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Vitiligo Treatment Holds Promise for Restoring Skin Pigmentation
September 18, 2024 2:35 pm Videos CommentsA treatment regimen is safe and effective for restoring skin pigmentation in vitiligo patients, according to a new study. Patients were randomly divided into two study groups: Group A received a combination therapy; Group B received only NB UVB treatment.
BST This Week #16: How Did Life on Earth Begin?
September 17, 2024 1:44 pm Videos CommentsOn this episode of Bioscience Technology This Week, Christina Jakubowski reports on new research seeking to prove how life on Earth began, by tracking the ancestors of RNA and DNA. Our second story focuses on the possibility of developing high-quality computed tomography scans from a lower radiation dose.
BST This Week #15: Bees May be Key to Antibiotic Alternatives
September 12, 2024 8:30 am Videos CommentsOn this episode of Bioscience Technology This Week, Christina Jakubowski explores the role that bees may play in the search for antibiotic alternatives. Our second story focuses on how increased carbon dioxide levels in water can rob sharks of their ability to sense the smell of food.
Ebola’s Ripple Effects
September 11, 2024 12:04 pm Videos CommentsThe race to stamp out West Africa’s Ebola epidemic is not just about saving lives. It’s also about stemming an assault on society that could include food shortages and mass migration, morphing from a medical emergency into a broad humanitarian crisis.
BST This Week #14: IPF Cases Linked to Asbestos Exposure
September 10, 2024 12:00 pm Videos CommentsOn this episode of Bioscience Technology This Week, Christina Jakubowski discusses a new study that shows a link between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis cases and asbestos exposure. Our second story showcases how immune cells use two critical receptors to clear dead cells from the body.
New Pain Management Mechanism Unlocked
September 4, 2024 1:30 pm Videos CommentsScientists have discovered a new mechanism that can reverse chronic pain. Using an animal model, the research has found that pain signals in nerve cells can be shut off by interfering with the communication of a specific enzyme with calcium channels.
BST This Week #13: Electric Current to Brain Boosts Memory
September 3, 2024 3:30 pm Videos CommentsOn this episode of Bioscience Technology This Week, Christina Jakubowski reveals that probing the brain with electric currents can improve memory. Our second story highlights the relationship between individuals and their personalized microbes.
Surprising New Role for Calcium in Sensing Pain
September 2, 2024 1:54 pm Videos CommentsWhen you accidentally touch a hot oven, you rapidly pull your hand away. Although scientists know the basic neural circuits involved in sensing and responding to such painful stimuli, they are still sorting out the molecular players. Now, researchers have made a surprising discovery about the role of a key molecule involved in pain.
Spinach Extract Decreases Food Cravings
September 2, 2024 1:32 pm Videos CommentsA spinach extract containing green leaf membranes called thylakoids decreases hedonic hunger with up to 95 percent and increases weight loss by 43 percent, according to a new study.
BST This Week #12: ‘Sleep Drunkenness’ May Affect 1 in 15 People
August 29, 2024 8:30 am Videos CommentsOn this episode of Bioscience Technology This Week, Christina Jakubowski talks about “sleep drunkenness,” a sleep disorder that likely affects 1 in every 15 people. Our second story covers new research into how hummingbirds came to detect sweetness in nectar.
Technology May ID Strains in Body Tissues Before Injuries Occur
August 27, 2024 1:05 pm Videos CommentsResearchers have developed algorithms to identify weak spots in tendons, muscles and bones prone to tearing or breaking. The technology one day may help pinpoint minor strains and tiny injuries in the body’s tissues long before bigger problems occur.
BST This Week #11: Obesity Linked to Heightened Dementia Risk
August 27, 2024 11:29 am Videos CommentsOn this episode of Bioscience Technology This Week, Christina Jakubowski highlights the link between mid-life obesity and an increased dementia risk later in life. Our second story focuses on researchers who are sequencing salamander genomes.
Sorting Cells with Sound Waves
August 26, 2024 1:29 pm Videos CommentsResearchers have devised a new way to separate cells by exposing them to sound waves as they flow through a tiny channel. Their device could be used to detect the extremely rare tumor cells that circulate in cancer patients’ blood.
Fully Functional Immune Organ Grown from Lab-created Cells
August 25, 2024 1:06 pm Videos CommentsScientists have, for the first time, grown a complex, fully functional organ from scratch in a living animal by transplanting cells that were originally created in a laboratory.
BST This Week #10: Gene Mutation Key to High-Altitude Living
August 22, 2024 1:38 pm Videos CommentsOn this episode of Bioscience Technology This Week, Christina Jakubowski covers a genetic mutation that allows high-altitude-dwelling Tibetans to survive in the peaks of the Tibetan Plateau. Our second story looks at how minor infections increase stroke risk in children.
