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    Alabama woman doing well after gene-edited pig kidney transplant: "It's like a new beginning"

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama-woman-experimental-pig-kidney-transplant/ HealthWatch Alabama woman doing well after gene-edited pig kidney transplant: "It's like a new beginning" December 17, 2024 / 10:55 AM EST / CBS/AP A 53-year-old Alabama woman is now free from years of...
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    Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03129-3 26 September 2024 Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first She is the first person with type 1 diabetes to receive this kind of transplant. Smriti Mallapaty Email A woman with...
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    Maglev titanium heart now whirs inside the chest of a live patient

    https://newatlas.com/medical/maglev-titanium-heart-bivacor/ Maglev titanium heart now whirs inside the chest of a live patient By Michael Franco July 26, 2024 The BiVACOR total artificial heart is about the size of a large fist BiVACOR View 2 Images For the first time, the fully...
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    U.S. doctors perform kidney transplant on awake patient in milestone

    https://globalnews.ca/news/10580975/awake-kidney-transplant-us/ U.S. doctors perform kidney transplant on awake patient in milestone By Saba Aziz Global News Posted June 24, 2024 6:00 am Updated June 24, 2024 4:22 pm 3 min read *video from another source WATCH: A recent kidney...
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    Strand Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed with Programmable mRNA Therapy STX-001 in Phase 1 Trial for Solid Tumors

    https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240530103588/en/Strand-Therapeutics-Announces-First-Patient-Dosed-with-Programmable-mRNA-Therapy-STX-001-in-Phase-1-Trial-for-Solid-Tumors Strand Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed with Programmable mRNA Therapy STX-001 in Phase 1 Trial for Solid...
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    World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September

    https://newatlas.com/medical/tooth-regrowing-human-trial/ MEDICAL World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September By Bronwyn Thompson May 28, 2024 Scientists are about to start growing new teeth in humans Depositphotos VIEW 2 IMAGES The world's first human trial...
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    UK toddler has hearing restored in world first gene therapy trial

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/09/uk-toddler-has-hearing-restored-in-world-first-gene-therapy-trial View image in fullscreen Opal Sandy, who was born completely deaf because of a rare genetic condition, can now hear unaided for the first time. Photograph: Andrew...
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    Can AI rewrite our human genome?

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    mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer — excellent long-term results

    https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/mrna-vaccine-for-pancreatic-cancer-excellent-long-term-results/ Home » mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer — excellent long-term results mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer — excellent long-term results by Michael Simpson 2024-04-09...
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    New antibiotic class effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria

    https://www.uu.se/en/press/press-releases/2024/2024-04-01-new-antibiotic-class-effective-against-multidrug-resistant-bacteria New antibiotic class effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria Pressmeddelande 2024-04-01 Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a new class of...
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    Artificial intelligence is taking over drug development

    https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2024/03/27/artificial-intelligence-is-taking-over-drug-development Artificial intelligence is taking over drug development Regulators need to up their game to keep up illustration: timo lenzen Mar 27th 2024 Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio...
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    Scientists say they can cut HIV out of cells

    https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68609297 Scientists say they can cut HIV out of cells 7 days ago By Michelle Roberts,Digital health editor Getty Images Scientists say they have successfully eliminated HIV from infected cells, using Nobel Prize-winning Crispr gene-editing technology...
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    Generative artificial intelligence model can easily design billions of novel antibiotics

    https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240322/Generative-artificial-intelligence-model-can-easily-design-billions-of-novel-antibiotics.aspx Generative artificial intelligence model can easily design billions of novel antibiotics Download PDF Copy This article has been provided by McMaster...
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    NHS AI test spots tiny cancers missed by doctors

    https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68607059 NHS AI test spots tiny cancers missed by doctors 2 days ago By Zoe Kleinman, Technology editor BBC AI tool Mia circles two areas of concern on a mammogram scan An AI tool tested by the NHS successfully identified tiny signs of breast cancer in 11...
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    Transgenic cows boost human insulin production by 10X

    https://newatlas.com/science/cows-low-cost-insulin-production/ Transgenic cows boost human insulin production by 10X By Paul McClure March 13, 2024 Cash cows: Transgenic cattle could boost insulin production and lower its cost Depositphotos VIEW 4 IMAGES VIEW GALLERY - 4 IMAGES A...
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    Pig liver filters blood outside a person’s body for 72 hours

    https://www.freethink.com/health/pig-liver Pig liver filters blood outside a person’s body for 72 hours The CRISPR’d organs could potentially keep people alive while they wait for liver transplants. Adobe Stock / Freethink / Jacob Hege By Kristin Houser January 23, 2024 Fields CRISPR...
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    Revamped CRISPR restores vision in blind mice

    https://www.freethink.com/health/prime-editing Revamped CRISPR restores vision in blind mice The key was developing a better way to get the gene editor into cells. Bmouzon / Wikimedia Commons / Nat Biotechnol / Freethink By Kristin Houser January 15, 2024 Fields CRISPR Anew delivery...
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    One-shot CRISPR treatment for inherited disease aces first human trial

    https://www.freethink.com/health/crispr-treatment-hereditary-angioedema One-shot CRISPR treatment for inherited disease aces first human trial Participants saw a 95% reduction in attacks soon after receiving the therapy. Adobe Stock / ZayNyi / molekuul.be / Freethink / Jacob Hege By Kristin...
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    First UK patients receive experimental messenger RNA cancer therapy

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/04/first-uk-patients-experimental-messenger-mrna-cancer-therapy-treatment First UK patients receive experimental messenger RNA cancer therapy The British clinical trial of the revolutionary new mRNA treatment will test its effectiveness in combating...
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    Experimental Drug Cuts Off Pain at the Source, Company Says

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/health/vertex-pain-medicine-non-opioid.html Experimental Drug Cuts Off Pain at the Source, Company Says Vertex Pharmaceuticals said its medicine could address moderate to severe acute pain, and might be able to avoid the risk of addiction. Vertex...
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