Balding might make you blue — but this news won’t. A recent study suggests that a controversial liquid popular in biohacking and wellness circles could support scalp health and hair growth. Researchers say the substance may even hold promise for GLP-1 users with thinning crowns, a frustrating side effect that’s become increasingly common as the … Read more
After over a decade with HIV, a Norwegian man received a surprise through a stem cell donation from his sibling. The gifted bone marrow was originally intended to treat the patient’s rare blood cancer, but researchers noticed a remarkable quirk. The sick man’s brother had a genetic mutation that made his stem cells resistant to … Read more
Kylie Jenner is the latest A-lister hopping on the stem cell therapy bandwagon. The 28-year-old mom of two revealed that she recently underwent the procedure in the hopes of easing the “bad chronic back pain” that’s plagued her for three years, since giving birth to son Aire. “Nothing I tried seemed to help,” Kylie wrote … Read more
Tatiana Schlossberg, the youngest granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, recently revealed she was diagnosed with terminal acute myeloid leukemia (AML) due to a rare genetic anomaly. In a personal essay published Saturday in The New Yorker, the 35-year-old mother of two wrote that she has an inversion of chromosome 3, which significantly worsens AML survival rates. AML … Read more
Yay for gray? While many people go to great lengths to prevent or mask their silver strands, a new study reveals that going gray may play an essential role in fighting off a deadly disease. Researchers claim that the dreaded, telltale sign of aging could, in fact, reflect a natural defense against cancer. Stress from … Read more
Birthday cakes would need to come with fire extinguishers if these two world leaders have their way. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were caught on a hot mike this week discussing scientific approaches to dramatically extending human life, renewing the age-old debate about the potential for people to live to 150. … Read more
Renowned visionary English physician William Harvey wrote in 1651 about how our blood contains all the secrets of life. “And so I conclude that blood lives and is nourished of itself and in no way depends on any other part of the body as being prior to it or more excellent,” he wrote. “So that … Read more
Here’s some hair-raising news for dieters. A buzzy eating plan praised for helping with weight loss, blood sugar and inflammation could have a majorly unpleasant side effect — your luscious locks may lose their volume. Intermittent fasting, praised for helping with weight loss, blood sugar and inflammation, could have a majorly unpleasant side effect — … Read more
It’s a joint venture. Longevity enthusiasts are flying around the world and spending thousands of dollars to have stem cells injected into their ailing knees. Bryan Johnson, the businessman famed for spending a whopping $2 million a year to try and reverse the aging process. recently revealed that he flew to Physical Longevity in the … Read more
A seventh person has essentially been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant nearly a decade ago, doctors announced Thursday. The 60-year-old unidentified German man was suffering from acute myeloid leukemia when he underwent the risky procedure to replace his unhealthy bone marrow in October 2015. He quit taking anti-retroviral drugs — which … Read more
Five years after receiving a life-changing stem cell transplant, a 68-year-old man says he’s “extremely grateful” to be essentially cured of acute myelogenous leukemia and in HIV remission. “Many City of Hope doctors, scientists, nurses, supportive care professionals and others made it possible for me to be cured of leukemia and in remission for HIV. I … Read more
In a scientific breakthrough that raises a number of medical and ethical issues, researchers have used stem cells to create living, growing models of a human embryo. Because stem cells were used, there were no human eggs or sperm needed to develop the embryo structures. “This is really a textbook image of a human day-14 … Read more
A European man has reportedly been in remission from HIV for two years, following a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. Confirmation would make him the sixth person in history to become HIV-free. Unlike the other five people who have achieved HIV remission through stem cell transplants, the donor for this unidentified patient did … Read more
You might be annoyed by a skin mole that sprouts hair, but that mole might hold the cure for baldness. The secret, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine, is a molecule known as osteopontin that’s found in hairy moles. The human body is covered with hair follicles, most of which are so … Read more
The inconceivable may soon be possible for those who can’t conceive. Japanese scientists have claimed they’re on the cusp of growing human babies in the lab, by incubating eggs and sperm in an artificial womb. Indeed, tykes from concentrate could be available to mothers in as little as five years, according to Professor Katsuhiko Hayashi, … Read more
It’s been touted as a miracle “insurance” — but some experts say blood banking may not be worth the money and time. Drew Barrymore recently revealed that she saved blood from both of her daughters’ umbilical cords in order to salvage their stem cells after being told by her doctor that it could potentially be a … Read more
People seeking the fountain of youth in expensive stem cell treatments should think twice, scientists warn. In over 20 countries, 114 companies were identified by researchers at the University of Reading and the Universiti Sains Malaysia as offering unregulated stem-cell derived products, noting skincare was targeted the most. The “vast” majority of the stem cell … Read more
The future of cancer treatment — hailed as the “holy grail” of early detection — is now being put to the test. Following a radically successful trial on cancer patients, a new blood test that promises to predict tumors more than a year before they begin to form is now being applied in hospitals across … Read more
A German man has become the third person ever to be effectively “cured” of HIV thanks to a stem cell transplant ten years ago. His breakthrough case was first announced in 2019, it wasn’t until Monday that researchers confirmed he was indeed HIV-free. “We don’t think there’s a functional virus present,” Dr. Björn Jensen, the … Read more
Move over Stuart Little — there may be a new anthropomorphic pest in town. For the first time ever, scientists have managed to successfully transplant human brain tissue into the brains of newborn rats, which reportedly changed the rodents’ behavior. An article detailing the Frankenstein-esque study was published Wednesday in the journal “Nature.” “We found … Read more