Archive: 06/08/2018

FDA approves medical device using shape memory technology

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of a medical device in humans for deliberately blocking blood flow to treat bleeding abnormalities or other conditions, a procedure known as embolization. The device integrates ...

Aug 6, 2018

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Spider venom strikes a blow against childhood epilepsy

A devastating form of childhood epilepsy that is resistant to traditional drugs may have met its match in spider venom.

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Researchers find potential key to unlocking the immune system in pancreatic cancer

A University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center study may provide insights into how to overcome barriers to using immune-based treatments for pancreatic cancer, the third most deadly cancer in the United ...

Aug 6, 2018

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Differences in immune responses due to age, sex and genetics

Age, sex, and specific human genetic variants are the key factors behind differences between immune responses among healthy humans, finds a study of 1,000 individuals carried out by EPFL and the Pasteur Institute.

Aug 6, 2018

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Tobacco marketed more heavily in city's minority neighborhoods, study finds

Tobacco products in Milwaukee are more aggressively marketed in stores in African-American and Latino neighborhoods than in white ones, according to a study led by a public health researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Aug 6, 2018

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A smarter device to treat pediatric hydrocephalus and ease parents' worry

USC researchers have invented a device that could significantly improve care for people with hydrocephalus, a chronic condition that causes excessive fluid in the brain.

Aug 6, 2018

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Hidden signs in cancer tissue

When scientists at ETH Zurich analysed very large amounts of genetic cancer data, they found previously unresearched molecular changes. These could help in developing new personalised cancer treatments.

Aug 6, 2018

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How can Africa prevent the next haemorrhagic fever crisis? Invest in research and development

In 2014, West Africa encountered its worst recorded outbreak of Ebola with over 11,000 reported deaths. The memory of this crisis hadn't faded yet when Ebola reared its ugly head again this month in the Democratic Republic ...

Aug 6, 2018

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Congo health ministry preps for possible Ebola vaccinations

Congo's health ministry is preparing to begin Ebola vaccinations Wednesday in the eastern city of Beni and neighboring Mangina village where the outbreak was announced last week, the ministry said.

Aug 6, 2018

Saving the sight of millions

Two eye surgeons (ophthalmologists) have written a first-of-its-kind book to save the sight of millions of patients around the world by making eye injections (intravitreal injections) safe and comfortable.

Aug 6, 2018

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