Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials

covid nasal spray
The spray uses snippets of DNA to gum up virus replication.
Before anesthetics, some patients would die of the pain on the operating table.
cartilage
The synthetic cartilage was made from cellulose fibers — the stuff found in wood — mixed with a goo called polyvinyl alcohol.
Close-up illustration of white DNA double helix strands on a green background, highlighting the potential for CRISPR gene-editing technology.
An interview with CRISPR co-discoverer and Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna.
John Templeton Foundation
COVID nasal spray
It’s simple to make, easy to use, and should work against any variant.
crispr cholesterol
It could permanently lower cholesterol — and permanently reduce your risk of having a heart attack.
For over three decades, toxic proteins were believed to cause Alzheimer’s disease. However, recent studies suggest it might be metabolic reprogramming.
Myrkl (pronounced "miracle") is supposed to let you go wild without facing the consequences the next day. But does it actually work?
adhd alzheimer's disease
Noradrenaline-targeting drugs, including blood pressure, depression, and ADHD meds, improve Alzheimer's disease symptoms.
dog cancer vaccine
A successful trial that tested a vaccine against bladder cancer in dogs could help develop a similar one for humans.
neuropathic pain
Scientists found a way to revert pain in mice using gene therapy. Perhaps the same technique could be applied to humans.
statins
A doctor once joked that statins will be added to the water supply. Humor aside, the data shows that statins really are a "wonder drug."
chronic pain
Drugs that stifle acute inflammation may prevent the body from healing properly.
Thanks to genetic clues, scientists discovered that an old stroke therapy that had abandoned for decades might just work.
A new wave of preventative cancer vaccines are set to begin trials.
The same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines may enable the first damage-reversing heart attack cure.
smell COVID
Shoving platelet-rich plasma up your nose might restore your sense of smell after COVID. But whether it actually works still needs to be sniffed out.
The good news is that scientists have found a new way to treat eczema. The bad news is that it's drinkable dust mite extract.
poisson distribution
The Poisson distribution has everyday applications in science, finance, and insurance. To compare the results of some biomedical studies, more people ought to be familiar with it.
A boy in Germany seems to be the first person to be cured of a rare and painful skin condition commonly called "butterfly disease."
placebo effect
The placebo effect is not the "power of positive thinking." The fact that it is getting stronger is not a good development.
psilocybin
A small, Seattle-based study will look to see if the psychedelic can alleviate the pandemic’s mental health impact.
diabetes cure
One patient’s surprising results have experts cautiously optimistic.
Metastatic Melanoma Cells
Evolutionary game theory could tip the advantage to medicine.
alzheimer's vaccine
The cause of Alzheimer's is still not fully understood, but we might be able to vaccinate against it anyway.
The first COVID-19 vaccines are here. So are the anti-vaxxers. Over the past year, most of us have learned more about coronaviruses than we ever thought we’d need to know. […]