Guest:
Heather Rooke, Science Director at ISSCR previews the 2015 ISSCR conference in Stockholm, Sweden.
Resources and Links
Sawfish Resort to Virgin Births to Dodge Extinction – Scientists have discovered that some of the smalltooth sawfish have resorted to “virgin births” or what is called facultative parthenogenesis in the wild in an effort to survive.
First Steps Taken for Regenerating Whole Limbs – The first steps toward developing “bioartificial” replacement limbs that are suitable for transplantation have reportedly been taken by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Study Uncovers Link Between Blood Type and Risk of Cognitive Decline – This article reveals that blood type also may affect cognitive function as we age according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Sheffield in England.
‘Landmark Discovery’ of Vessels Connecting Brain to Immune System – The University of Virginia claim that “decades of textbook teaching” have been overturned by their researchers, who have found a previously undiscovered connection between the brain and the immune system.
‘Female Viagra’ Won’t Help Many, but That’s Not Stopping the Drug Company – This article describes the transition of Flibanserin, a pill initially intended to be an anti-depressant, to be marketed as a ‘female viagra’ or a pill to increase women’s sexual desires.
Ubble: The Online Test to Predict If You’ll Die Within Five Years – According to this article, if you are a middle-aged man and want to know if you are going to die in the next five years, you simply need to ask yourself how healthy you think you are based on the website called Ubble (for UK Longevity Explorer).
How an Undergraduate Discovered Tubes of Plasma in the Sky – This article describes the discovery of tubes of plasma drifting