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Stem Cell Cure Hope for Diabetes
Scientists have used stem cells from human bone marrow to repair defective insulin-producing pancreatic cells responsible for diabetes in mice. The treatment also halted...
Stem Cell Cure for Heart Attacks
Emergency heart attack patients will be injected with their own stem cells in a dramatic new treatment. The procedure, being pioneered by British doctors,...
Healing Dose of Optimism: The Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2019 Will Have You Cheering
In just one year, scientists managed to regrow tooth enamel; use stem cells to restore blindness; and identify molecules for fighting the worst cancers.
Back Pain May Soon Be a Thing of the Past After Scientists Successfully Implant Lab-Grown Spinal Discs
For the first time ever, scientists have successfully implanted spinal discs grown from stem cells – and their research had exciting results.
When Your Muscles Work Out, They Help Neurons Grow and Heal 4x Faster, MIT Study Shows
There’s no doubt that exercise does a body good—strengthening muscles and bolstering our bones, blood vessels, and immune system—but now, MIT engineers have found...
Researchers Make First Food Using a 3D Printer For People With Swallowing Difficulties or Dysphagia
Scientists at a British university have become the first create 3D printed food–to help people with swallowing difficulties.
Academics led by UWE Bristol have used...
Good News in History, September 4
Happy 62nd birthday to the Japanese Nobel laureate, Sinya Yamanaka, whose pioneering work in the science of stem cells led him to identify the...
Children with Rare Birth Defect Are Breathing Easier with Device Made at Georgia Tech
At Georgia Tech, an incredible piece of biotechnology has cured one lucky child in a groundbreaking new treatment for a rare birth defect of...
After Childhood Cancer Diagnosis, Donor Bone Marrow from Little Sister Sends it into Remission
A young girl in the English city of Sheffield has seen her rare blood cancer go into complete remission, and she has her even...
Woman Given New 3D-Printed Windpipe in World First
A biotech company has established a stunning milestone for prosthetics as their firm became the first and only one in the world to produce...
FDA Approves Cure for Sickle Cell Disease, the First Treatment to Use Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR
The first FDA-approved treatment using CRISPR may see hundreds of African Americans cured of sickle cell disease.
Making headlines without end for years, but only...
Good News in History, November 25
43 years ago today, "Sugar" Ray Leonard reclaimed his WBC Welterweight world championship in New Orleans after a masterful display that famously, infamously, left...
World’s First Whole-Eye Transplant Gives Arkansas Man New Hope After Terrible Accident
In a 21-hour procedure, 140 surgeons and attendants completed the first whole eyeball transplant on a military veteran who had suffered a near-fatal electrocution.
Replacing...
Molecule in Breast Milk Could Reduce Cerebral Palsy in Infants–By Boosting Brain Matter
About ten percent of babies born 8-weeks prematurely will develop cerebral palsy resulting from infections that damage nerve fibers deep in the brain.
While there...
Method of Stopping Hair From Going Gray Might Finally Have Been Discovered
The tell-tale sign of aging—gray hair—is something that many women and men have tried to hide for generations. Now, researchers have found that certain...
A Hero Ingredient To Help Manage Obesity: The Hardy Roselle Plant
An unassuming plant and the antioxidants it contains, could be a legitimate health food weight loss supplement, after a landmark trial found it decreased...
New Brain Implant Device Could Restore Function in Paralyzed Limbs
A brain implant that can restore arm and leg movements has been developed by British scientists to boost connections between neurons and the paralyzed...
Toddler Is First to Be Cured of Rare, Deadly Condition, Using New Versions of a Faulty Gene
A 19-month-old girl has become the first person to be cured of a rare and deadly condition, using a new therapy that inserts functional...
Third Case of HIV Being Cured Confirmed 10 Years After Treatment of the ‘Düsseldorf Patient’
The “Düsseldorf Patient”, a man now aged 53, is just the third person worldwide to have been completely cured of HIV via stem cell...
Lab-Grown Blood Given to People in World-First Clinical Trial
British scientists have grown human red blood cells in a lab for the first time, and conducted a clinical trial to give it to...