It permeates everyday life. Yet the understanding of advances in biomedical science is limited at best. Few people make the connection that biomedical science is medicine and that biomedical scientists are working today for the medicine of tomorrow. Our weekly five-hundred word newspaper column and two-minute radio show provide insights into a broad range of biomedical science topics. Medical Discovery News is dedicated to explaining discoveries in biomedical research and their promise for the future of medicine.
Each release is designed to stimulate listeners to think, question and appreciate how science affects their health as well as that of the rest of the world. We also delve into significant biomedical discoveries and portray how science (or the lack of it) has impacted health throughout history.
threat to us, scientists are studying its origin and what made it so good at infecting humans. Recent work suggests the virus, SARS-Co-V-two began in bats and jumped to humans. That’s because the closest relative to the virus has been found in Horseshoe bats and Pangolins. .. More »
It’s a good thing we’re young at heart because not much else is young, especially our joints! No kidding. Don’t try to squat or you won’t get back up. So, imagine the joints of athletes. Their old injuries usually come back as osteoarthritis or OA. When it becomes severe, joint replacement is the only option but there are now technologies that can regrow the cartilage lost in OA...More »
Imagine a vaccine made specifically for you and for fighting a deadly cancer. Sounds unlikely and yet one is being developed for Melanoma called NeoVax. Melanoma is a deadly skin cancer that involves melanocytes which are cells that give skin its color. It’s deadly because the cancer cells can metastasize quickly which means to spread to other parts of the body... More »
