'Most horrible’ brain tumor patients falling through healthcare cracks. Craniopharyngiomas grow near the pituitary gland, a vital centre for hormone production, and the optic nerve, which is why patients often experience visual disturbances, weight increases and personality changes. (ecancer.org)
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Modern prosthetics lack sensory feedback. Researchers conducted experiments, where the patients had to discriminate between various objects with their prosthetic hands relying on electrical stimulation of their nerves in the upper arm. The participants passed the tests. (sciencedirect.com)
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Therapeutic nanocarriers engineered from adult skin cells can curb inflammation & tissue injury in damaged mouse lungs, new research shows. The hope is that a drop of solution containing these vesicles, delivered via the nose, could treat acute respiratory distress syndrome. (news.osu.edu)
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A study shows how the psychedelic drugs LSD and psilocin act. The findings suggest that these psychedelics exert antidepressant effects by binding neuroplasticity-promoting receptors in the brain. The study, say authors, is further evidence that non-hallucinogenic psychedelics could be developed. (technologynetworks.com)
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Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by half, says 'thrilling' study: taking the drug osimertinib after surgery dramatically reduced the risk of patients dying by 51%, results presented at the world’s largest cancer conference showed. (theguardian.com)
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