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Medical breakthrough
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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AUG 26, 2015Neuroscience
Health researchers claim that there are now almost 47 million people living with dementia around the world, an increase ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 23, 2015Neuroscience
One in 80 children in Israel is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). To provide resources for these children, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, say that they have “made a significa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 20, 2015Health & Medicine
For years, males with sexual problems looking for a solution have had many drug treatments to choose from. For the first ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2015Health & Medicine
3D printing is a wonderful technology that involves a special printer capable of printing layer upon layer of printable ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 01, 2015Health & Medicine
Ebola outbreaks across the globe have swept the media so hard that people are panicking about the possibility of future ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 06, 2015Cancer
A drug that has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may find a new niche in treating blood cancers at a fraction of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 06, 2015Cancer
While the BRCA2 gene is supposed to suppress tumors, its mutated form puts people at high risk for breast, ovarian and o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, has the highest mortality of any autoimmune rheumatic disease. The rare, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 19, 2015Health & Medicine
There are some nasty diseases out there that can't be cured with today's medical technology. Such diseases include AIDS, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 06, 2015Plants & Animals
A sticky little sucker fish in Puget Sound may be the answer to better designs in surgical instruments, biomedical devic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 21, 2015Neuroscience
In a promising breakthrough for smokers who are trying to quit, neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Medic ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Chemistry & Physics
A potentially game-changing breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis has been achieved with the development of a system ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Neuroscience
In a feat that would have been unachievable only a few years ago, researchers at UC San Francisco have pulled aside the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
John Rodakis' son was prescribed a 10-day course of amoxicillin, one of the most frequently used antibiotics in the US, ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 12, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A team of researchers has sequenced the genome of classical Hodgkin lymphoma, illuminating exactly which proteins are al ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 03, 2015Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 221,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015. Positi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 01, 2014Neuroscience
A therapy that combines salmon fibrin injections into the spinal cord and injections of a gene inhibitor into the brain ...JUL 03, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, have found that a process called "somatic cell nuc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 27, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Orgenesis Inc. a leader in the emerging fields of cellular therapy and regenerative medicine, announced that it raised $ ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 29, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Synthetic biology uses elemental building blocks and an engineering approach to create biological systems for specific u ...Written By: Peter Micheli
AUG 26, 2015
Neuroscience
Health researchers claim that there are now almost 47 million people living with dementia around the world, an increase
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 23, 2015
Neuroscience
One in 80 children in Israel is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). To provide resources for these children,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, say that they have “made a significa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
For years, males with sexual problems looking for a solution have had many drug treatments to choose from. For the first
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2015
Health & Medicine
3D printing is a wonderful technology that involves a special printer capable of printing layer upon layer of printable
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 01, 2015
Health & Medicine
Ebola outbreaks across the globe have swept the media so hard that people are panicking about the possibility of future
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 06, 2015
Cancer
A drug that has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may find a new niche in treating blood cancers at a fraction of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 06, 2015
Cancer
While the BRCA2 gene is supposed to suppress tumors, its mutated form puts people at high risk for breast, ovarian and o
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, has the highest mortality of any autoimmune rheumatic disease. The rare,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 19, 2015
Health & Medicine
There are some nasty diseases out there that can't be cured with today's medical technology. Such diseases include AIDS,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 06, 2015
Plants & Animals
A sticky little sucker fish in Puget Sound may be the answer to better designs in surgical instruments, biomedical devic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 21, 2015
Neuroscience
In a promising breakthrough for smokers who are trying to quit, neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Medic
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
A potentially game-changing breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis has been achieved with the development of a system
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
In a feat that would have been unachievable only a few years ago, researchers at UC San Francisco have pulled aside the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Neuroscience
John Rodakis' son was prescribed a 10-day course of amoxicillin, one of the most frequently used antibiotics in the US,
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 12, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A team of researchers has sequenced the genome of classical Hodgkin lymphoma, illuminating exactly which proteins are al
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 03, 2015
Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 221,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015. Positi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 01, 2014
Neuroscience
A therapy that combines salmon fibrin injections into the spinal cord and injections of a gene inhibitor into the brain
...
JUL 03, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, have found that a process called "somatic cell nuc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 27, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Orgenesis Inc. a leader in the emerging fields of cellular therapy and regenerative medicine, announced that it raised $
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 29, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Synthetic biology uses elemental building blocks and an engineering approach to create biological systems for specific u
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli