Ancient Chinese medicine could transform hair loss treatment
Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most common type of hair loss, affecting millions of men and women around the world. It is often known as male or female pattern hair…
“Zombie cells” aren’t always bad and that could transform anti-aging medicine
Aging research is entering a new phase as scientists rethink one of the body’s most mysterious cell types: senescent cells, often nicknamed “zombie cells.” While these aging cells have long…
Ancient Chinese medicine may hold the key to hair regrowth
Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most widespread form of hair loss, affecting millions of people around the world. Medications such as finasteride and minoxidil are widely prescribed, but concerns about…
How scientists are turning thyme into precision medicine
Thyme extract is often described as a powerful natural remedy because of its wide range of health effects. This reputation comes from several biologically active compounds — thymol, carvacrol, rosmarinic…
A popular “essential” medicine may be putting unborn babies at risk
Researchers Dr. Adrienne Chan and Professor Ian Wong of Aston University examined how antiseizure medications are used around the world. The World Health Organization lists valproate as an essential medicine,…
MIT’s new precision gene editing tool could transform medicine
A gene-editing approach called prime editing could one day help treat many illnesses by turning faulty genes into healthy ones. However, the technique sometimes introduces small mistakes into DNA, which…
Cough medicine turned brain protector? Ambroxol may slow Parkinson’s dementia
Dementia poses a major health challenge with no safe, affordable treatments to slow its progression. Researchers at Lawson Research Institute (Lawson), the research arm of St. Joseph’s Health Care London,…
Potential power and pitfalls of harnessing artificial intelligence for sleep medicine
In a new research commentary, the Artificial Intelligence in Sleep Medicine Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine highlights how artificial intelligence stands on the threshold of making monumental…
Beating back bitter taste in medicine
The bitter taste of certain drugs is a barrier to taking some medications as prescribed, especially for people who are particularly sensitive to bitter taste. Published in Clinical Therapeutics, a…
The medicine of the future could be artificial life forms
Creating artificial life is a recurring theme in both science and popular literature, where it conjures images of creeping slime creatures with malevolent intentions or super-cute designer pets. At the…