Results of pancreas transplantation continue to improve and up to 90% of recipients with diabetes enjoy freedom from both insulin therapy and the need for…
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Faulty DNA repair may lead to BRCA-linked cancers
Error-prone DNA replication and repair may lead to mutations and cancer in individuals who inherit a mutant copy of the BRCA1 gene, according to a…
Global family planning program adds two million new family planning clients in first five years
A family planning program built on the principle that local government involvement and investment can ramp up family planning services for the urban poor added…
Early mobility contributes to higher survival rates for COVID-19 patients receiving ECMO
A Texas cardiac subspecialty hospital with seven years of experience with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) changed its treatment paradigm during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that…
Genetic differences can affect the swimming behavior of sperm cells, study shows
The behavior of sperm cells is due, in part, to the individual DNA make-up of these cells, rather than only to the genetics of males,…
California’s insulin initiative offers path for other state drug manufacturing efforts
In a new ‘Ideas and Opinions,’ authors from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health analyze California’s newly announced effort to manufacture insulin for its…
Her Child Was Stillborn at 39 Weeks. Did the System Listen?
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our…
Neutrophils overcome their inability to swarm by cooperatively generating LTB4 through transcellular biosynthesis
Bryan Hurley, Ph.D., an associate investigator in the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center at Mass General for Children and an associate professor of pediatrics…
Neuroscientists send live human brain samples on a trip to glean insights into consciousness, depression and anxiety
If an epilepsy patient needs brain surgery, their brain surgeon often extracts a piece of tissue the size of a sugar cube from the outermost…
New China COVID Rules Spur Concern as Some Cities Halt Routine Tests
BEIJING (Reuters) – Several Chinese cities began cutting routine community COVID-19 testing on Monday, days after China announced an easing of some of its heavy-handed…