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Researchers make breakthrough in stem cell research

(Medical Xpress) -- University of Queensland scientists have developed a world-first method for producing adult stem cells that will substantially impact patients who have a range of serious diseases.

Medicine & Health / Research

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lung transplant system often skips over those most in need

The current system for allocating donated lungs based on proximity and not on need appears to decrease the potential benefits of lung transplantation and increase the number of patients who die waiting, researchers said at ...

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created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drought returns to Sahel, bringing hunger

(AP) -- For the third time in the past decade, drought has returned to the arid, western shoulder of Africa, bringing hunger to millions. Aid agencies are warning that if action is not taken now, the region known as the ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

NJ parents: Disabled girl was denied transplant

(AP) -- The parents of a 3-year-old New Jersey girl say she's being denied a kidney transplant because of her mental disabilities, but experts caution the situation may be much more complex.

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dropbox co-founder aims to build his own Google, not sell to them

Four years ago, Drew Houston was just another super-smart hacker with ambitions of starting his own company.

Technology / Business

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Family to meet with hospital in transplant debate

(AP) -- The parents of a 3-year-old New Jersey girl who claim she's being denied a kidney transplant because of her mental disabilities say they will meet with hospital officials next week. The claim has caused a furor online ...

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Natural enzyme provides potential new approach for treating graft-vs-host disease

A natural enzyme derived from human blood plasma showed potential in significantly reducing the effects of graft-vs.-host disease, a common and deadly side effect of lifesaving bone marrow transplants.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Thousands of seniors lack access to lifesaving organs, despite survival benefit

Thousands more American senior citizens with kidney disease are good candidates for transplants and could get them if physicians would get past outdated medical biases and put them on transplant waiting lists, according to ...

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created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gut microbe networks differ from norm in obese people, systems biology approach reveals

For the first time, researchers have analyzed the multitude of microorganisms residing in the human gut as a complex, integrated biological system, rather than a set of separate species. Their approach has ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers successfully treat previously lethal doses of radiation

Multiple scenarios exist where warfighters may be exposed to high levels of radiation. Countermeasures against possible high doses of radiation are an ongoing high priority for Department of Defense research ...

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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