Weekly Buzz: May 3rd
There’s so much going on in the world of science, unfortunately I can not cover it all. Here’s the latest buzz going around in the field.
Reversing Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease has gotten SO much buzz this week! It’s on CNN.com, Medical News Today UK, Google News, and the list goes on…
The interesting thing about this “cure” is the possibility of reversing memory loss through mental stimulation by a specific drug treatment. MIT has conducted extensive research on patients with neurodegenerative disorders and shown that the memories aren’t lost, they are just inaccessible. Further research may lead to endless possibilities for not only Alzheimer’s patients, but patients with dementia or any type of neurological damage.
Embryonic Stem Cells
When this embryonic stem cell revolution began over eight years ago, people didn’t expect such a large moral argument to arise from what considered a future medical miracle. This article presents a different view of embryonic stem cells that many people may not be used to reading: The View From the Hill.
Cloning
A new country is now on the brink of medical research: Victoria, Australia. A measure to use embryos to create and clone stem cells has been passed and an exciting project is now underway! Embryonic stem cells are clonogenic, which means that they can give rise to a colony of genetifcally identical cells (clones) that have the same properties of the original cell. Imagine the possibilities.
