Medical Discoveries
Stem cell retinal implants safeEarly results from the world's first human trial using embryonic stem cells to treat diseases of the eye suggest the method is safe, say researchers. |
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Hepatitis C vaccine: Oxford researchers’ trial ‘promising’An early clinical trial of a hepatitis C vaccine has shown "promising" results, according to researchers at Oxford University. |
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Time’s Top Medical Breakthroughs of 2011
via Time Magazine |
Sat December 31, 2011 |
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New discovery could lead to better artificial hipsFor many people who have suffered from an arthritic hip, the replacement of their natural hip bone with a prosthetic implant has meant an end to constant pain, and the restoration of a normal range of movement. Unfortunately, the ball-and-socket joints of the prostheses do wear down over time, so younger patients in need of the implants are typically told to either wait until they are older, or must face the prospect of someday requiring repeat surgery to service their device. |
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Artificial Intestines near realityScience has given us working artificial hearts, hips, limbs and bladders, and even a trachea. But no one has successfully created an artificial intestine, until now. |
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Vaccine developed against EbolaScientists have developed a vaccine that protects mice against a deadly form of the Ebola virus. |
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Alzheimer’s: Deep brain stimulation ‘reverses’ diseaseScientists in Canada have raised a tantalising prospect - reversing Alzheimer's disease. |
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Malaria’s Achilles’ heel revealedResearchers have revealed a key discovery in understanding how the most deadly species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, invades human red blood cells. |
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New Parkinson’s therapy hopeA new technique could improve the quality of life for patients with Parkinson's Disease, according to research led by Cardiff University. |
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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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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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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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Health news
- Safer vaccine created without virus
- Lenses found to ‘cure colour-blindness’
- Nations agree on legally binding mercury rules
- Totally blind mice get sight back
- Human immune system proteins shown to suppress HIV
- Fighting cancer with cell phones
- First liver cancer ‘chemo-bath’ in the UK
- New opportunity for rapid treatment of malaria
- Fear can be erased from the brain before its memory has been formed
- Enjoyment of life ‘key to living longer’
- Scientists uncover gene behind skin disease
- New Water Treatment Process Could Help Bring Dead Zones Back to Life
- Robots join the fight against cancer
- Canada will no longer oppose global fight against asbestos
- ‘Stem cell hope’ for deaf people
- Deaf girl fitted with bionic ear speaks her first word
- Johnson & Johnson Announces a Ban on Harmful Chemicals in Products
- Male contraceptive pill ‘step closer’ after mice studies
- Spotting Cancer Cells in Blood With a 27-Picosecond Camera
- Hope for more effective TB treatment
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