Q&A: How lung restoration improves organ availability
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Category: Health
Pandemic-fueled drug abuse threatens hearts, lives
On a recent day in his Denver Health emergency room, Dr. Eric Lavonas hit another tragic trifecta.
New biomaterial regrows blood vessels and bone
Scientists have developed a new biomaterial that regrows blood vessels and bone, potentially providing a single-stage approach when repairing large bone defects.
Clinical trial assesses stem cells’ ability to prevent major cause of preemie deaths
A phase 2 clinical trial whose results were released today in Stem Cells Translational Medicine might point to a way to overcome bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a...
The British variant is 45% more contagious than the original virus
A new study at Tel Aviv University found that the British variant (termed: B.1.1.7) of COVID-19 is 45% more contagious than the original virus. The researchers...
Base editors flex sights on sickle-cell disease
Researchers at Beam Therapeutics have developed a redesigned base editor that shows considerable promise in directly repairing the single-base mutation that causes sickle-cell disease (SCD). Many...
Noncalcified coronary plaque burden higher in people with HIV
People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and without known cardiovascular disease have two to three times the noncalcified coronary plaque burden of non-HIV healthy volunteers,...
New hope against a rare, incurable eye cancer
A cutting-edge experimental drug cuts nearly in half the risk of death among patients with a rare but aggressive cancer of the eye, new clinical trial...
Every American adult now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
As of Monday, every American aged 16 or older in all 50 states is now open to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, meeting President Joe Biden’s promise...
Moderna: Third booster COVID-19 vaccine shot available by fall
Moderna says a third booster shot for its two-dose COVID-19 vaccine will be available in the United States by the fall.
