Getting stronger bones
Osteoporosis is a serious disease if left untreated, but amazingly it can be mastered and a full life can be had from the sufferer, but it does take work and time.
Getting on top of any disease is always going to be a marathon and in some cases, the journey can be longer than expected, however [...]
GM embryos will change the future
The world’s first genetically modified human embryo has been created by a research team at Cornell University in New York, but there are warnings that this could be research gone too far.
Such research has been frowned upon in most countries; in the UK, the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) have said that this work [...]
You start getting old at 27
Everyone has their own idea on what age is considered to be old and as time goes on old age seems to be getting further away or so we think.
New research has thrown up some interesting ideas about old age and when it starts, the problem with these findings is that a lot of people [...]
The secret of grey hair
For a long while the appearance of grey hair has heralded the onset of old age, this is despite some people going grey in their thirties. This means that people have for decades been using dyes and other treatments to make their hair look like it used to.
The cause of grey hair has always been [...]
Is the legalisation of pot coming?
Work on marijuana as a medicine has been around for some time, but there has always been a shady line between what is the medical business and that of the recreational user.
The problem for business of science is that they understand the properties that marijuana has. This plant can then go on to be an [...]
Breakthrough in stem cell research
A new way of creating stem cells could mean that some of the world’s most devastating disease could soon be studied in great depth with a view to eventually finding a safe and effective treatment.
According to Dr. Andras Nagy, Senior Investigator at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Investigator at the McEwen [...]