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Virotherapy: skin cancer successfully treated with herpes-based drug
‘Virotherapy’ uses modified herpes virus to attack melanoma cells and has potential to overcome cancer even when disease has spread throughout the body A 3D model of virus particles. The ability of viruses to specifically infect and kill human cells makes them promising cancer treatments. A 3D model of virus particles. The ability of viruses…
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Implantable Device Delivers Medicine One Molecule at a Time
It could be used someday to treat fractured spines, pinched nerves, and epilepsy. It’s smaller than your index finger, and it might be the future of implantable devices to treat a fractured spine, pinched nerve, or neurological disorder like epilepsy. As they report in the journal Science today, a team of engineers and medical researchers in Sweden has…
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Plant extracts offer hope against diabetes and cancer
Diabetes is the fastest growing metabolic disease in the world. A new study has shown that traditional Aboriginal and Indian plant extracts could be used to manage the disease and may also have potential use in cancer treatment. Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology identified plant species that could potentially be applied in the management…
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Orthomolecular Treatment for Adverse Effects of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine
Editor’s Note: i2P stands for “Safe Vaccination” and does not support the extreme stances of the “anti-vaxers” or the “pro-vaxers”. For this reason we encourage pharmacists to carefully read the comments contained in the news item below, because they are evidence-based and valid. They highlight the unsafe qualities of one vaccine (HPV) containing aluminium as…
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Making Universal Blood Through Enzymes
Universal blood is an appealing notion because it could be transfused into anyone regardless of blood type. Researchers have been kicking around the idea of using enzymes to create universal blood since the early 1980s, “but a major limitation has always been the efficiency of the enzymes,” says Stephen Withers at the University of British Columbia.…
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DNA – Does it Contain the Placebo Secret?
Some people feel better after dummy treatments, while others feel no difference unless the drugs are real. A new paper argues that the difference may come down to genetics. The first real, physical proof of the placebo effect came in 1978. Running a study on patients who had recently had their wisdom teeth removed, researchers gave some…
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CBD-Rich Cannabis Versus Single-Molecule CBD
Editor’s Note: Medical Marijuana is set to become accessible in NSW. Liberal MP Catherine Cusack, who is co-ordinating the NSW government’s policy on cannabis, said there would be no decriminalisation or legalisation of the drug. “It is going to be a permitted activity. There is no way we are decriminalising marijuana – that is not how…
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Good news! A compound in red wine may help prevent memory loss
Scientists have found that resveratrol, an antioxidant found in red wine, peanuts and some berries, isn’t just good for our hearts – it can also help us fend off memory loss as we age. The results suggest that the compound may even be able to help patients with severe neurodegeneration, such those with Alzheimer’s disease.…
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Insulin nasal spray shows promise as treatment for adults with dementia and Alzheimer’s
Editor’s Note: That a synthetic form of intranasal insulin improves Alzheimer’s Disease, in turn may prove to be due to lowering excess glucose levels in the brain. High brain glucose is known to be inflammatory and inflammation is thought to be one of the mechanisms causing Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia.A man-made form…
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Lost memories might be able to be restored, suggests research into marine snail
New research indicates that lost memories can be restored, according to new research into a type of marine snail called Aplysia. The findings offer some hope for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. For decades, most neuroscientists have believed that memories are stored at the synapses — the connections between brain cells, or…