positive Health news
Success in trial of prostate cancer drugA trial of a new cancer drug, which accurately targets tumours, has been so successful it has been stopped early. |
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Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzleOnline gamers have achieved a feat beyond the realm of Second Life or Dungeons and Dragons: they have deciphered the structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus that had thwarted scientists for a decade. |
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Artificial blood vessels created on a 3D printerArtificial blood vessels made on a 3D printer may soon be used for transplants of lab-created organs. |
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Scientists hail Parkinson’s brain cells ‘breakthrough’Scientists have for the first time generated stem cells from one of the most rapidly progressing forms of Parkinson's disease. |
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New drug could cure nearly any viral infectionMost bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against viral infections, including influenza, the common cold, and deadly hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola. |
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Alzheimer’s drug tests in six years, Lancaster researcher saysA new drug to prevent the development of Alzheimer's disease could be tested on patients within six years, according to researchers at Lancaster University. |
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Text messages boost malaria careDaily text messages to health workers more than doubled the number of children getting the correct treatment for malaria, research shows. |
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How To Eat Well And Save The Planet TooA recent publication provides a wide-ranging overview on how different foodstuffs impact the environment and the human body. |
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Bill Gates wants to reinvent the toilet for the Third WorldBill Gates thinks the modern-day flush toilet isn’t good enough. Most of the developing world can’t afford to use it, and poor sanitation spreads diarrheal diseases. |
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Scientists find ‘better way’ to grow adult stem cellsA new plastic surface which overcomes the difficulties associated with growing adult stem cells has been developed, according to scientists. |
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Surgeons carry out world’s first synthetic organ transplantScientists in London created an artificial windpipe which was then coated in stem cells from the patient. |
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A new discovery could reverse the effects of a strokeEvery year, 750 thousand Americans suffer a stroke. A stroke can take away your ability to speak or even move, functions that may never come back. But now, scientists may have found a new way to stop and even reverse that damage. |
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Human eye protein senses Earth’s magnetismA light-sensitive protein in the human eye has been shown to act as a 'compass' in a magnetic field, when it is present in flies' eyes. |
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$4.3bn international pledge to fund child vaccinationsThe Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi) conference in London, UK, last week saw an unprecedented amount of donations. The hopes had been to collect $3.7bn to further the cause of childhood vaccinations and immunizations in the developing world. Instead, Gavi received a combined amount of $4.3bn. |
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Medical discoveries
- Researchers identify key peptides that could lead to a universal vaccine for influenza
- Stem cell retinal implants safe
- Hepatitis C vaccine: Oxford researchers’ trial ‘promising’
- Time’s Top Medical Breakthroughs of 2011
- New discovery could lead to better artificial hips
- Artificial Intestines near reality
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