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Massage Doesn't Just Feel Good--It Changes Gene Expression and Reduces Inflammation
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Discover Magazine
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Rapid nerve repair helps lame rats walk within days
A new procedure holds promise for swift recovery of people paralysed by nerve injuries
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Newscientist
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Once they were blind, now they see. Patients treated with cells from human embryo
Two blind people have shown signs of being able to see again - despite having incurable eye disease - following a revolutionary operation involving the transplant of stem cells derived from ...
Thu 26 Jan 12 from The Independent
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Head patch measures blood flow in stroke patients' brains
Approximately one third of stroke patients experience another stroke while they’re still in the hospital. Nurses therefore keep a close eye on them, and arrange for them to be taken for ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Gizmag
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Anemia may more than triple your risk of dying after a stroke
Being anemic could more than triple your risk of dying within a year after having a stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Skin transformed into brain cells
Skin cells have been converted directly into cells which develop into the main components of the brain, by researchers in California.
Tue 31 Jan 12 from BBC News
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Mask stuffed with micro-components could work miracles for severe facial burn patients
Engineers and researchers at the University of Texas, Arlington in collaboration with military medical institutions aim to develop a mask that would use mechanical, electrical and biological ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from Gizmag
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New technique successfully dissolves blood clots in the brain and lowers risk of brain damage after stroke
(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins neurologists report success with a new means of getting rid of potentially lethal blood clots in the brain safely without cutting through easily damaged brain ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Surprise finding redraws 'map' of blood cell production
A study of the cells that respond to crises in the blood system has yielded a few surprises, redrawing the 'map' of how blood cells are made in the body.
Tue 31 Jan 12 from Medical Xpress
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Protein structures give disease clues
Using some of the most powerful nuclear magnetic resonance equipment available, researchers at the University of California, Davis, are making discoveries about the shape and structure of biological ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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