The liver is the body's control tower for metabolism, powering vital functions like converting nutrients to glucose, storing fat and breaking down toxins. Over a third of the world, however, is thought to be affected by conditions ...
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Two independent clinical trials demonstrate the safety of stem cell therapies for Parkinson's disease. The papers, published in Nature this week, investigate the use of cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells ...
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One reason why our livers excel at clearing waste from our blood system is that the organ functions according to three key "zones" that perform specific major tasks. So, if scientists hope to create self-growing patches of ...
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Lucy Mulloor woke up one morning and realized something was terribly wrong. The 45-year-old single-mom could hear her two daughters in the kitchen but couldn't call out to them. She'd lost the ability to talk and to move ...
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Earlier this year, a five-year-old boy was killed at an "alternative medicine clinic" in the United States, when the hyperbaric chamber he was inside caught fire and exploded. Four people have since been charged over his ...
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An ingestible gas-sensing capsule that provides real-time insights into gut health has moved closer to market with RMIT University transferring IP ownership to medical device company Atmo Biosciences.
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It is well known that men are reluctant to see a doctor, especially a urologist. As a result, there is a risk that prostate cancer will be detected too late. A simple urine test may be able to minimize this risk in the future. ...
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A multidisciplinary clinical team led by Professor Bernat Soria from the Institute of Bioengineering at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH, Spain) has developed a new method to deliver cell therapies in patients ...
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