Researchers at Pohang University of Science & Technology in Korea have developed a bioglue, containing a mussel adhesive protein and hyaluronic acid, that can seal fistulas within the body. It works even on fistulas present in particularly challenging areas, such as the wall of the bladder. The researchers delivered the glue using a thin syringe,… Read More »
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a tissue-engineered heart valve replacement that can grow within a patient. The breakthrough could allow children with congenital heart defects to avoid repeated surgeries to replace heart valves that they have outgrown. To create the valves, the researchers cultured donor cells in a fibrin gel within a… Read More »
A new study from Johns Hopkins University researchers looking at gender gaps in the hospital medicine field revealed that more than three-quarters of academic hospital medicine programs are run by men. Hospitalists are “trained in internal medicine and focus their work on hospitalized patients rather than outpatient settings,” a press release said. The field has… Read More »
Kerry Van Der Merwe has sunken chest syndrome, a rare medical condition that leaves her struggling to breathe. In many cases the syndrome – a malformation of the chest wall caused by the breastbone sinking inwards – is seen as a cosmetic problem that doesn’t warrant publicly funded surgery. Ms Van Der Merwe has been… Read More »
Comedian June Rodgers Photo: Gerry Mooney June Rodgers pictured in her Garden. Pic:Mark Condren 12.11.2015 June Rodgers photographed in her garden by Mark Condren. ‘I didn’t realise I was walking around with a time bomb inside me’ – June Rodgers reveals health scare Independent.ie Top Irish comic June Rodgers has revealed how she feared being… Read More »
While there has been a great deal of work on a variety of micro- and nanoparticles that can deliver drugs and other therapies within the body, compared with bacteria they’re extremely rudimentary in how they can move within the body. Most are simply carried along by the blood to whatever destinations they end up being… Read More »
(Reuters) – In the halls of MD Anderson Cancer Center, the drug Vitrakvi is known for having a “Lazarus effect” in some patients because it can reverse late-stage cancer that has defied all other treatment options. FILE PHOTO: Logo of Bayer AG is pictured ahead of the the annual results news conference of the German… Read More »