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A functional cure for brittle diabetes is now available in the US
This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every Thursday morning by subscribing here. A treatment shown to functionally cure some people with hard-to-control “brittle” diabetes has finally been approved by the FDA — and if an advanced form …
Working to cure state’s public health system spending
Two years ago, the pandemic made what was clear even more obvious. Indiana doesn’t direct enough resources toward public health. Gov. Eric Holcomb, having acknowledged that the demands COVID placed on health resources highlighted the need for more spending in this area, announced the formation of a 15-person public health commission. Its mission was to …
Technology can cure the American healthcare system
Why is the global economy concerned by the shortcomings of the American healthcare system? Currently, healthcare costs in America exceed 18 percent of its GDP. This contributes to financial instability within America and on a global scale, as America is a leading global economic force. The social and economic failure of this system has grown …
For Americans’ Health, a Dollar of Carbon Emissions Prevented Is Worth a Ton of Cure
In late February, the Biden administration made a major announcement that has the potential to affect the health of Americans for generations. Notably, it had nothing directly to do with COVID-19 or even health care reform. Instead, the news was that the recently reestablished “Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases” had …
Can mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines be used to cure cancer?
One of the scientists behind the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine – the first widely approved immunization for the novel coronavirus – claims that the technology the companies used could be applied to treat another deadly disease – cancer.Ozlem Tureci co-founded the German company BioNTech alongside her husband in the late 2000s. BioNTech had, for years, been developing …
CRISPR technology to cure sickle cell disease — ScienceDaily
University of Illinois Chicago is one of the U.S. sites participating in clinical trials to cure severe red blood congenital diseases such as sickle cell anemia or Thalassemia by safely modifying the DNA of patients’ blood cells. The first cases treated with this approach were recently published in an article co-authored by Dr. Damiano Rondelli, …
Could cold water hold a clue to a dementia cure?
By Justin RowlattChief environment correspondent Cold water swimming may protect the brain from degenerative diseases like dementia, researchers from Cambridge University have discovered. In a world first, a “cold-shock” protein has been found in the blood of regular winter swimmers at London’s Parliament Hill Lido. The protein has been shown to slow the onset of …
Technology a better cure for virus: CSIRO boss
“Having looked at 200 vaccines, I probably trust our people in ACDP [Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness] to tell me what jab to take and I probably more worry about the vulnerable people in society having the jab before I did,” he said. “Eighty per cent of vaccines fall over before they get to save …
Technology Alone Isn’t Cure For What Ails Schools | News, Sports, Jobs
Gov. Andrew Cuomo made some waves earlier this week when he announced plans to partner with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to reimagine education in the new normal. In the short-term, it’s important to note that the move to online education has not been as seamless as the governor and his supporters …
Coronavirus virtual vaccine summit sees world leaders pledge billions to find COVID-19 cure, but Trump administration skips it
World leaders held an online summit Monday aimed at galvanizing global efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine. At the end of the three-hour meeting, billions of dollars had been pledged to fund the efforts. Notably absent from the meeting were any officials from the Trump administration in the U.S., the country with the highest confirmed …
