Medicine, Biology and Their Intersection
Here I write and try to simplify the science behind the weirdest and most advanced medical and biology concepts.
Six Minutes That Predict the Next Six Months
One of the most important paradigm shifts that led to today’s healthcare and medicine, is prevention. Not simply preventing the disease from happening, but also preventing further deterioration in those who have it. This helps everyone: improves patient’s quality of life, occupies less beds, and reallocates resources where they are needed. This is why I…
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Save the Muscle
When we talk about disease (breakthroughs in diagnostics and understanding) or treatment (latest innovations changing the scene), we tend to forget something very basic but very important. In the quiet background, muscle is wasting away because illness blunts appetite, clinic days run long, and “eat what you can” recommendation turns into not much at all.…
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Precision Medicine: Transforming Healthcare One Patient at a Time
(cover: A mouse cDNA microarray containing approximately 8,700 gene sequences. The microarray reflects the gene expression differences between two different mouse tissues. By National Cancer Institute, Unsplash) In the early days of medicine, treatments were guided by a handful of basic principles and a limited understanding of the human body. Physicians might have relied on…
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Gene-Edited Stem Cells: GenPHSats-bASKet Study
A New Possibility in Regenerative Medicine
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Memory Beyond the Brain
How Non-neuronal Cells Challenge Classical Definitions of Memory
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Five Incredibly Popular Health Myths
Where do They Come From and What Does Science Say?
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AI in Medicine: a Radiologist’s Nightmare?
From Futuristic Dreams to Real-World Breakthroughs
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Surprising Medical Stories That Actually Happened.
Explore three astonishing true stories where unexpected mishaps turned routine medical situations into extraordinary events, highlighting the unpredictable twists in the world of medicine.
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Organs-on-Chips: The Future of Drug Testing
(And Why Mice Everywhere Are Sighing in Relief)
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SPRINTing Toward Better Blood Pressure Management
How One Clinical Trial Is Changing the Practice
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Gene Replacement Therapy: Fixing from the Inside Out
A New Era in Treating Genetic Diseases
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Yamanaka’s “Rewind” Button for Cells
What This Nobel Prize Discovery Means for the Future of Medicine
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The Evolution of Gene Editing
From Deleting Genes With a Hammer, to Editing Them With a Laser
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