#Alzheimers #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #MedicalResearch
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Improving brain blood flow in Alzheimer's disease is focus of UM researchers' study: "Major stepping stone"
In a new study that could have significant implications for future Alzheimer's treatment, researchers at the University of Miami have successfully figured out how to combat one of the early signs of the neurodegenerative disease.
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#NearDeathExperience #ScienceAndSpirituality #MedicalResearch
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When patients see the line between life and death, should we believe them?
After she dropped to her knees outside her home in Midlothian, Virginia, suffocating, after she was lifted into the ambulance and told herself, "I can't die this way," and after emergency workers at the hospital cut the clothes off her to assess her breathing, Miasha Gilliam-El, a 37-year-old nurse and mother of six, blacked out.
#Bacteriophages #AntibioticResistance #MedicalResearch
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These Entities Aren't Alive or Dead. Scientists Think They Could Soon Save Lives.
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Although bacteriophages (or simply phages) aren't quite dead or alive, they far outnumber living beings on planet Earth.
#Nanotechnology #Antimicrobial #MedicalResearch
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Virus-Built Silver Nanoparticles Show Promise Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
The particles destroyed more than 50% of bacterial biofilms (the slimy protective fortresses bacteria form on medical devices) and worked against multiple dangerous pathogens including hospital superbugs
Silver has been used to kill bacteria for centuries, but scientists at UCLA have discovered a way to make it work much more effectively.
#Xenotransplantation #GeneEditing #MedicalResearch
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How Fear of 'Humanized' Pigs Stalled One of Medicine's Boldest Ideas
Growing human organs inside pigs moved forward in labs, but not in Washington. That divide explains why gene-edited pig kidneys are now transplanted into people, while federally funded efforts to grow fully human organs inside pigs remain blocked.
