The 2015 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded to the groundbreaking chemical engineer Dr Robert Langer for his revolutionary advances and leadership in engineering at the interface with chemistry and […]
One year into the Ebola epidemic. January 2015 As 2014 progressed, the world learned a great deal from the largest and longest Ebola outbreak in history, and these lessons have shaped a […]
Nearly 40 years ago, a young Belgian scientist traveled to a remote part of the Congolese rainforest – his task was to help find out why so many people were dying from […]
Summary: A new strategy for treating an inherited form of dementia has been identified after researchers attempted to turn stem cells derived from patients into the neurons most affected by the disease. […]
The Guide To The Future Of Medicine by Bertalan Meskó Enormous technological changes are heading our way. If they hit us unprepared, which we are now, they will wash away the medical system […]
International Conference Report “Better Science, Better Health: New Trial Pathways and Better Patient Data” On October 21st, an international group of experts was invited to the Royal College of Physicians in London […]
Ebola Outbreak Highlights Struggle for Science in Africa and Inequalities in Global Health Research by Tamer Fouad, MD As authorities scramble to contain the spread of Ebola, it helps to take a step […]
A newly developed mouse model suggests that genetic factors are behind the mild-to-deadly range of reactions to the Ebola virus. People exposed to Ebola vary in how the virus affects them. Some […]
Six years and one day ago, a 5-year-old girl named Tori Lee was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. “There’s nothing worse to hear as […]
Date: October 9, 2014 Source: AFP / Powered by NewsLook.com Summary: Leaders gathered at the World Bank to coordinate a response to the Ebola epidemic. West African presidents called for a stronger […]
New findings by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggest that an evolutionary arms race between rival elements within the genomes of primates drove the evolution of complex regulatory networks […]
Vegans may have had it right all along; while raw, organic milk offers numerous health benefits, a Harvard researcher and pediatrician argues that conventional milk and dairy products alike are a detriment […]
To boldly go where no one has gone before… @XPRIZE $10M Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE Competition Scanadu is proud to share that it has been selected as one of the Final 10 teams […]
AS HUMANS migrated out of Africa around 50,000 years ago and moved across the planet, evolution may have latched onto a gene linked to risk-taking and adventurousness. The idea, first put forward […]
One of the more recent members of The 7R Future Leadership Institute is Mr. Teun Depreeuw. Teun Depreeuw is founder and owner of Muurtuin.be, a company specialized in designing, manufacturing, installing and maintaining vertical gardens. Click the picture to read more.
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