California will be making its own affordable insulin.
On the heels of Eli Lilly taking a stock hit (when a fake “verified” account on Twitter made it seem like the pharma giant would […]
medicine
Looking at the long covid “micro-clot” hypothesis.
Nature investigates the idea that the various symptoms of long covid – which can include cardiac trouble, neurological problems, muscle pain, and general fatigue – […]
Transplant breakthrough: A system for keeping the organs alive in a pig that has died.
Science News is talking about a new “cellular life support” system that could change the way we do organ transplants by keeping organs alive in […]
SONG: Remember Your Hands
SONG: “Remember Your Hands”. ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Science News 31 Jan 2022, “A new device helps frogs regrow working legs after an amputation,” as used […]
Drug device spurs lost limbs to regrow… in frogs, at least.
Science News covers a device that coaxes amphibians’ cells to remember how to regrow amputated arms and legs: “The cells of the frog already know […]
Bacteria-killing copper fights superbug spread
Australia’s RMIT University is excited by the prospects of a surface that kills bacteria on its own, without any antiseptics being applied – a new […]
Barnacle glue saves lives.
Science magazine offers a briefing on a paste modeled on barnacle glue that sticks to wet surfaces within 15 seconds – making it a perfect […]
“Enteral ventilation” is a fancy way of saying “breathing through your butt.” Which we can maybe do.
Massive Science is celebrating nether regions this September, and kicked off their observances with a report on actual research at Tokyo Medical and Dental University […]
A magnetic helmet (that you can wear at home) just shrank a brain tumor.
Houston Methodist Neurological Institute is proud to share the results of the first human trial of a magnet helmet that generates an oscillating magnetic field […]
One vaccination against TB, diabetes, and MS?
Science News reports on the BCG vaccine, short for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. Originally, it was a treatment to prevent tuberculosis, but now it’s showing promise for […]
Science Art: Dynamometer, 3 Feb 1865
Click to embiggen A dynamometer, illustrated by (or for) the United States Sanitary Commission in 1865. A dynamometer measures power output. For an engine, it […]
Why can’t pharma companies afford to make life-saving drugs?
Nature asks a disturbing question about how we create and distribute what are arguably the most important scientific projects of all – the antibiotics and […]
Spinning yarn from human skin
PhysOrg reminds me here of a piece of jewelry my mother won at an auction, which she then gave to me to give to the […]
A llama antibody.
I’m trying to keep COVID-19 research to a minimum here, just because there’s so much of it everywhere, but I couldn’t resist this piece from […]
Stanford’s butt-reading toilet knows how healthy you are.
CNET (among others) has brought us news at the confluence of two contemporary concerns: Are we carrying germs we don’t know about? and … Just […]