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October 27, 2015

2-year-old girl gets windpipe made from stem cells

A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment

October 27, 2015

Beautiful mouse brain map holds clues to neurological disease

Glowing new images of the mouse brain represent the most comprehensive mapping yet of the mammalian cortex

October 27, 2015

Experimental blood flow 'reducer' provides relief for some angina patients

A new study finds that an experimental device implanted in the heart can relieve the chest pain of heart disease in people who aren't candidates for stents or surgery.

October 27, 2015

Doctors save Ohio toddler by 'printing' him an airway tube

In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day.

October 27, 2015

Argentine prosthetic arm first in Latin America to read muscle impulses

A laboratory in the Argentine farm province of Santa Fe has developed what it calls the first prosthetic arm in Latin America to use sensors to respond to nerve impulses at a price that could radically expand the use of such devices.

October 27, 2015

Dissolving stent for heart arteries passes first large test

Now you see it, now you don't. A new type of heart stent that works like dissolving stitches, slowly going away after it has done its job, passed its first major test in a large study, doctors said Monday.

October 27, 2015

Mammograms may not reduce breast cancer deaths

Breast cancer screenings may not lead to fewer deaths but may lead to overdiagnosis, U.S. researchers suggest.

October 27, 2015

AbbVie hepatitis C cocktail succeeds in late-stage study

AbbVie Inc said on Wednesday that its hepatitis C cocktail Viekira Pak was effective whether or not it was used in combination with the compound ribavirin against the most common form of the disease, according to data from a late-stage study.

October 27, 2015

Novel stem cell technique may transform liver and pancreatic transplant therapies

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a new technique for creating stem cells of the human liver and pancreas – a breakthrough that could significantly transform the future of transplant therapies.

October 27, 2015

How a dying 23-year-old shed light on cryonics

By the time Kim Suozzi died at the age of 23 in 2013, she'd already become something of an Internet sensation, having turned to Reddit to ask for money to have her brain cryogenically frozen.