I work in an industry plagued with negative images and reports. Sadly the vast majority are misleading, falsified, spin doctored, antiquated, and just flat out wrong. So I spend a great deal of time dedicated to outreach. Letting the world know that biomedical research is not only necessary and amazing science, but I also have […]
After participating in a clinical trail for two drugs, Sovaldi and Ribavirin, a Colorado woman has been cured of Hepatitis C. The deadly virus took her mother by destroying her liver after a blood transfusion gave both mother and daughter the Hepatitis C. Animal research, which gives a path to these human trials, can be thanked […]
Venomous snakes, while usually beautiful, aren’t really the kind of animals that come to mind when we think of “animals helping people.” But researchers are discovering that proteins in snake venom could be extremely effective as cancer treatments! To put it as simply as possible, cancer cells are problematic because they spread through the bloodstream, […]