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One promising approach to treating Type 1 diabetes is implanting pancreatic islet cells that can produce insulin when needed, which can free patients from giving themselves frequent insulin injections. However, one major…
Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, who together identified a chemical tweak to messenger RNA, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday. Their work enabled potent Covid vaccines to be made in less than a year, averting tens of mil…
Researchers from several U.S. institutions are collaborating “to develop and test an implantable device able to sense signs of the kind of inflammation associated with cancer,” reports CBS News, “and delivery therapy when needed.”
Northwestern said t…
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…