Imagine being told you have cancer – only to learn that your biopsy had been contaminated or mixed-up with someone…
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Marijuana research projects getting state funding
Colorado was poised Wednesday to award more than $8 million for medical marijuana research, a step toward addressing complaints that…
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Doctors grow ears, noses using body fat stem cells
Doctors in London have devised a way to reconstruct human ears and noses with stem cells taken from body fat,…
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A Japanese scientist called on Monday for his own headline-grabbing study on stem cells to be withdrawn from publication, saying…
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In the movies, superheroes’ and vampires’ wounds heal so quickly that life-threatening cuts and gashes close up in minutes. These…
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It can take days for doctors to determine if a patient infected with malaria carries a drug-resistant version of the…
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The adage “Take two aspirin and call me in the morning” is destined for a futuristic makeover. Doctors may just…
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New gene therapy treatment showing promise against ‘bubble boy’ disease
More than a decade ago, doctors showed dramatic progress in helping infants born with a severe deficiency in their immune…
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Researchers find thousands of bacteria living on cash
Talk about dirty money: Scientists are discovering a surprising number of microbes living on cash. In the first comprehensive study…
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