One area which is rich with stories of progress and positivity is the field of medical research. Take for example the following recent stories from just this last week or so as a measure of how much great work and progress there is going on right now.
There was the story which showed how doctors in Minnesota, USA fitted a bionic eye to a blind man to allow him to see for the first time:
There was also a recent story on how doctors in Liberia think they are very close to ending Ebola in the country. Ebola killed more than 4,000 people in Liberia, but there have been no confirmed new cases in Liberia for a week, defying predictions that half a million Liberians would die from the disease as a result of the outbreak.
There was also a promising story on the new range of targeted cancer drugs which, unlike conventional chemotherapy, which attacks all rapidly dividing cells, targeted drugs focus on the genetic mutations that drive cancer growth. They work by locking the messages from the gene which creates a chemical signal that drives the growth of abnormal cells. It's just one more step towards a truly effective way of treating cancer brought about by the ongoing cancer research battle.
And there was a story about a potential treatment for drug resistant TB, a story about how a substance found in a banned diet pill has been shown to reverse Type 2 diabetes in rats, the development of functional leg muscle material from stem cells, and the world’s first “bionic reconstructions” have been performed on three Austrian men to help them regain hand function.
Not bad for a week or so's worth of medical research.
There was the story which showed how doctors in Minnesota, USA fitted a bionic eye to a blind man to allow him to see for the first time:
There was also a recent story on how doctors in Liberia think they are very close to ending Ebola in the country. Ebola killed more than 4,000 people in Liberia, but there have been no confirmed new cases in Liberia for a week, defying predictions that half a million Liberians would die from the disease as a result of the outbreak.
There was also a promising story on the new range of targeted cancer drugs which, unlike conventional chemotherapy, which attacks all rapidly dividing cells, targeted drugs focus on the genetic mutations that drive cancer growth. They work by locking the messages from the gene which creates a chemical signal that drives the growth of abnormal cells. It's just one more step towards a truly effective way of treating cancer brought about by the ongoing cancer research battle.
And there was a story about a potential treatment for drug resistant TB, a story about how a substance found in a banned diet pill has been shown to reverse Type 2 diabetes in rats, the development of functional leg muscle material from stem cells, and the world’s first “bionic reconstructions” have been performed on three Austrian men to help them regain hand function.
Not bad for a week or so's worth of medical research.
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