Category: Biomedical Research
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What would we do without anaesthetics
General anaesthesia(scientifically known as narcosis) is the act of putting a patient to sleep, which induces complete unconsciousness. Its function is to prevent the patient’s awareness during surgery by suppressing reflex activity, which causes surgical interventions to be easier, and ultimately allows comfort to the patient. The development of anaesthetics has a unique and fascinating…
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Is stem cell treatment a viable option in restorative dentistry?
By: Arya Bhatt Stem cells have been at the forefront of scientific research and have been an invaluable tool in the scientific field due to their fantastic properties. Their ability to divide over and over again to produce many new cells whilst specialising in the different types of cells the body requires has enabled researchers…
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Machine Learning in Medicine – The Next Revolutionary Technology?
Machine Learning is increasingly becoming utilised in various sectors from engineering to psychology, and new successful developments of machine learning indicate that these technologies could be beneficial in medical settings. However, the viability of these technologies is questioned, given the ethical and logistical difficulties in medicine.
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Medicinal Cannabis
This article concludes the history, uses of medicinal cannabis and some misconceptions in cannabis in general.
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A Man Who Received a Heart Transplant from a Pig
This article discusses the use of genetically modified pig hearts for heart transplants and highlights the case of David Bennet, a pig heart recipient.
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Brain Reading Technology
Reading minds is not as far fetched as it seemed to be in the past. With much research and technology, verbalizing a person’s thought process appears possible.
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Thalidomide: Horrifying Tragedy of the Past, Auspicious Treatment of the Future
An article detailing the medical travesty that was thalidomide, and yet the promising nature of it for the future.
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Emerging Treatment Options for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Here we review current standard therapies available, second-line therapies, and other emerging treatments for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) with an emphasis on risks associated with specific patient attributes.
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BRCA2’s Relation with Aldehydes Leads to a Higher Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer Than BRCA1
This retrospective analysis research paper discusses why the difference between the responses of aldehyde exposure from patients with a heterozygous germline mutation in BRCA2 and BRCA1 leads to a higher risk of prostate cancer in BRCA2 mutant carriers than BRCA1.
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Why should we not underestimate the role of epigenetics in treating cancer?
This article discusses how the discovery of epigenetic mechanisms has significantly added to our understanding on genetics. It also explains how this knowledge can be used to produce drugs which counteract these mechansisms.
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