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Fixing problems in cholesterol metabolism could stave off a leading cause of blindness

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A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis identifies a possible way to slow or block progression of age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in people over age 50. The study appears in the journal Nature Communications.

Robotic system developed to treat life-threatening tension pneumothorax remotely

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Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a medical robotic system to relieve a life-threatening tension pneumothorax in the chest cavity. The researchers are presenting the robotic solution at the automatica robotics trade fair. In the future, it will be capable of telemedical operations during evacuation flights. It was developed as part of the iMEDCAP project.

Common pregnancy complications may be signals of future stroke risk

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Women who experience complications during pregnancy face a higher risk of stroke in the following decades, according to research published in the European Heart Journal.

Phase III trial shows gene therapy skin grafts help heal chronic wounds in blistering skin disease

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Skin grafts genetically engineered from a patient’s own cells can heal persistent wounds in people with an extremely painful dermatologic disease, a Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial has shown. The grafts treat severe dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, or EB, a genetic condition in which the skin is so fragile the slightest touch can cause blistering and wounds, eventually leading to large, open lesions that never heal and are immensely painful.

‘Pill-on-a-thread’ could replace endoscopies for half of all patients being monitored for esophageal cancer risk

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Endoscopies could be replaced by far less invasive capsule sponge tests for half of all patients with Barrett’s esophagus, a known precursor to esophageal cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Queen Mary University of London. The research was published in The Lancet.

Zoning out could be beneficial—and may actually help us learn faster

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Aimlessly wandering around a city or exploring the new mall may seem unproductive, but new research from HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus suggests it could play an important role in how our brains learn.

Heart valve for young children shines in early-stage preclinical testing

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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have successfully performed preclinical laboratory testing of a replacement heart valve intended for toddlers and young children with congenital cardiac defects, a key step toward obtaining approval for human use. The results of their study were published recently in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Macrophages elicit separate pathways for inflammation and lysosomal function in diseases due to toxic particle exposure

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Human exposure to toxic particles drives various diseases. Examples include gout, an acute arthritis driven by monosodium urate crystals, or MSUc; CPPD disease, another inflammatory joint disease driven by calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals, or CPPDc; and the lung disease silicosis, driven by inhaled silica-derived nanoparticles.

Weekly semaglutide improves blood sugar and weight in adults with type 1 diabetes, clinical trial finds

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A new clinical trial found that taking a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug once weekly significantly improves blood sugar and leads to substantial weight loss in adults with type 1 diabetes who use automated insulin delivery systems.

AI chatbot safeguards fail to prevent spread of health disinformation, study reveals

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A study assessed the effectiveness of safeguards in foundational large language models (LLMs) to protect against malicious instruction that could turn them into tools for spreading disinformation, or the deliberate creation and dissemination of false information with the intent to harm.

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Fixing problems in cholesterol metabolism could stave off a leading cause of blindness

Robotic system developed to treat life-threatening tension pneumothorax remotely

Common pregnancy complications may be signals of future stroke risk

Phase III trial shows gene therapy skin grafts help heal chronic wounds in blistering skin disease

‘Pill-on-a-thread’ could replace endoscopies for half of all patients being monitored for esophageal cancer risk

Zoning out could be beneficial—and may actually help us learn faster

Heart valve for young children shines in early-stage preclinical testing

Macrophages elicit separate pathways for inflammation and lysosomal function in diseases due to toxic particle exposure

Weekly semaglutide improves blood sugar and weight in adults with type 1 diabetes, clinical trial finds

AI chatbot safeguards fail to prevent spread of health disinformation, study reveals

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