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Young Blood Offered as Anti-Aging Therapy -- But Is It Ready?
Singularity Hub - 29 Jan 2017 18:00
When 68-year-old Mark Thompson* walked into a private clinic on the outskirts of Monterey, California, $8,000 in hand, he had one hope in mind: to leave the clinic feeling physically and mentally back in his prime. The t...
Year of the Rooster: How Kauai's Feral Chickens Do It
Live Science - 29 Jan 2017 16:17
Chicken mating involves tidbitting, wing-flapping, a male waltz and the possibility of the female ejecting the male's sperm.
Rebalancing gut microbiome lengthens survival in mouse model of ALS
Science Daily - 29 Jan 2017 15:42
A bacterial by-product known to be important in maintaining gut health may slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS -- a progressive, neurodegenerative disease.
Delays in access to cancer medicines, unjustifiable price rises disadvantage patients
Science Daily - 29 Jan 2017 15:42
Cancer patients need speedy access to new drugs and fair prices for old ones, but in many cases they are getting neither, according to research.
Experts predict melanoma death rates will fall by 2050
Science Daily - 29 Jan 2017 15:42
By 2050 the death rates from malignant melanoma will have decreased from their current levels but the numbers of people dying from the disease will have increased due to the aging of populations. However, if new treatmen...
Immunotherapy, pembrolizumab, is active against mucosal melanoma tumors
Science Daily - 29 Jan 2017 15:42
Clinical trials of a new immunotherapy, pembrolizumab, have shown that it prolongs life significantly for patients with bladder cancer and is active against a rare sub-type of melanoma, called mucosal melanoma.