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Threofuranosyl Nucleic Acid
Researchers develop artificial building blocks of life
“Scientists from the University of Cologne Department of Chemistry have now shown that the [MORE]
Top Ten Patient Safety Concerns
10 urgent patient safety challenges in 2024
“The ECRI [Emergency Care Research Institute, Plymouth Meeting, PA] publishes independent medical device evaluations, [MORE]
Temporal Disease Trajectories from Comorbidity Networks
Unraveling cradle-to-grave disease trajectories from multilayer comorbidity networks
“Here, we [at the Medical University of Vienna] propose a novel approach to [MORE]
Self-Powered Bionics
Solar panels in your eyeballs- Self-powered bionics are on the way
“Neuroprosthetics interact with the nervous system to restore lost functionality. [MORE]
A Skin Patch to Measure Tumor Size over Time
New patch measures tumor size
“Medical researchers and chemical engineers at National Tsing Hua University and Taipei Medical University, both in [MORE]
Solid, Humanized Kidneys Grown in Pigs
In a first, solid humanized kidneys grown inside pigs
Researchers at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health and Wuyi University [MORE]
RNA Interference Targeting Hypertension
RNAi treatment controls blood pressure in key trial
“RNA interference (RNAi) is the process of mRNA degradation, which is very specific. [MORE]
Improved Imaging of Arterial Plaques
Improved imaging of arterial plaques
“Here we [at the University of California-Davis, and Massachusetts General Hospital] report the first implementation of [MORE]
Identifying Tumors and Diseases from Medical Images with AI Analysis
New AI model draws treasure maps to diagnose disease
“Medical diagnostics expert, doctor’s assistant, and cartographer are all fair titles for [MORE]
Beta-Defensin Index; Biomarkers for Oral Cancer
Beta-defensin index- A functional biomarker for oral cancer detection
“Human beta-defensin 3 (hBD-3), an epithelial cell-derived anti-microbial peptide, is pro-tumorigenic and [MORE]
Printing Living Skin into Wounds for Scar-Free Surgery
Scar-free surgery prints living skin (and maybe hair) right into wounds
“Ozbolat and the Penn State team had previously used two [MORE]
Organoids from Amniotic Cells
Organoids made from amniotic fluid will tell us how fetuses develop
From Tel Aviv University: “As a fetus grows in the [MORE]
Silencing the Bad Cholesterol Gene
Durable and efficient gene silencing in vivo by hit-and-run epigenome editing
“[We, at San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Milan, [MORE]
Defining Prostate Cancer: One Disease or Two “Evotypes”?
AI reveals prostate cancer is not just one disease
“They [researchers at Oxford and Manchester Universities] identified two distinct cancer groups [MORE]