France – the team of Pr Aubourg of the Saint-Vincent-of-Paul hospital of Paris succeeded in slowing down the evolution of a serious cerebral disease, the adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). This rare genetic disease affects the brain of the young children in good health.
The researchers used a combination of gene therapy and cell therapy to slow the progression of the disease in two children suffering from ALD. Nearly three years after the disease progression was slowed and no side effects were observed.
The ALD mainly affects boys between 5 and 12 years. A defective …

Scientists from the Institute of stem cells at the University of Connecticut offered to fight with colon cancer, as well as other types of cancer using a new vaccine, created on the basis of stem cells. Generally the cancer and stem cells has many similar molecular and biological traits.
The process of treatment will be as follows. After producing the vaccine using human stem cells, doctors will be able to deceive the immune system, which will think that the cancer cells are already present in the body, and starts the immune …

Photographed from space, glaciers are among the best indicators of global warming used by scientists: their melting is indeed more apparent than ever.
Dorothy Hall, a scientist from NASA and a team of international researchers have used several satellites to record the significant changes seen among different European glaciers, Icelandic or U.S. (Alaska).
For some, the addition of other data shows not only the loss of area, working through the edges of the ice formation, but also a loss of ice thickness near the center.
For most scientists, the rapid melting of glaciers …

Thailand – Thai and American researchers announced the development of a vaccine to reduce the risk of contamination by the AIDS virus. This announcement follows the results of a clinical trial conducted on 16,400 people.
This test was conducted by the Ministry of Health of Thailand and the U.S. military. It shows that the vaccine reduces the risk of infection in 32.1% of cases. In their official statement, the researchers suggest that: “This result represents a breakthrough because it is the first time there is evidence that a vaccine against HIV …

In addition to global warming, carbon emissions are causing another problem just as serious and worrying:  acidification of the oceans. Researchers at the Villefranche Oceanography Laboratory (LOV) have shown that the key marine organisms will be deeply affected by this phenomenon in the years to come.
Since 1800, One third of CO2 emissions from human activities has been absorbed by the oceans, which is equivalent to 1 tonne of CO2 per person per year. This massive absorption reduced climate change and causes a disruption of the chemistry of seawater. The absorbed …