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3D Printed Blood Vessels Offer New Possibilities for Testing Drugs

Posted in Medicine on 11th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller

Bioprinting enthusiasts envision a future where well be able to print functional human organs on demand, putting an end to transplant waiting lists.

A protein called cardiotrophin 1 can make your heart think you exercise

Posted in Medicine on 10th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller

A protein called cardiotrophin 1 (CT1) has been shown to improve heart health in the same way that exercise normally does.

First implants derived from stem cells to 'cure' type 1 diabetes

Posted in Medicine on 8th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller

About 10 per cent of the 422 million people who have diabetes worldwide have type 1 diabetes.

Researchers Find Vulnerability That Will Allow Them To Kill particularly Aggressive Form Of Leukemia

Posted in Medicine on 4th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller

'Our findings suggest two drug strategies to treat AML,'

Blood test detects Alzheimers plaques building up in brain

Posted in Medicine on 21st Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller

A blood test can detect whether plaques of beta-amyloid are building up in a persons brain, a sign that they may develop Alzheimers disease.