and scientists are desperately trying to find ways to protect our aging populations. Now, a novel method for treatment has been […]