Uterine transplantation and regulatory questions
Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas recently announced the first birth after a uterus transplant in the United States. The successful pregnancy with the transplanted
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Throwback Thursday: Hatching a Virus
You may have heard about how vaccines are made – something about growing a virus in an egg, right? Unless you’re in the medical profession,
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Atoh1, a potential Achilles’ heel of Sonic Hedgehog MB
Medulloblastoma is the most common type of solid brain tumor in children. Current treatments offer limited success and may leave patients with severe neurological side
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Muscle’s path to maturity follows the alternative splicing way
Compare the skeletal muscles of a newborn with those of an adult. While the former can barely move the body, adult muscles can perform record
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Device that induces a mild localized ‘fever’ could treat vascular involvement in cancer
The prognosis of a cancer patient relies significantly on the ability of the surgeon to remove all the tumor, including a cancer-free boundary, leaving what
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Next-generation probiotics might join the fight against gut bacterial infections
Clostridium difficile infections are the most common cause of diarrhea associated with the use of antibiotics. If these bacteria attempt to invade the human gut,
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Adequate nutrition should be priority for whole family
Earlier this year, JAMA Pediatrics published an essay about processed food and its impact on health. The author, Dr. Robert Lustig, describes processed food as
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Out of the body and into bone-in culture: new technique tests drugs for metastatic cancer
For many cancer patients, the problem is metastasis – the dissemination of tumor cells to other organs – after the primary tumor has been eliminated.
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Surviving mesothelioma, one appointment at a time
It’s scary to think how quickly things can change from one scan to another. It’s why I struggle with “scanxiety,” or scan anxiety. No matter
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How narrative medicine closes gap between physicians and patients
According to Columbia University, narrative medicine “fortifies clinical practice with the narrative competence to recognize, absorb, metabolize, interpret, and be moved by the stories of
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