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Continue reading »Pan-filovirus T-cell vaccine protects mice from Ebola and Marburg
Vaccines that induce protective T-cell responses could protect against members across the filovirus family, according to a study published February
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Continue reading »Engineers develop placenta-on-a-chip to study caffeine transport from mother to fetus
Engineers have used microfluidic technology to create a “placenta-on-a-chip” that models how compounds can be passed from a mother to
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A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators finds evidence that the process of synaptic pruning, a normal part
Continue reading »Nurses from Illinois hospital who were pregnant at the same time take photo with newborns
The nurses were all expecting within month of one another. (Anderson Hospital’s Pavilion for Women) Eight nurses at an Illinois hospital who
Continue reading »Woman Dies from Rabies After She Was Misdiagnosed With Panic Attacks
A 65-year-old woman from Virginia died after being bitten by a dog while on a yoga retreat in Asia. According to
Continue reading »Radiation Doses From CT Scans Vary Widely
MONDAY, Jan. 7, 2019 — CT scans diagnose many serious conditions and illnesses, but they expose patients to levels of
Continue reading »Results ‘encouraging’ from phase II trial for relapsed acute myeloid leukemia
There is a significant need for new treatments for patients with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia, a rare cancer of the
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