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  • The heated ‘egg whisk’ that reduces asthma attacks by 55 per cent shrinking scarred lung tissue

    09/02/2018 12:38:03 AM PDT · by blueplum · 27 replies
    TheDailyMail ^ | 01 Sep 2018 | Carol Davis
    A new NHS-backed treatment could dramatically improve the day-to-day lives of people plagued by severe asthma attacks and who require regular trips to A&E. The new procedure involves a tiny probe that resembles an egg whisk being inserted into the lungs. This emits heat that shrinks scarred, thickened lung tissue, and aids breathing....{snip} ...studies showed it reduced emergency hospital admissions for life-threatening asthma attacks by 55 per cent – and that benefits continue for ten years...
  • Newly-discovered human organ may help explain how cancer spreads

    04/02/2018 1:31:16 PM PDT · by blueplum · 61 replies
    New Scientist ^ | 27 Mar 2018 | Jessica Hamzeleu
    A newly discovered network of fluid-filled channels in the human body may be a previously-unknown organ, and it seems to help transport cancer cells around the body. This discovery was made by chance, from routine endoscopies – a procedure that involves inserting a thin camera into a person’s gastrointestinal tract. Newer approaches enable doctors to use this procedure to get a microscopic look at the tissue inside a person’s gut at the same time, with some surprising results. {snip} This organ was likely never seen before because standard approaches for processing and visualising human tissue causes the channels to drain,...
  • First liver grown from stem cells offers hope for transplant patients

    10/30/2006 4:39:17 PM PST · by WestVirginiaRebel · 59 replies · 1,556+ views
    The Scotsman ^ | 10-31-06 | WestVirginiaRebel
    AN ARTIFICIAL liver has been grown for the first time from stem cells, it emerged last night.The breakthrough by British scientists is considered the vital first step towards creating a fully artificial liver that could be used to tackle ever-growing waiting lists for transplants within as little as ten years.