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Vidcast: https://youtu.be/Wd06crfQLUM
New treatments for Alzheimer’s, sickle cell disease, concussions, organ replacement, wound healing, and color blindness. All this on Medicine of the Future.
My reports typically cover research discoveries that you can use here and now. This new feature, Medicine Of The Future, gives you an inkling of what’s to come in future medical and surgical therapeutics.
A small molecule discovered by University of Arizona researchers regulates cholesterol levels in the brain and may become part of new therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. ABCA1 is that molecule and increasing it reduces dementia-producing brain inflammation. The team found another small molecule CL2-57 that bumps up ABCA1 production and it could become Alzheimer therapy.
The Cambridge, MA biopharmaceutical company Fulcrum Therapeutics is developing a pill to treat the root cause of sickle cell disease. Their oral drug FTX-6058 triggers the production of fetal-type hemoglobin within red cells and prevents them from deforming and clogging blood vessels while permitting treated red cells to carry a nearly normal amount of oxygen.
Your spit may soon tell doctors if you’ve had a concussion. British investigators studying rugby players have discovered biomarkers in saliva that signal a traumatic brain injury. Tests to detect these markers are under development by a Swiss company Marker Diagnostics and will have broad application for general, sports, and military medicine.
Speaking of concussion, birth control pills with progesterone might help female athletes weather them better. Northwestern University neuroscientists find that higher progesterone levels help women recover faster from concussion by increasing brain blood flow and reducing stress levels.
Swedish researchers report a new bioink for improved 3D printing of human tissues. This next generation bioink permits fabrication of tissue scaffolds that support development of both the airways and blood vessels. These structures are a must for the printing of vital organs such as lungs.
Ohio State bioengineers report that applying tiny direct current electric fields to traumatized tissues permits a favorable 4 fold blood vessel permeability increase that speeds wound healing. Increased blood vessel permeability allows vital nutrients to flow into tissues as they repair themselves.
Engineers at Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa University have developed tinted contact lenses that treat color blindness. These rose-tinted contact lenses are constructed of gold nanoparticles in a hydrogel polymer. They selectively filter light within a 520-580 nm wavelength range permitting improved red-green shade discrimination.
These and other cutting edge solutions are coming to your doctor’s office and our hospitals…….some day soon!
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsptsci.0c00149
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By Howard G. Smith MD, AMVidcast: https://youtu.be/Wd06crfQLUM
New treatments for Alzheimer’s, sickle cell disease, concussions, organ replacement, wound healing, and color blindness. All this on Medicine of the Future.
My reports typically cover research discoveries that you can use here and now. This new feature, Medicine Of The Future, gives you an inkling of what’s to come in future medical and surgical therapeutics.
A small molecule discovered by University of Arizona researchers regulates cholesterol levels in the brain and may become part of new therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. ABCA1 is that molecule and increasing it reduces dementia-producing brain inflammation. The team found another small molecule CL2-57 that bumps up ABCA1 production and it could become Alzheimer therapy.
The Cambridge, MA biopharmaceutical company Fulcrum Therapeutics is developing a pill to treat the root cause of sickle cell disease. Their oral drug FTX-6058 triggers the production of fetal-type hemoglobin within red cells and prevents them from deforming and clogging blood vessels while permitting treated red cells to carry a nearly normal amount of oxygen.
Your spit may soon tell doctors if you’ve had a concussion. British investigators studying rugby players have discovered biomarkers in saliva that signal a traumatic brain injury. Tests to detect these markers are under development by a Swiss company Marker Diagnostics and will have broad application for general, sports, and military medicine.
Speaking of concussion, birth control pills with progesterone might help female athletes weather them better. Northwestern University neuroscientists find that higher progesterone levels help women recover faster from concussion by increasing brain blood flow and reducing stress levels.
Swedish researchers report a new bioink for improved 3D printing of human tissues. This next generation bioink permits fabrication of tissue scaffolds that support development of both the airways and blood vessels. These structures are a must for the printing of vital organs such as lungs.
Ohio State bioengineers report that applying tiny direct current electric fields to traumatized tissues permits a favorable 4 fold blood vessel permeability increase that speeds wound healing. Increased blood vessel permeability allows vital nutrients to flow into tissues as they repair themselves.
Engineers at Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa University have developed tinted contact lenses that treat color blindness. These rose-tinted contact lenses are constructed of gold nanoparticles in a hydrogel polymer. They selectively filter light within a 520-580 nm wavelength range permitting improved red-green shade discrimination.
These and other cutting edge solutions are coming to your doctor’s office and our hospitals…….some day soon!
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsptsci.0c00149
ht