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Miscarriage cause, key cellular targets of potential drugs, revealed in new research

August 17, 2018 Diseases and Conditions, Gene Therapy, genes, Human Biology, Personalized Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology, Pregnancy and Childbirth

Tragic miscarriages for a couple have led to a discovery with potentially broad implications for future disease treatments, according to

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This matrix delivers healing stem cells to injured elderly muscles: Muscular dystrophy patients could someday also benefit from this hydrogel successfully tested in mice

August 17, 2018 Batteries, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Immune System, Medical Technology, skin cancer, Stem Cells

A car accident leaves an aging patient with severe muscle injuries that won’t heal. Treatment with muscle stem cells from

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New CRISPR technique skips over portions of genes that can cause disease

August 17, 2018 Diseases and Conditions, Epigenetics, Gene Therapy, genes, Human Biology, Personalized Medicine, Sickle Cell Anemia, Stem Cells

In a new study in cells, University of Illinois researchers have adapted CRISPR gene-editing technology to cause the cell’s internal

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This Is the Number One Thing People Get Wrong About Preeclampsia

August 17, 2018 about, get, is, Number, ONE, people, Preeclampsia, the, Thing, This, Wrong

The investigative reporting site ProPublica is calling out trusted health websites for publishing misleading, incomplete, or incorrect information about preeclampsia—a

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Sleep in Your Contacts, Risk Serious Eye Damage: CDC

August 16, 2018 CDC, Contacts, damage, eye, in, risk, serious, sleep, your

THURSDAY, Aug. 16, 2018 — A 59-year-old man was in the shower, wiping his eyes with a towel, when he

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Best Buy acquires GreatCall for $800 million

August 16, 2018 Connected Health, Mobile, Patient Engagement

Best Buy announced that it has acquired GreatCall for $800. GreatCall is an old guard digital health company that started

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Health professionals have role in warning about impaired driving

August 16, 2018 about, driving, Have, health, impaired, in, professionals, role, Warning

(HealthDay)—Physicians, pharmacists, and public health officials play an important role in educating individuals about the risks of impaired driving caused

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How many people gave up smoking in YOUR town last year?

August 16, 2018 gave, How, people, Smoking, town, year

How many people gave up smoking in YOUR town last year? ‘Postcode lottery’ faced by smokers seeking NHS help to

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Fax machines can be hacked to breach a network, using only its number

August 16, 2018 Decision Support, Network Infrastructure, Privacy & Security

Check Point researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the ITU T.30 fax protocol that could be hacked to launch a

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Hope for a new autism treatment

August 16, 2018 Autism, defunct, discover, gene, Hope, New, people, Scientists, spectrum, treatment

Hope for a new autism treatment: Scientists discover a defunct gene in people on the spectrum Hope for a new

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