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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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medical breakthrough stories: 72 news summaries

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New Genetic Ties to MS Found

Findings represent stunning medical breakthrough

Jul 29, 07 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have pinpointed two genes that may be linked to MS, signaling a breakthrough in the fight against the debilitating disease 20 years in the making. In separate studies published today by two medical journals, researchers revealed one specific gene receptor may trigger cells to inhibit the body's autoimmune reaction,... More »

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medical breakthrough • health • genetics • disease • science • immune system • genes • genome • multiple sclerosis • MS

Bloodthinner Can Help Frostbite Victims

Drug spares digits, study says

Jun 19, 07 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A clot-busting drug is remarkably effective in treating frostbite patients, according to new research from the University of Utah health center, reports the Los Angeles Times. Patients whose treatment included tissue plasmingoen activator (tPA) kept 90% of affected fingers and toes; patients treated before the drug was in use had... More »

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(Newser) - The British government has reversed its stance on the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos and will propose allowing scientists to use them as sources of stem cells. Scientists developing treatments for incurable diseases would be allowed to grow the hybrid embryos for no longer than two weeks, and implanting them... More »

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medicine • stem cell research • medical breakthrough • health • hybrid animal • stem cells • research • embryo

Research Gives Alzheimer's Patients Hope

New study suggests disease-related memory loss may be reversible

Apr 30, 07 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alzheimer's patients may be able to recover some memory by using a combo of drugs and mental stimulation, a new study in the journal Nature concludes. Mice with an Alzheimer's-like condition were more likely to remember an electric shock if they had taken a drug stimulating brain-cell growth or lived... More »

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medicine • memory • medical breakthrough • health • disease • science • brain • memory restoration • memory recovery • Alzheimer's Disease

Sperm Made From Bone Marrow

Scientists may be able to produce sperm from women's bone marrow

Apr 13, 07 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists are getting closer to removing men from the conception equation, announcing yesterday that they have produced early-stage sperm cells from male bone marrow. Now the team of British researchers is seeking ethical approval to try the same thing with women. More »

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gender • pregnancy • medical breakthrough • fertility • adoption • health • women's health • genetics • reproduction • sperm • lesbians • science

Conjoined Twins Are Freed

Thai twins joined at
the heart and liver healthy after surgery separates them

Apr 6, 07 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of conjoined twins attached at the liver and the heart are alive and separate after a surgery Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital calls a "world first." The 10-month-old girls' hearts were joined at the atrium, and the blood flow was connected,  but the organs were not dependent... More »

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medicine • medical breakthrough • health • surgery • twins • Thailand • conjoined twins • science • children • baby • Bangkok

Bacteria Battle Depression

Research shows brain produces serotonin as an immune response

Apr 6, 07 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clinical depression may be treatable with bacteria, doctors at Bristol University posit. They got the idea when they observed lung cancer patients inoculated with harmless Mycobacterium vaccae who showed reduced symptoms and improved mental health. The brain produces serotonin as an immune response, the docs hypothesized, raising the low serotonin... More »

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medicine • medical breakthrough • health • depression • antidepressant • mental health • science • bacteria • vaccination • vaccine • medical research • stress • research • serotonin • immune system

Cheap Anticancer Drugs Are Ignored

Why? They don't make pharmeceutical companies enough money

Apr 5, 07 9:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Moss writes about why inexpensive cancer treatments get no research dollars. The publisher of a newsletter that covers both conventional and alternative cancer therapies, Moss blames the inability to patent already discovered and available chemicals and drugs for the situation. More »

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cancer • medicine • medical breakthrough • health • drugs • research • treatment

New Breast Scan Beats Mammogram

Uses near-infrared rays to illuminate tumors and sort benign from malignant

Mar 27, 07 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new type of breast scan promises to pick up the tumors mammograms often miss and to distinguish between benign and malignant masses—without surgery. The technology relies on harmless near-infrared light to illuminate the masses, which glow when exposed to a particular chemical combination. More »

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cancer • medicine • medical breakthrough • health • breast cancer • Harvard Medical School • mammogram

Implant Tricks Brain To Lower Blood Pressure

Implant delivers shocks to lower blood pressure

Mar 26, 07 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pacemaker-like implant that relies on small electrical shocks may cut the risk of heart attack and stroke in half for patients with drug-resistant hypertension, a new study shows. The device, which sends electrical shocks through the neck's carotid arteries, tricks the brain into thinking blood pressure is even higher... More »

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medicine • medical breakthrough • health • hypertension • heart • implants • brain • blood pressure • medical research • heart attack

Glowing Wounds Will Signify Infection

British-designed polymers to be used
to identify bacteria in moments

Mar 12, 07 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bacterial infections could be diagnosed in moments with the use of glowing polymers developed by British scientists. The designer molecules are made to identify bacteria, bind to it, and then change shape, causing them to emit light that would give the wound a glow that's discernible to the naked eye... More »

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medical breakthrough • health • science • bacteria • research • infection

Plastic Surgeons
Cut a New Path
Down Under

Forget breast implants: The frontier in plastic surgery is below the belt

Mar 6, 07 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - David Matlock, a flamboyant California gynecologist who's been a pioneer in cosmetic surgery aimed at giving women "a youthful, aesthetic look" for their nether regions, has unleashed a host of protégés now improving unsightly genitals all over the country. Despite being uninsured, the procedures are growing in... More »

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medicine • plastic surgery • medical breakthrough • vaginoplasty • David Matlock • health • women's health • gynecology • breast implants • cosmetic surgery

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