Surgery
FDA takes up decades-long debate over breast implant safety
U.S. health officials are taking another look at the safety of breast implants, the latest review in a decades-long debate.
Mar 24, 2019
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News tagged with silicone
Medical research
Bronchi-on-a-chip technology reveals why it is difficult for asthma patients to find relief
The bronchial airways, a network of tubes that delivers air to the lungs, are enwrapped by strings of muscle called the airway smooth muscle. Nobody knows what physiological function these muscles serve, but the general consensus ...
Mar 14, 2019
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Health
Investors' appetites whetted by alternative proteins
Cell-cultured meat, plant-based foie gras, algae milk and seaweed caviar are just some of the increasingly sophisticated alternative protein options flooding the market—and whetting investors' appetites.
Mar 13, 2019
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Immunology
Silicone breast implant patients face greatly increased risk of autoimmune disease
Women with breast implants mostly only had to worry about leaks, but a large-scale Israeli study performed in collaboration with researchers from the University of Alberta confirmed almost one in four implantation patients ...
Nov 7, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists report that cancer can be diagnosed and treated with MRI
Researchers from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Russia) have recently developed a new type of contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based on biodegradable silicon nanoparticles. The method can ...
Oct 1, 2018
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Surgery
Long-term outcomes of breast implants explored
(HealthDay)—The long-term outcomes of breast implants include increased rates of certain conditions for silicone implants, according to a study published online Sept. 14 in the Annals of Surgery.
Sep 24, 2018
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Surgery
FDA plans meeting to discuss safety data on breast implants
U.S. health regulators say they'll convene a public meeting of medical advisers next year to discuss new science on breast implant safety, including an independent analysis that suggests certain rare health problems might ...
Sep 14, 2018
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Neuroscience
Complex brain circuitry revealed using new single-cell sequencing technology
The complexity of the human brain presents scientists with immense challenges as they try to find new treatments for a host of diseases and conditions. But the advent of a new technology known as single-cell RNA sequencing ...
Jun 29, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Applying Silicon Valley smarts to age-old diseases
On the second floor of an infectious-disease research facility in this African capital, Dr. Joseph Kamgno, the country's leading expert on parasitic roundworms, stood at his desk staring down at the black, hard-shelled case ...
Apr 23, 2018
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Health
The US weed rush and white-collar cannabis CEOs
They are bankers, accountants and computer engineers—mainstream in every way but for one respect: their love of cannabis and the desire to make megabucks in a growing US industry.
Jun 19, 2017
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