Health
Healthy teeth are wondrous and priceless: Dentist explains why and how best to protect them
At an auction in England in 2011, one of John Lennon's teeth sold for just over US$31,000.
May 4, 2024
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Biomedical technology
Scientists harness ultrasound for drug delivery and tissue implantation
Research presents an advance in drug delivery and tissue implantation assisted by ultrasound, developed by researchers from the Technion Faculty of Biomedical Engineering. The work is published in the journal Small Methods.
Apr 22, 2024
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Medical research
Dentistry study shows how 'positive stress' can boost tooth tissue regeneration
Stress is typically thought of as a negative phenomenon, but researchers at HKU Dentistry found "positive stress" that can induce good changes in tooth stem cells to make them more resistant to injury and disease.
Sep 1, 2022
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Medications
New approach for the development of a drug treatment for obesity and resulting diseases
The protein Asc-1 regulates whether fat-burning beige or fat-storing white adipocytes are formed, which can have an impact on the development of metabolic diseases. This is shown by a current study of the Helmholtz Zentrum ...
Mar 31, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Study: How to safely remove ovary in girls for best results in fertility preservation
Young girls who are about to undergo treatment for cancer or other therapies that pose high risk of infertility can opt to have an ovary removed and preserved for future transplantation when they are ready to pursue pregnancy. ...
Feb 3, 2020
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Diabetes
Newly discovered disease opens for future diabetes treatment
Knowledge of a newly discovered genetic disorder, which means that a person cannot produce the protein TXNIP (thioredoxin interacting protein) in their cells, can open for the development of new diabetes drugs. This is shown ...
Feb 12, 2019
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Medical research
Scientists make living brain cells from Alzheimer's patients biobanked brain tissue
Scientists at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute, working in collaboration with scientists from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), for the first time generated induced pluripotent stem (iPS) ...
Jan 7, 2014
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
What does delaying childbearing cost?
Freezing eggs or ovarian tissue for the sole purpose of delaying childbearing for social reasons may prove too costly for society, according to a recent analysis by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher.
Mar 14, 2012
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Health
'Bone smashing': Broken bones, tooth loss and blood vessel damage are among the harms of this TikTok trend
The internet never ceases to amaze when it comes to the bizarre health crazes people are willing to try. One of the latest social media trends is "bone smashing"—and it's every bit as inadvisable as it sounds.
Oct 24, 2023
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Dentistry
First study of sexual dimorphism in the deciduous canines of the Ratón Pérez collection
The Dental Anthropology Group at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has published a paper on sexual dimorphism in the journal Anthropological Science, examining the differences between ...
Jun 28, 2023
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