Some 24-hour rhythms of the body are well known, starting with the sleep-wake cycle itself. But scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that at the molecular level, such daily rhythms are extremely common.
The treatment of hepatitis C has undergone profound shifts for the better in recent years with the advent of first targeted therapies and then all-oral regimens.
It's a fair bet that vertebrates have been breaking bones ever since they evolved them. And for most of history, they have been on their own to fix those breaks. Evolutionarily speaking, "the orthopedic surgeon is a very recent invention," the Weizmann Institute's Elazar Zelzer told BioWorld Today. But fracture healing is "a robust process."
From a purely scientific standpoint, the news about the Ebola outbreak has been encouraging. New genomic technologies enable unprecedented surveillance of the virus. There are drugs and vaccines in clinical trials. And in response to the urgency of the crisis, both drugmakers and regulatory agencies are making efforts to expedite the process of getting weapons against Ebola through the regulatory process and into the field, where they are needed.
Researchers have shown that flavanols – a compound found, among other foods, in cocoa beans – reversed age-related memory declines in healthy individuals in their 50s and 60s.
From a purely scientific standpoint, the news about the Ebola outbreak has been encouraging. New genomic technologies enable unprecedented surveillance of the virus. There are drugs and vaccines in clinical trials.
