Hacker News with Generative AI: Medical Research

Lowering bad cholesterol may cut risk of dementia by 26%, study suggests (theguardian.com)
Lowering your levels of bad cholesterol could reduce the risk of dementia by 26%, a study suggests.

Health, Dementia, Cholesterol, Medical Research

4 points by mindracer 6 hours ago | 2 comments

New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria found in technician's garden (nature.com)
Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic molecule that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria — even strains resistant to commercial drugs — and is not toxic to human cells1.

Antibiotics, Medical Research, Science, Bacteria

8 points by ascorbic 2 days ago | 0 comments

First stroke rehabilitation drug discovered in mouse model (medicalxpress.com)
A new study by UCLA Health has discovered what researchers say is the first drug to fully reproduce the effects of physical stroke rehabilitation in model mice.

Medical Research, Neuroscience, Stroke, Pharmacology, Animals

3 points by PaulHoule 6 days ago | 0 comments

A breakthrough moment: Researchers discover new class of antibiotics (phys.org)
The last time a new class of antibiotics reached the market was nearly three decades ago—but that could soon change, thanks to a discovery by researchers at McMaster University.

Antibiotics, Science, Healthcare, Medical Research

21 points by bentobean 7 days ago | 2 comments

Paralysed man stands again after receiving 'reprogrammed' stem cells (nature.com)
A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury.

Biotechnology, Medical Research

11 points by alexcos 7 days ago | 0 comments

High‑dose Vitamin D reduces disease activity in early multiple sclerosis onset (medicalxpress.com)
Researchers from CHU Nîmes, Université Montpellier, and multiple MS centers in France have found that oral cholecalciferol in doses of 100,000 IU every two weeks significantly reduced disease activity in clinically isolated syndrome and early relapsing‑remitting multiple sclerosis.

Medical Research, Multiple Sclerosis, Vitamin D, Treatment

91 points by pseudolus 8 days ago | 52 comments

First-of-its-kind trial enables paralysed man to stand via stem cell injection (nature.com)
A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury.

Medical Research, Neuroscience, Stem Cells

175 points by bentobean 9 days ago | 34 comments

Japanese scientists use stem cell treatment to restore movement in spinal injury (medicalxpress.com)
A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said.

Medical Research, Stem Cells

259 points by pseudolus 9 days ago | 42 comments

Parkinson's Gut Bacteria Link Suggests an Unexpected, Simple Treatment (sciencealert.com)
Researchers have suspected for some time that the link between our gut and brain plays a role in the development of Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's Disease, Gut Microbiome, Medical Research, Treatment

7 points by bsindcatr 10 days ago | 0 comments

Breakthrough stroke drug heals the brain to restore movement (newatlas.com)
There's newfound hope for stroke patients in recovery, with what researchers believe is the very first drug that can comprehensively deliver rehabilitation without the need for challenging long-term physical therapy.

Medical Research, Neurology, Stroke Recovery, Pharmaceuticals

12 points by 01-_- 13 days ago | 2 comments

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them to Scrub mRNA References on Grants (kffhealthnews.org)
National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical research.

Science, Government, Medical Research, mRNA Vaccines

15 points by jordanpg 16 days ago | 1 comments

Parkinson's treatment closer as problematic protein imaged for first time (newatlas.com)
Scientists have finally pinned down a protein that’s largely responsible for Parkinson’s disease.

Medical Research, Parkinson's Disease, Neuroscience

9 points by 01-_- 19 days ago | 2 comments

Giving blood frequently may make your blood cells healthier (newscientist.com)
Giving blood frequently may make your blood cells healthier

Health, Blood, Medical Research

6 points by GeoAtreides 22 days ago | 2 comments

Stem cell therapy trial reverses "irreversible" damage to cornea (newatlas.com)
Eye injuries that damage the cornea are usually irreversible and cause blindness. But a new clinical trial has repaired this damage in patients thanks to a transplant of stem cells from their healthy eyes.

Medical Research, Eye Health, Blindness

224 points by 01-_- 24 days ago | 49 comments

Engineered cartilage from nasal septum cells helps treat complex knee injuries (sciencedaily.com)
Injuries to the articular cartilage in different joints, including the knee, are painful and limit mobility. Therefore, researchers at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel are developing cartilage implants using cells from the patient's nasal septum.

