Researchers from Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, and the RIKEN Institute in Japan have found they are able to “reverse” type 2 diabetes by lowering the inflammatory response that occurs in fat tissue. The researchers, led by Dr Vasanthakumar, found regulatory T-cells (specialised immune cells also known as Tregs) help in maintaining insulin sensitivity…
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University have discovered that the venom of cone snails may be used to treat some forms of cancer and nicotine addiction. The cone snail differs vastly from the ones found underfoot on a rainy day; they are in fact marine molluscs like squid, octopuses and conch, and are found along the…
Shinya Yamanaka, the Nobel Prize winning scientist, is not a man to rest on his laurels. Following his Nobel Prize for the process of reprogramming adult cells into a state similar to embryonic stem cells, he has led a team at Kyoto University to find a therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, They used a ground…