Medical research
Trial using donated eye tissue offers stem cell surgery hope
People with sight problems could benefit from a surgical trial advance that has been shown to help restore the surface of the eye.
Jan 28, 2019
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Medical research
Developing a better, faster diagnostic for cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidiosis is the leading cause of waterborne diseases among humans in the United States, infecting almost 750,000 people each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Globally in 2010, nearly ...
Jan 16, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Q&A: Even the young and healthy benefit from the flu vaccine
Dear Mayo Clinic: I am 28 and healthy. I have never gotten a flu shot and have never had the flu. Do I really need a flu vaccination? My employer is recommending it for everyone, but I am hesitant. I have heard some people ...
Jan 14, 2019
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Neuroscience
New optogenetic technique could help restore limb movement, treat muscle tremor
For the first time, MIT researchers have shown that nerves made to express proteins that can be activated by light can produce limb movements that can be adjusted in real-time, using cues generated by the motion of the limb ...
Dec 28, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Medical researchers fear wider spread of paralysis linked to mysterious polio-like virus
Medical researchers fear that more children will develop paralysis from a mysterious poliolike illness that has struck every two years since 2014.
Dec 24, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
Focus on resistance to HIV offers insight into how to fight the virus
Of the 40 million people around the world infected with HIV, less than one per cent have immune systems strong enough to suppress the virus for extended periods of time. These special immune systems are known as "elite controllers." ...
Nov 30, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Protecting the littlest lungs
It's one of the most common respiratory infections in children, second only to the common cold. (By age three, just about every kid has been exposed at least once.) But for some young patients, respiratory syncytial virus, ...
Oct 26, 2018
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Diabetes
Study identifies shortcomings when young patients with type 2 diabetes transition from pediatric to adult care
Youth-onset type 2 diabetes is increasing globally as a result of pediatric obesity. A new study in Diabetic Medicine shows that young adults with type 2 diabetes have substantially worse blood sugar control and loss to follow-up ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
109 US salmonella cases now linked to papayas from Mexico
An increasing number of people have been sickened by eating papaya now traced to a farm located in southern Mexico, U.S. public health officials said in an update on the outbreak first reported more than two weeks ago.
Aug 8, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Women and men may have different bipolar disorder biomarkers
Men and women react differently to compounds associated with immune system response to bipolar disorder, according to an international team of medical researchers. The findings suggest that bipolar disorder could one day ...
Jul 11, 2017
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