Xenotransplantation, specifically the use of porcine organs for human transplantation, has long been sought after as an alternative for patients suffering from organ failure. However, clinical application of this approach has been impeded by two main hurdles: 1) risk of transmission of porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) and 2) molecular incompatibilities between donor pigs and humans which…
Saravanan Thangamani, PhD, says Babesia and Anaplasma-positive ticks has been steadily increasing over the past few years.
Faculty used to fret over how artificial intelligence might affect education. Now they’re training medical students how to use it for patient care and research.
Molecular chirality is critical to biochemical function, but it is unknown when chiral selectivity first became important in the evolutionary transition from geochemistry to biochemistry…
A new benchmark for trust, safety, and clinical intelligence in AI
The recent approval of suzetrigine for acute pain treatment highlights both the success of targeting peripheral sensory neurons for pain management and the potential of…
Organoids are tiny stem cell-derived 3D in vitro cell culture systems mimicking the structural and functional aspects of the tissues in the human body and…
This Medical News article highlights recent research into olfactory deficits in older adults and mortality risk, including factors that mediate this relationship.
We tackle the hard problem of consciousness taking the naturally selected, embodied organism as our starting point. We provide a formalism describing how biological systems…
Vinay Prasad is leaving Sensible Medicine to take a senior role at the the US FDA.
Nature – A human ascending somatosensory assembloid model was developed, which integrates multiple organoids to simulate the spinothalamic pathway, demonstrating functional connectivity and…
