HIV cure study provides insight into 2008 case
In 2008, one man, Timothy Ray Brown, was cured of HIV.
Also known as the "Berlin patient," Brown was considered cured of his infection after receiving two bone-marrow transplants to treat a separate disease he had been diagnosed with a few years earl... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Reopening avenues for attacking ALS
Researchers have found evidence that bone marrow transplantation may one day be beneficial to a subset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.The data suggests the most common genetic mutation associated with ALS plays an important role in not only the nervous system, but also the blood and immune systems. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 15, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Reopening avenues for attacking ALS
(Harvard Medical School) Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers have found evidence that bone marrow transplantation may one day be beneficial to a subset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.The data suggests the most common genetic mutation associated with ALS plays an important role in not only the nervous system, but also the blood and immune systems. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Smell Dating: Love In the Stenches
Researchers believe that our unique bodily scent plays a larger role in our social lives than we know. Now, social media entrepreneurs are putting that science to the test. Can you sniff your way to love?
Everyone knows that to find true love, you have to be yourself. I’d never heard that you should also smell like yourself, though, until I joined a matchmaking service called Smell Dating. For three days and nights I wore the same cotton T-shirt, through sweaty workouts and while I slept. Showers were allowed. Deodorant was not. After 72 hours, the cotton was pickled in my essence.
I passed off the damp, stained tee ...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - July 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mandy Oaklander Tags: olfactory Research Romance scents Sense of Smell senses smell dating Source Type: news
Duke Children's ranked among top 50 children's hospitals by U.S. News & World Report
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Duke Children's ranked for 10 specialties by U.S. News for Best Children's Hospitals 2016-2017
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Duke Children’s is ranked among the top 50 children's hospitals nationally in 10 specialties by U.S. News & World Report, which just released their 2016-2017 rankings of the best c...
Source: dukehealth.org: Health Features - June 23, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: dg62 Source Type: news
