Insulin Delivery Using Stem Cells
New Method for Insulin Delivery Using Stem Cells There are many types of diabetes mellitus including juvenile-onset diabetes (type 1), adult-onset diabetes (type 2), and diabetes during pregnancy (gestational diabetes). The underlying mechanism of all diabetes is dysfunctional or non-existent excretion of insulin from the islet cells of the pancreas or insulin insensitivity at the […]
L-SOMA Gastric Auto-Injectors
L-SOMA Gastric Auto-Injectors The majority of the world’s population very rarely thinks of the route of administration needed to maximize the efficiency of a drug. You have a headache, swallow a Tylenol, allergies intranasal delivery “snort” Flonase, having an asthma attack inhale Albuterol, or you accidentally bit into a peanut butter cookie thinking it was […]
CRISPR-Cas9 In Vivo Gene Editing for Transthyretin Amyloidosis
CRISPR-Cas9 In Vivo Gene Editing for Transthyretin Amyloidosis The future is now … “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats” and associated Cas9 endonuclease aka CRISPR-Cas9 had its inception in 2012 and a Nobel prize awarded in 2020. CRISPR is a powerful gene-editing technique first discovered in bacteria and adapted for permanent human gene knockout. While […]
Losing Fat Through The Skin
Losing Fat Through the Skin In June, the FDA approved Wegovy for chronic weight management. This subcutaneous injection is the first approved drug for chronic weight management in adults with a high BMI and general obesity since 2014. With 70% of American adults being overweight or obese, there certainly seems to be room for new […]
Development of an Effective Non-Hormonal Female Contraception
Development of an Effective Non-Hormonal Female Contraception Birth control is a universal term that encompasses everything from a physical barrier to the chemical inhibition of ovulation. The most common form of contraception, according to the CDC, is female sterilization. Excluding sterilization, the second and third most common forms of birth control are oral contraceptive pills […]