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Researchers link innate chemical changes to variations in lifespan

Oct 4, 2016

A recently published study in the journal Aging suggests that innate variations in the internal aging process of individuals are a significant factor in predicting life expectancy. The research was led by biost...

WHO has announced regional eradication of measles

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Sep 27, 2016

Health, Science

The World Health Organization has announced that measles has been eliminated in the Americas, after a half a century of widespread vaccinations. In particular, it is the culmination of a 22-year long mass vacci...

New ‘convergence’ approach will employ physicists and others in new pancreatic cancer trial

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Sep 27, 2016

Health, Science

The past three decades have seen a rapid improvement of the ability of medical science to cure cancer. However, this ability depends greatly on the type cancer involved. Pancreatic cancer has the highest morali...

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg announces 3 billion dollar plan to “cure all diseases” in coming decades

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Sep 22, 2016

Business, Health, Science

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, have announced a plan to invest 3 billion dollars over the next decade to “cure all diseases” within the lifetime of today’s children. At...

Gene-editing method used to shrink tumors in mice

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Sep 18, 2016

Health, Innovation, Science

Scientists have successfully used gene-editing to reduce tumor growth in mice, according to a study published September 5th, in the journal Nature Methods. The gene-editing tool, called Crispr-Cas9, replaces fa...

Study suggests relationship between industrial pollution and Alzeimer’s

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Sep 7, 2016

Environment, Health, Science

New research has shed light on the relationship between industrial air pollution and nanomagnetic particles in the brain. For almost 30 years, it was thought that magnetic particles occur naturally in the brain...

FDA announces ban on antibacterial chemicals

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Sep 3, 2016

Health, Science

On Friday the 2nd, the United States Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of soaps containing 19 different antibacterial chemicals, asserting that the industry had failed to prove that they were either ...

New technologies may allow beef, leather, and other products from cattle to be created in labs

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Aug 21, 2016

Health, Innovation, Science

A wide array of new technologies have debuted recently with the potential to render various cattle products obsolete. A number of companies and innovators have made progress in search of ways to synthesize prod...

New design for 3D printed, personalized pill allows for simplified, customized dosing for patients

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Aug 15, 2016

Health, Innovation, Science

National University of Singapore scientists have designed a tablet that can contain multiple drugs, which may simplify, as well as lower the price, of patient drug regimens in the future. The tablet can also ti...

New meta-analysis links whole grain consumption to longer life, reduced health risks

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Jul 25, 2016

Health, Science

A new analysis shows that a diet rich in whole grains may extend lifespan by reducing the risk of certain common causes of early death. The meta-study found that those who ate three or more servings of whole gr...

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