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Scientists from the United States have presented a new approach to cancer treatment: using differentiated therapy, they made cancer cells become healthy again without the possibility of “changing their minds” and turning into a tumor again. The first successes were demonstrated on aggressive sarcoma. Now it is planned to use the new approach in the […]
For the first time in the world, an 8-cm-long worm was found and successfully removed from the brain of a 64-year-old Australian woman. The patient was hospitalized at the end of January 2021 due to an unusual combination of symptoms, such as abdominal pain, cough, night sweats, and diarrhea. These symptoms led to memory impairment, […]
A new study has shown that the path from gut problems to Parkinson’s disease may be shorter than we could have imagined. We often hear about the importance of a healthy gut – from supporting digestion to strengthening the immune system. However, recent research shows that compromised gut health can play a role in more […]
Despite martial law, Ukraine is preparing for the new school year in kindergartens, schools, and universities. Medical certificates are required for children to be admitted to the educational process. And on the eve of the new school year, the medical provider Helsi has launched a new service that simplifies the process of obtaining mandatory medical […]
The face of the digital avatar was created using the same animation technology as in The Last of Us II. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with Edinburgh-based Speech Graphics, have developed a pioneering communication system that allows a woman paralyzed by a stroke to […]
The importance of sleep has long been known. Now, scientists have decided to test whether daily coffee consumption can affect sleep deprivation and what it will lead to. In the field of cognitive research, the focus is on understanding how sleep affects memory and, conversely, how lack of sleep impairs it and cognitive abilities. That’s […]
Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man, and it has already worked for over a month. This procedure is a critical step before testing on live patients. The experiment has not yet been completed, and the researchers are going to continue to monitor the kidneys, reports the Associated Press. However, the result is […]
If you want to lose weight, it’s important that your diet is not only low in calories but also nutritious. Compared to other foods, fruits are rich in nutrients and low in calories. In addition, there are certain berries that help satisfy hunger. We’re talking about all the famous raspberries. Raspberries help you lose weight: […]
Google’s Med-PaLM 2, an artificial intelligence tool designed to answer health questions, has been undergoing trials at the Mayo Clinic Research Hospital since April, according to The Wall Street Journal. Med-PaLM 2 is a variant of the PaLM 2 language model that underlies Google Bard, but adapted to medical topics. It was announced at the […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the use of Leqembi, a drug designed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. It is noted that this is the only drug of its kind approved by the FDA. Leqembi uses antibodies that target amyloid beta. This protein plays an important role in the development […]