Addiction to… Medicine?!?
Prescription opioids – drugs that work similarly to opium, including OxyContin, Vicodin, Percocet and others – are the number-one cause …
Category Archives: Medicine
Pines, humans, genome…
Deciphering the genome of the loblolly pine is a tall order, as is perhaps fitting for a tree that can …
Monsanto, free genes, lucky crops.
In a unanimous decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court backed the agribusiness firm Monsanto on its soybean patents. The justices …
Angelina Jolie, gene terrorism, stupidity. (and some advertisement)
Angelina Jolie, known for being fiercely private, has made a very personal disclosure. The Oscar-winning (REALLY?!?) actress reveals in an emotional …
Epilepsy, brain, research.
Epilepsy that does not respond to drugs can be halted in adult mice by transplanting a specific type of cell …
Cancer, germs, scientific prejudice…
Many times a man has an idea. An idea so odd that other people think he is insane. And it …
Smoke! Ehmmm…I meant “Play Tetris”! It is good for you!
Canadian doctors say they have found an inventive way to treat lazy eye – playing the Tetris video game. The …
Genome patents, Stupidity patents?
The US Supreme Court has heard arguments questioning whether the human genome can be claimed as intellectual property. The case relates …
(disease > symptoms) or (disease < symptoms) ?
Amyloids — clumps of misfolded proteins found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders — …
Synthetic vaccines, natural fears…
British scientists develop a new way to create an entirely synthetic vaccine which does not rely on using live infectious virus, …
