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A medical breakthrough, or a medical advance, is the generation of information or a discovery of knowledge that improves our understanding in medical science. Significant breakthroughs result in an improvement of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
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DEC 08, 2016Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS-Lou Gehrig’s) experience the loss of most of their musc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 05, 2016Microbiology
Researchers working at the Karolinska Institutet have made a breakthrough that will aid scientists studying biofilms. Th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, landmark clinical trial, Chinese researchers injected a patient with a shot of CRISPR-edited white blood ...NOV 16, 2016Neuroscience
All of science involves research but finding just the right information can be a daunting task when it means having to c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 07, 2016Plants & Animals
A very large number of small dogs are impacted by heart disease issues, like mitral valve disease, and can be fatal in j ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 30, 2016Videos
Henrietta Lacks went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to receive treatment for a health problem, and discovered that she had ce ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2016Microbiology
Microorganisms frequently attach to a surface and begin to grow into a colony called a biofilm in which cells stick to e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
University College London scientists reported a potential new method of detecting Parkinson’s disease with a retin ...AUG 14, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are a kind of protein that are important in normal metabolic processes, and also the cellular ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in the journal Development, researchers at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have identified a cause ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2016Microbiology
Publishing in Science Translational Medicine, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have announced that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Organoids, basically a small in vitro model of an organ, could aid in identifying the best therapies for some people suf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2016Neuroscience
Stem cells are sometimes seen as either controversial or lifesaving, depending on what they are being used for, but a ne ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 09, 2016Videos
When cancer treatment is talked about in the news, it's usually because there has been a new breakthrough in research, o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 26, 2016Videos
While cancer research is incredibly complex and can take years to yield even one medication, one specific treatment is b ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Injection of an immune signaling protein into mice seem to reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease progression, ...APR 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine pouring a cup of coffee, stirring it, and lifting the cup to drink. Sounds simple for most people, but being abl ...APR 11, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that can devastate the muscles in the body. It’s pro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 16, 2016Neuroscience
Recent news about a scientific breakthrough that could allow skills to be uploaded directly to the brain, like in the hi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a breakthrough first, scientists in China reported to have turned mouse stem cells into functional sperm-like cells, ...FEB 25, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Cellular reprogramming has been a hot topic in translational and regenerative medicine ever since it was first described ...FEB 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a new blood test that can survey all 174 of known genes involved in 17 inherited heart condit ...JAN 26, 2016Cancer
TSRI and UC Berkeley Team Solves Structure of 'Flipping' Cellular Machine, Pointing to Possible Alzheimer’ ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 08, 2016
Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS-Lou Gehrig’s) experience the loss of most of their musc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 05, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers working at the Karolinska Institutet have made a breakthrough that will aid scientists studying biofilms. Th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, landmark clinical trial, Chinese researchers injected a patient with a shot of CRISPR-edited white blood
...
NOV 16, 2016
Neuroscience
All of science involves research but finding just the right information can be a daunting task when it means having to c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
A very large number of small dogs are impacted by heart disease issues, like mitral valve disease, and can be fatal in j
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 30, 2016
Videos
Henrietta Lacks went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to receive treatment for a health problem, and discovered that she had ce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2016
Microbiology
Microorganisms frequently attach to a surface and begin to grow into a colony called a biofilm in which cells stick to e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
University College London scientists reported a potential new method of detecting Parkinson’s disease with a retin
...
AUG 14, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are a kind of protein that are important in normal metabolic processes, and also the cellular
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in the journal Development, researchers at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have identified a cause
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2016
Microbiology
Publishing in Science Translational Medicine, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have announced that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organoids, basically a small in vitro model of an organ, could aid in identifying the best therapies for some people suf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2016
Neuroscience
Stem cells are sometimes seen as either controversial or lifesaving, depending on what they are being used for, but a ne
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 09, 2016
Videos
When cancer treatment is talked about in the news, it's usually because there has been a new breakthrough in research, o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 26, 2016
Videos
While cancer research is incredibly complex and can take years to yield even one medication, one specific treatment is b
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Injection of an immune signaling protein into mice seem to reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease progression,
...
APR 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine pouring a cup of coffee, stirring it, and lifting the cup to drink. Sounds simple for most people, but being abl
...
APR 11, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that can devastate the muscles in the body. It’s pro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 16, 2016
Neuroscience
Recent news about a scientific breakthrough that could allow skills to be uploaded directly to the brain, like in the hi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a breakthrough first, scientists in China reported to have turned mouse stem cells into functional sperm-like cells,
...
FEB 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cellular reprogramming has been a hot topic in translational and regenerative medicine ever since it was first described
...
FEB 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a new blood test that can survey all 174 of known genes involved in 17 inherited heart condit
...
JAN 26, 2016
Cancer
TSRI and UC Berkeley Team Solves Structure of 'Flipping' Cellular Machine, Pointing to Possible Alzheimer’
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)