All posts tagged "medicine"
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3.7KMiscWhy A Man In Germany Got 217 COVID-19 Shots In 29 Months
A newly published case study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases examines a man that got 217 COVID-19 vaccinations in 29 months. Why?...
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895FutureThe WHO Issues Warning Against Non-Sugar Sweeteners for Weight Control
The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken a stand against non-sugar sweeteners, warning that the substances do not help with weight control...
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1.6KFutureBrain-mapping Breakthrough: The Beautiful Brain of a Fruit Fly Larva Brain Now Fully Mapped
How complex could a fruit fly’s brain be? Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins University give number of neurons...
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2.1KFutureALS Patient Using A Brain Implant Manages A Record-Breaking 62 Words Per Minute Communication Speed
A new report from MIT Technology Review has incredible news for ALS patients and their loved ones worldwide. A patient with ALS,...
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1.2KFutureLab-grown Blood Now Entering World’s First Clinical Trial
A ray of hope for people with rare blood types, a world’s first clinical trial started where lab-grown blood will be given...
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3.4KFutureAn Experimental Test for Parkinson’s Was Inspired By A Supersmeller Who Can Sniff Out the Illness
A Scottish woman named Joy Milne became famous because of her supersmeller abilities and now scientists are on the brink of creating...
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1.4KFutureChina Approves World’s First Inhalable COVID-19 Vaccine
While the whole world seems to have stopped seeing COVID-19 as a threat and antivax sentiments at an all-time high, China just...
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1.8KFutureClinical Trials Begin Soon For A Treatment That Will Make Patients Grow Multiple Mini-livers
Growing mini-livers is the most unexpected headline for a clinical trial but, thanks to medical advances, here we are. A pioneering technique...
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3.5KFutureStem Cell Researchers in Israel Created Synthetic Mouse Embryos Without Using Sperm or Eggs
The entirely lab-grown synthetic mice were grown in an artificial womb for eight days and developed “rudimentary beating hearts, blood circulation, folded...
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2.2KFutureMIT Engineers Reveal Ultrasound Stickers that See Inside Patients As They Go About Their Lives
Getting an ultrasound is nothing special but does require you to lose a day at the doctor’s office. That could change very...
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1.5KSocialMartin Shkreli, The ‘Pharma Bro’ Who Raised A Drug Price By 5000%, Is Out Of Jail And Launching A Crypto Pharma Company
Martin Shkreli made headlines a few years ago, as he raised the price of a medication by more than 5000% percent and...
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2.9KSocialEx-Theranos President and Former Elizabeth Homes Partner Sunny Balwani Was Just Found Guilty of Fraud
Is this the end of the Theranos saga? After Elizabeth Homes, the CEO of Theranos, was indicted in January on four counts...
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1.7KFutureWatch: Researchers Are Growing Human Cells On Robotic Skeletons
Human cells grown in a lab are the next medical frontier researchers are trying to get to. Now, a new approach is...
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1.9KFutureStem Cells Turn Into Bone When Sound Waves Are Near
A breakthrough made by Australian researchers might change the way doctors treat a broken or missing bone. Turns out stem cells can...
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2.1KMiscNew Study Says You Can Decontaminate N95 Mask Up to 25 Times & Still Be Safe
With Omicron on the loose and more and more specialists asking health workers and the general public to use better masks, this...
