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Do We Need Opioids Only to Relieve Pain? A Man Who Could Not Feel Pain Still Needed Opioids After Surgery

When a man in his thirties arrived at a UK tertiary hospital for lung surgery, the medical team already knew…

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How One Injection Could Deliver Multiple Vaccine Doses Ending the Need for Booster Shots

About one in five children worldwide do not receive all the vaccines recommended for their age. Half of these children…

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Type 1 Diabetes Patients Off Insulin After a Single Dose of Experimental Manufactured Stem Cells

A single infusion of Zimislecel stem cell therapy allowed several participants with severe type 1 diabetes to stop using insulin…

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Is Being Too Clean Hurting Our Health? The Hygiene Hypothesis Revisited

In the late 20th century scientists noticed that allergies and autoimmune diseases were surging in wealthy countries, at the same…

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Mouse Stem Cell Models Reveal a Surprising Link Between Faulty Protein Control and Autism Traits

A new autism research resource developed in Japan may help explain a long-standing mystery in autism research. Scientists at Kobe…

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Scientists Create LSD-Like Drug That Heals the Brain Without Causing Hallucinations

Psychedelics have long straddled the line between scientific curiosity and cultural taboo. Their potential to reshape the brain is well…

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Deadly Hospital Superbugs Found Feeding on Medical Plastic Are Harder to Treat

Researchers have discovered that Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common hospital-acquired bacterium, can digest a type of medical plastic used in stitches,…

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CRISPR-Based Gene Editing Saves Infant with Rare Metabolic Disorder in World First

In a medical first, a six-month-old infant with a rare and often fatal genetic disorder has been successfully treated using…

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Snake Antivenom Made Using Blood of Man Bitten 200 Times

A novel broad-spectrum antivenom has been developed using antibodies derived from a man who spent nearly two decades deliberately exposing…

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MRI Scans Can Now Reveal Your Heart’s Functional Age

Your functional heart age might not match the number on your birthday cake. A recent international study led by the…

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