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Self-powered implantable device stimulates fast bone healing, then disappears without a trace

Posted on July 5, 2021

The thin, flexible device is bioresorbable, so once the bone is knitted back together, the device’s components dissolve within the body.

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Uncovering how low-protein diets might reprogram metabolism

Posted on June 10, 2021

Dudley Lamming recognizes his findings are counterintuitive. Much dietary research favors adding protein, not limiting it. But with the majority of the U.S. population being overweight and sedentary, he sees an opportunity to rethink diets.

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Designer alterations to brain cells reduce anxious behavior in monkeys, hold promise for new treatments

Posted on May 11, 2021

The technique used by psychiatry Professor Ned Kalin could point to a new way to help people with severe anxiety and other treatment-resistant psychiatric illnesses.

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Metabolic switch may regenerate heart muscle following heart attack

Posted on April 15, 2021

“We believe our findings are a positive step forward in helping millions of people facing heart failure,” says Ahmed Mahmoud, professor of cell and regenerative biology.

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Chemical signal puts bacteria on path to a bright future with squid host

Posted on March 22, 2021

A tiny molecule found among microscopic bacteria living in a mutually beneficial partnership with golf-ball-sized squid may give scientists a lead on how the bacteria are able to act in concert as a helpful colony instead of millions of individual freeloaders.

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Researchers find a better way to measure consciousness

Posted on March 16, 2021

A new study of brain activity could prevent the potential trauma of patients under anesthesia regaining some awareness during medical procedures.

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Individualized brain cell grafts reverse Parkinson’s symptoms in monkeys

Posted on March 1, 2021

UW researchers say the stem cell treatment is an “extremely powerful” step toward a treatment for millions of human Parkinson’s patients.

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A new way to help the immune system fight back against cancer

Posted on January 6, 2021

“We believe we are launching a new cancer therapy field here,” says Jamey Weichert, professor of radiology. “It’s very exciting, and the research team is incredible.”

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Gene-edited monkey embryos give researchers new way to study HIV cure

Posted on November 16, 2020

A gene that cured a man of HIV a decade ago has been successfully added to developing monkey embryos in an effort to study more potential treatments for the disease.

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Early mutation in SARS-CoV-2 virus in Europe led to its domination worldwide

Posted on November 12, 2020

A study shows that the mutant virus is more easily transmitted and grows better within hosts, likely aiding its dominance. The mutation, researchers say, should not interfere with the effectiveness of vaccines against the virus.

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