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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Scientists have witnessed brain patterns in dying patients that may correlate to commonly reported “near-death” experiences (NDEs) such as lucid visions, out-of-body sensations, a review of one’s ow…
Dr Antony Sara says it is ‘unacceptable’ that sexual harassment ‘remains distressingly prevalent’ for doctors at workFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe pres…
Michelle Butterfield writes via Global News: A team of scientists, led by a Japanese pharmaceutical startup, are getting set to start human trials on a new drug that has successfully grown new teeth in animal test subjects. Toregem Biopharma is slated …
Dr Louise Stone says victims have spoken of ‘enforced closeness’ of long sessions in operating rooms and the ‘boys’ club culture’ of industryGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFemale doctors who have experienced se…
A few months after getting FDA approval for human trials, Neuralink is looking for its first test subjects. The Verge reports: The six-year initial trial, which the Elon Musk-owned company is calling “the PRIME Study,” is intended to test Neuralink tec…
This week saw an announcement from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. A new type of vaccine “has shown in the lab setting that it can completely reverse autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes …
Research also finds there is no standardisation of training on subject across medical universitiesMore than a third of UK medical students do not receive sexual misconduct training, research has found.The study by researchers at the University of Cambr…
Scientists have grown humanized kidneys in pigs, raising the prospect of human organs being grown inside animals. The Guardian reports: The research involved creating human-pig chimeric embryos containing a combination of human and pig cells. When tran…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb. The Weizmann Institute team say their “embryo model”, made using stem cells, looks like…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended easing restrictions on marijuana, a department spokesperson said on Wednesday, following a review request from the Biden Administration last year. Reuters reports: The scheduling re…