People left blind by retinal degeneration have one option: electronic eye implants. Neuroscientists have now developed an alternative: gene therapy that, in tests, restored vision in blind mice. A gene …read more Source:: Science
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Gummy-like robots that could help prevent disease
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•Scientists have developed microscopic, hydrogel-based muscles that can manipulate and mechanically stimulate biological tissue. These soft, biocompatible robots could be used for targeted therapy and to help diagnose and prevent …read more Source:: Science
Study points to possible new therapy for hearing loss
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•Researchers have taken an important step toward what may become a new approach to restore the hearing loss. In a new study scientists have been able to regrow the sensory …read more Source:: Science
2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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•The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is being awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune …read more Source:: Science
Technology and therapy help individuals with chronic spinal cord injuries take steps
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•Of four research participants living with traumatic, motor complete spinal cord injury, two are able to walk over ground with epidural stimulation following epidural stimulation paired with daily locomotor training. …read more Source:: Science
Device attaches to damaged heart, enabling delivery of multiple therapy doses
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•A team of researchers is hoping to halt the progression from heart attack to heart failure with a small device called ‘Therepi.’ The device contains a reservoir that attaches directly …read more Source:: Science
Molecular mechanisms crucial for new approach to heart disease therapy mapped
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•Scientists have reprogrammed ordinary cells called fibroblasts into new and healthy heart muscle cells, and recorded changes that appear to be necessary for this reprogramming. …read more Source:: Science
Avatar therapy may help to reduce auditory hallucinations for people with schizophrenia
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•An experimental therapy which involves a face-to-face discussion between a person with schizophrenia and an avatar representing their auditory hallucination may help reduce symptoms, when provided alongside usual treatment, according …read more Source:: Science
New antibody therapy permanently blocks HIV-like SIV infection in monkeys
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•An effective treatment strategy against the HIV-like Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) in rhesus macaques has been developed by an international research team. …read more Source:: Science
ReNeuron stem cell therapy shows long-term promise for stroke
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•LONDON (Reuters) – A pioneering stem cell treatment for patients disabled by stroke has continued to show long-term promise in a clinical trial, the British biotech company behind the project …read more Source:: UKScienceNews