Original broadcast date: March 15, 2009 Although stem cell research is a common topic in the news, the issue is more in the forefront recently now that US President Obama plans to reverse restrictions placed on embryonic stem cell research enacted by the Bush administration. Two recent studies from McMaster University have added to this [...]

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Eye diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration result in the loss of vision in a slow and unrelenting fashion due to the deteriorating and damaged retina. A team of scientists at the Schepens Eye Research Institute and Harvard Medical School has published a study in the March issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual [...]

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One of the consequences of the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease is the damaging effect it has on smaller arteries in the legs and within organs such as the kidney and heart. Although coronary artery bypass grafts are common, it is the smaller sized arteries that can remain damaged and difficult to reach and repair. Further [...]

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About 10 to 15 million people around the world have type 1 diabetes and require insulin to make up for the pancreas’ inability to produce enough for the body’s use. In the September 28, 2006 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine researchers from the University of Alberta studied how the clinical outcomes of [...]

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