A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
“Stay-sober” pill will let you drink as much as you want.
Scientists are developing a “stay sober” pill. The pill will allow people to drink as much as they want while limiting the effects of alcohol on their brains. In tests for the drug, mice given the drug did not even display signs of getting tipsy, despite being fed enough alcohol to make them stumble and fall over.
HIV-1 particles assembling at the surface of an infected macrophage.
A huge story with implications that aren’t all immediately clear is emerging in Berlin this week: doctors treating an HIV-infected with leukemia believe they have, in a roundabout way, cured his HIV infection via a stem cell transplant containing cells that happened to be impervious to HIV infection. And while the story by no means indicates that a cure for HIV has been discovered, the unexpected finding certainly opens the door to further review and great optimism in a frustrating battle that has now spanned several decades.
Continue reading… “German Doctors Claim They Have Cured a Patient’s HIV Via Stem Cell Transplant”
A polymer implant, 8.5 mm in diameter, is embedded with chemical signals that encourage immune cells to attack tumors.
A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals, scientists report this week in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
Continue reading… “Implantable Cancer Vaccine First To Eliminate Tumors In Mice”
New research raises additional concerns about the harmful effects of formaldehyde, a common chemical found in everything from plywood to nail polish, car exhaust and cigarette smoke.
Continue reading… “Formaldehyde Linked To More Common Cancers”
