Medical Wellness

New compound discovered that rapidly kills liver cancer

The compound, Factor Qunolinone Inhibitor 1 (FQI1), works by inhibiting an oncogene originally discovered by a team of researchers led by Devanand Sarkar,…

‘Brain Fog’ of Menopause Confirmed

The findings won’t come as a surprise to the millions of women who have had bouts of forgetfulness or who describe struggles with “brain fog” in their late 40s…

Research suggests new therapeutic approach for spinal cord injury

A new study suggests that administering FTY720, an oral drug that has shown promise in trials for human multiple sclerosis, significantly improves locomotor…

Prolonged space travel causes brain and eye abnormalities in astronauts

A team of researchers performed MRIs and analyzed the data on the 27 astronauts, each of whom were exposed to microgravity, or zero gravity, for an average of…

A new approach to treating type I diabetes? Gut cells transformed into insulin factories

A study by Columbia researchers suggests that cells in the patient's intestine could be coaxed into making insulin, circumventing the need for a stem cell…

Discovery could reduce chemo's side effects

“Knowing the structure and properties of the transporter molecule may be the key to changing the way that some chemotherapies, for example, could work in the…

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