The largest catalog of new antibiotic molecules revealed: almost a million unknown compounds
When the Frenchman Ernest Duchesne found penicillin in 1897 and Alexander Fleming rediscovered it in 1928, the health of humanity ...
Tag: Incurable diseases
Lupus and physical activity: allies by necessity
María is a 42-year-old woman who silently endures the chronic autoimmune disease called systemic lupus erythematosus (hereinafter, lupus or SLE), ...
The European agency recommends authorizing the first gene editing treatment with CRISPR
A committee of experts from the European Medicines Agency recommended this Friday the authorization of the first drug that uses ...
Joseph Conrad was a victim of the ailment known as “gout.”
In the biography of Joseph Conrad written by John Stape and titled The Lives of Joseph Conrad (Lumen), the author ...
Paola Roldán’s fight to have a dignified death in Ecuador: “Recognize this right that belongs to me”
The movement in Paola Roldán's house this Monday is unusual. She, in bed with the respirator, unable to move. Nicolás, ...
What is the difference between brain death and real death?
Brain death is understood to occur when the brain is completely and irreversibly destroyed, ceasing all its activity. Therefore, vital ...
