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Genetics
Personalized therapy for rare genetic diseases: Patient-derived organoids offer new hope
Children's Mercy Kansas City has achieved a significant advancement toward the treatment of rare genetic diseases through the use of personalized antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs). This innovative approach has shown promising ...
Jan 24, 2025
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Cardiology
Light-activated ink developed to remotely control cardiac tissue to repair the heart
Researchers from Mass General Brigham and collaborating institutions have developed a non-invasive approach to manipulate cardiac tissue activity by using light to stimulate an innovative ink incorporated into bioprinted ...
Jan 24, 2025
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Experts discuss progress and challenges in brain implants, urge special ethical and scientific care
In a viewpoint paper recently published in the journal The Lancet Digital Health, a team led by Stanisa Raspopovic from MedUni Vienna looks at the progress and challenges in the research and development of brain implants.
Jan 24, 2025
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Blood-brain barrier study reveals insights into neurological disease treatment
Scientists from the University of Liverpool and their global collaborators have highlighted the most effective treatments for neurological diseases by overcoming one of medicine's most difficult challenges: the blood–brain ...
Jan 23, 2025
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Editing embryos to prevent genetic diseases: Study sparks ethical debate
Scientists from a collaboration of Australian research institutions have proposed that editing multiple genetic variants in human embryos could significantly lower the likelihood of developing complex diseases such as coronary ...
Innovative bioprinting method creates heart tissues with dynamic shape changes
Researchers at University of Galway have developed a way of bioprinting tissues that change shape as a result of cell-generated forces, in the same way that it happens in biological tissues during organ development.
Jan 22, 2025
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Green tea-based adhesive films show promise as a novel treatment for oral mucositis
Green tea shines as a natural powerhouse of antioxidants, with catechins leading the charge among its polyphenols, which protect cells from oxidative stress. These powerful compounds neutralize harmful free radicals generated ...
Jan 22, 2025
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Therapeutic blood clots activated by mRNA could cushion the blow of osteoarthritis
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a promising technique for treating osteoarthritis using therapeutic blood clots activated by messenger RNA.
Jan 22, 2025
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New tool reduces epilepsy misdiagnoses by 70% using routine EEGs
Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that appear normal into highly accurate epilepsy predictors, a Johns Hopkins University ...
Jan 22, 2025
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Ultrasensitive test detects and serially monitors intact virus levels in COVID-19 patients
Investigators from Mass General Brigham have found that a method originally designed for cancer detection can also identify and monitor even tiny amounts of SARS-CoV-2 intact viral particles in blood and other fluids from ...
Jan 22, 2025
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Most Americans monitor heart health but rarely share data with doctors
Advances in technology have made it increasingly easier for people to self-monitor their heart health, whether it's via a smart device on their wrist or finger or a blood pressure monitor. However, a new national survey commissioned ...
Jan 22, 2025
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Novel prototype developed to assess and rehabilitate balance problems in patients
The UPV/EHU's COMPMECH research group has patented a mechatronic instrument that uses a mobile platform to stimulate a patient's balance in a controlled manner and measures his/her response.
Jan 22, 2025
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Virtual reality and hypnosis bring relief for patients with blood cancer
In a room at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal, a patient puts on a virtual reality (VR) headset. Bright bubbles float slowly up and down before his eyes while soothing sounds play in the background.
Jan 22, 2025
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New work creates roadmap for the next generation of bioelectronic medicine
From the ancient Egyptians' use of electric fish to treat headaches to the invention of pacemakers to regulate heart rhythms in the 1950s, the field of bioelectronic medicine—which makes use of electrical signals instead ...
Jan 21, 2025
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Biosensing platform simultaneously detects vitamin C and SARS-CoV-2
In the COVID-19 pandemic era, at-home, portable tests were crucial for knowing when to wear a mask or isolate at home. Now, Penn State engineering researchers have developed a portable and wireless device to simultaneously ...
Jan 21, 2025
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Urine-based bladder cancer diagnostic kit can be used at home
Bladder cancer has a cure rate of over 90% when detected early, but it has a high recurrence rate of 70%, necessitating continuous monitoring. Late detection often requires major surgeries, such as bladder removal followed ...
Jan 21, 2025
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Understanding the neural mechanisms and limitations of a technique for non-invasive deep-brain stimulation
Being able to noninvasively stimulate the deep brain without stimulating shallow regions is a key goal of non-invasive neurostimulation.
Jan 21, 2025
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Heart cell survival in space sheds light on better treatment strategies on Earth
A team of researchers led by Emory's Chunhui Xu recently found that heart muscle cells can grow and survive in the microgravity environment of space. The team's findings, published in Biomaterials, show promise for developing ...
Jan 21, 2025
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Making way for a digital twin of the human placenta
Preeclampsia, intrauterine fetal growth restriction, and other "great obstetrical syndromes" have been linked to disordered placenta development, so understanding the structure and function of this vital organ is critical ...
Jan 21, 2025
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Researcher develops new device for diagnosing erectile dysfunction
Erection problems can have a huge impact on quality of life and health, but current diagnostic methods are painful, uncomfortable and technologically outdated. Ph.D. candidate Evelien Trip has developed a new device that ...
Jan 21, 2025
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New data demonstrate clinical validation of novel prostate cancer test
OncoAssure Ltd, an Irish medical diagnostic company, announced the publication of new data in the journal BJUI Compass that demonstrate the clinical validation of OncoAssure Prostate, a novel biopsy test that provides improved ...
Jan 21, 2025
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World's smallest biomedical robot advances interventional diagnosis and treatment
Researchers from the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have successfully developed the world's smallest multifunctional biomedical robot, which is 60% smaller than current ...
Jan 20, 2025
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'Unprecedented' level of control allows person without use of limbs to operate virtual quadcopter
A brain-computer interface, surgically placed in a research participant with tetraplegia, paralysis in all four limbs, provided an unprecedented level of control over a virtual quadcopter—just by thinking about moving his ...
Jan 20, 2025
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New contrast agent for ultrasound imaging tested to make medical diagnostics more affordable and safe
Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have synthesized and tested protein-polymer microbubbles for use in medical ultrasound imaging of internal organs. Administered intravenously, the microbubbles act as a contrast agent, ...
Jan 20, 2025
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GaToroid: Getting closer to affordable cancer hadron therapy
Hadron therapy is a state-of-the-art radiotherapy technique that uses proton or ion beams to target tumoral cells, while sparing surrounding healthy tissues from unwanted radiation. To achieve best results, it requires complex ...
Jan 20, 2025
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