Medical research
New technology makes tissues, someday maybe organs
A new instrument could someday build replacement human organs the way electronics are assembled today: with precise picking and placing of parts.
Dec 22, 2014
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Medical economics
Costs cast cloud over Nigeria's HPV vaccine plan
Nigeria's latest target for introducing a life-saving vaccine against cervical cancer has been branded unrealistic by health specialists as cost concerns have yet to be addressed, leaving thousands of Nigerian women at risk.
Aug 29, 2022
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Medical research
Biomarkers indicate health in old age
Researchers on aging from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of aging and the Leiden University Medical Center collaborate to link basic insights from model organisms to the causes of aging in humans. Now, they have found ...
Aug 21, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers one step closer to growing made-to-order human kidneys
In a study with significant implications for human organ transplantation, researchers have successfully grown functional mouse kidneys inside rats from just a few donor stem cells.
Feb 5, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
First-ever data on internal exposure to acrylamide among the Spanish population
The Food Safety Department of the Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region—FISABIO, has conducted the first study that provides data about the internal exposure to acrylamide among ...
Oct 7, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Bendy X-ray detectors could revolutionize cancer treatment
New materials developed at the University of Surrey could pave the way for a new generation of flexible X-ray detectors, with potential applications ranging from cancer treatment to better airport scanners.
Nov 5, 2023
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Vaccination
ChatGPT is debunking myths on social media around vaccine safety, say experts
ChatGPT could help to increase vaccine uptake by debunking myths around jab safety, say the authors of a study published in the journal Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics.
Sep 3, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Herpesvirus study in mice leads to discovery of potential broad-spectrum antiviral
After herpesviruses infect a cell, their genomes are assembled into specialized protein structures called nucelosomes. Many cellular enzyme complexes can modulate these structures to either promote or inhibit the progression ...
Aug 15, 2017
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Neuroscience
Researchers create three-dimensional organoid models of human forebrain
A team of researchers at Stanford University has, for the first time, created three-dimensional organoid models of the human forebrain. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes growing the organoids ...
Cardiology
Lab-grown 'ghost hearts' combine a cleaned-out pig heart with a patient's own stem cells
Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that 17.9 million people lose their lives to it each year, accounting for 32% of global deaths.
Aug 11, 2023
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