Medical Research, Cartilage Regeneration, Knee Injuries, Bioengineering

12 points by jdmark 26 days ago | 0 comments

NIH.gov DNS servers down, making PubMed, BLAST, etc. unreachable [fixed] (nslookup.io)

NIH, DNS, Downtime, Medical Research, Science

494 points by raphman 31 days ago | 385 comments

Hemochromatosis patients can donate their blood rather than having it discarded (medicalxpress.com)
Thousands of people globally with an iron disorder have their blood regularly thrown out—Australian research shows it can be used to save lives

Hemochromatosis, Blood Donation, Medical Research, Health

18 points by PaulHoule 32 days ago | 15 comments

Verifiable science on modified PCR machine (github.com/ClemHeyd)
Scientific fraud kills. At Duke, 117 cancer patients received wrong treatments due to fabricated data. At Harvard, fake cardiac stem cell research led to years of invalid clinical trials. At Brigham and Women's, fictional pain studies changed treatment protocols nationwide.

Science, Medical Research, Fraud

53 points by kotaKat 32 days ago | 18 comments

Medical treatments devised for war can quickly be implemented in US hospitals (theconversation.com)
For decades, military doctors faced a critical challenge: What’s the best way to safely and effectively deliver oxygen to patients in remote combat zones, rural hospitals or disaster-stricken areas?

Medical Research, Healthcare, Military, Technology

30 points by PaulHoule 33 days ago | 9 comments

World-first experimental cancer treatment paves way for clinical trial (wehi.edu.au)
An experimental treatment for an aggressive and lethal brain cancer has today been published in Nature Medicine, paving the way for a clinical trial to be conducted by researchers at The Brain Cancer Centre.

Cancer Treatment, Medical Research, Clinical Trials

209 points by femto 34 days ago | 78 comments

President Trump's Cuts to Medical Research (nytimes.com)
The Trump administration stormed into office, loudly firing workers and closing diversity programs. But behind the scenes, it has also brought biomedical research to the brink of crisis by holding up much of the $47 billion the United States spends on the field every year.

Politics, Medical Research, Government Funding

14 points by whack 35 days ago | 1 comments

Potential cellular 'master switch' capable of reversing senescence (studyfinds.org)
OSAKA, Japan — In the ongoing battle against aging, scientists have discovered a surprising new player that might hold the key to keeping cells young or making them old.

Aging, Cellular Biology, Science, Medical Research

6 points by chasil 36 days ago | 0 comments

Pac-MANN diagnoses early-stage pancreatic cancer with 85% accuracy (newatlas.com)
Scientists at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) have developed a new blood test for pancreatic cancer, one of the most deadly forms of the disease.

Pancreatic Cancer, Medical Research, Science, Technology, Health

5 points by 01-_- 37 days ago | 0 comments

Type 1 diabetes reversed by new cell transplantation technique (newatlas.com)
Transplanting insulin-producing cells along with engineered blood-vessel-forming cells has successfully reversed type 1 diabetes, according to a new preclinical study.

Medical Research, Cell Transplantation

515 points by 01-_- 37 days ago | 125 comments

Decades of Research Misconduct Stalled an Alzheimer's Cure (sciencefriday.com)
In December 2021, I fell into one of the biggest and most disturbing stories of my career. A credible whistleblower with strong credentials in dementia research tipped me to a major case of apparent misconduct in his field. He produced convincing evidence that lab studies at the heart of the dominant hypothesis for the cause of Alzheimer’s disease might have been based on bogus data.

Science, Alzheimer's Disease, Research Misconduct, Medical Research

217 points by sorokod 38 days ago | 83 comments

Immune markers of post COVID vaccination syndrome indicate future research (news.yale.edu)

Immune System, COVID-19, Vaccination, Medical Research

30 points by cempaka 38 days ago | 24 comments

AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years (bbc.co.uk)
A complex problem that took microbiologists a decade to get to the bottom of has been solved in just two days by a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool.

Artificial Intelligence, Microbiology, Medical Research, Science

250 points by monkeydust 41 days ago | 108 comments

Migraine is more than a headache – a rethink offers hope (nature.com)
Migraine is more than a headache — a radical rethink offers hope to one billion people

Health, Neurology, Medical Research, Pain Management

258 points by rntn 43 days ago | 239 comments

How Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State (nytimes.com)
A proposal by the Trump administration to reduce the size of grants for institutions conducting medical research would have far-reaching effects, and not just for elite universities and the coastal states where many are located.

Medical Research, Politics, Funding, Healthcare, Universities

119 points by erickhill 45 days ago | 99 comments

First patient in UK tests new treatment for loss of sense of smell (theguardian.com)
Smell loss was a defining symptom of Covid, and for some people, a curse. Most people regain their sense of smell as their infection fades, but some never recover. It means not being able to tell if milk is off, if there’s a gas leak or what your newborn baby smells like.

Health, Covid-19, Medical Research, Smell Loss

3 points by bookofjoe 46 days ago | 0 comments