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Age-related macular degeneration is known to affect millions of people around the globe and is fourth on the list of diseases that commonly lead to blindness, behind cataracts, preterm birth and glaucoma Macular degeneration, also called age-related macular degeneration (AMD), is a medical condition that results in blurred or total...

CorTec’s Brain Interchange™ system offers closed-loop neuromodulation, revolutionizing brain therapy by precisely adapting treatment based on individual needs.

Tunde Peto, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Queen’s University Belfast, describes the symptoms, causes and treatments for age-related macular degeneration and how the prevalence of the disease could be reduced.

Photodynamic therapy, using visible light with lower energy, causes fewer side effects when treating cancer, find Drs. Mary Potasek, Evgueni Parilov, and Karl Beeson, Co-founders of Simphotek, Inc.

Sonoenhancement with Acoustic Cluster Therapy (ACT®) improves drug delivery to solid tumors, and by that reduces the necessary doses and side effects.

Researchers are investigating the role of tau in the link between early menopause, delayed hormone therapy and Alzheimer's disease.

Prof. Michael Schrader at the University of Exeter looks to understand the role of peroxisomes in human health and disease.

Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy is currently the only scientifically evidenced early social communication intervention to demonstrate long-term improved child social communication outcomes into middle childhood Despite Autism being an enduring condition affecting 2% of people globally, evidenced intervention to improve the developmental impairments is limited. Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy (PACT)...

Individuals suffering from gender dysphoria may decide to take hormone therapy, but a new study says that this treatment can increase the risk of serious cardiac events.

In a current incontinence treatment, researchers are exploring how to physically regulate bladder function by bioelectrical implant signals.

Eric Buckland of Translational Imaging Innovations looks at ophthalmic drug development and how better clinical endpoints can improve success rates.

Here, Charisios Tsiairis from Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research explores Hydra Regeneration and the genetic programs that make it possible.

Despite the rising incidence of Central Nervous System diseases worldwide, efficient treatment options for neurological disorders remain scarce. Treatment failures are principally associated with the inability of drugs to pass the highly selective Blood-Brain Barrier rather than a lack of efficacy.

Coldwater therapy means exposing the body to cold temperatures by immersing the body in cold water. This might be by cold water swimming or taking cold water showers or baths.

Could medical approaches of stem cell-based therapy, be a tool for corals’ resilience to heat stress? Benyamin Rosental, Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel answers the compelling question here.

Could talk therapy help dementia patients improve their mental health? Research suggests that it is beneficial for anxiety and depression.

Pascale V Guillot, at the University College London, looks toward improving the quality of life for those with Osteogenesis imperfecta, a chronic health condition called brittle bone disease.

Thomas Bols, Head of Government Affairs and Patient Advocacy, EMEA and APAC at PTC Therapeutics explores how preparing Europe for a new generation of innovative therapies has the potential to transform the lives of patients.

Translational Imaging Innovations makes data accessible to research degenerative eye disease.

Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe from Frost & Sullivan’s TechCasting Group, addresses cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome through genetic treatments.