Cultured tissue from nasal cartilage cells helps with complicated knee injuries

Damage to joint cartilage is painful and limits mobility. Researchers at the University of Basel and the University Hospital of Basel are therefore developing cartilage implants from cells from the nasal septum. A recent study shows that a longer maturation time for the cultured cartilage brings a significant improvement even in cases of complicated cartilage

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Feeling is believing: Bionic hand ‘knows’ what it’s touching and grasps like a human

Pioneering prosthetic hand carefully conforms and adjusts its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds Key Takeaways Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever

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Physical Activity may help delay cognitive decline by modulating neurodegeneration and AD-specific tau pathologies: a study reveals

Alzheimer disease (AD), the most common cause of cognitive impairment, is characterized by β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles, which lead to neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and cognitive decline. Among various interventions, physical activity (PA) is widely recommended. Numerous studies suggest that PA not only slows cognitive decline but also improves specific cognitive functions. Potential mechanisms underlying the protective

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Personalized mRNA vaccine added to standard treatment could offer new hope for pancreatic cancer patients

Adding a personalised mRNA vaccine to plain remedy might supply new hope for pancreatic cancer sufferers, a small but promising study from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The study adopted 16 sufferers, together with Barbara Brigham, who joined the trial after a routine scan found her early-stage pancreatic cancer. Alongside surgical procedure and chemotherapy, sufferers

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Magnetic microrobots remove blood clot from sheep’s femoral artery

Researchers from the University of Twente’s TechMed Centre and Radboud University Medical Centre removed blood clots using wireless magnetic robots. This innovation could revolutionise the treatment of life-threatening vascular diseases such as thrombosis. Cardiovascular diseases such as thrombosis are a major health problem worldwide. Worldwide, one in four people die each year from conditions caused

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Gene therapy in children with AIPL1-associated severe retinal dystrophy can improve vision

Researchers from the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre and University College London have found that gene therapy improved visual acuity and preserved retinal structure in young children with AIPL1-associated severe retinal dystrophy. This is the first human trial of gene supplementation therapy targeting this condition. Retinal dystrophy caused by biallelic variants in the AIPL1 gene

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What are the side effects of GLP-1 medications?

GLP-1 medications initially were used to help people with diabetes improve their insulin resistance and hunger cravings. However, over the past few years, these medications have become popular due to their weight loss and weight management benefits. Outside of nutrition, physical activity and surgery,  Dr. Saundra Nguyen, assistant professor of internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, explaining

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