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A huge multidisciplinary team at NYU Langone Health has successfully undertaken the world’s first whole-eye and partial-face transplant on a man who suffered horrific injuries after a high-voltage electrical accident. The landmark surgery opens new pos… Continue reading World-first whole-eye and partial-face transplant deemed a success
No sooner had we covered news of a University of Alabama team having success with genetically edited pig kidneys transplanted into a human patient functioning for a week, we learnt that another team has blown that length of time out of the water. In an… Continue reading Landmark transplanted pig kidney still functioning after a month
New research led by a team from New York University has found evidence a common viral infection can trigger inflammatory bowel disease in genetically susceptible people. Across a series of mouse experiments the researchers demonstrated how a norovirus … Continue reading A stomach virus is suspected to trigger inflammatory bowel disease
A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry has reported results from the first ever double-blind, placebo-controlled trial testing psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to treat alcohol use disorder. The headline results are promising, finding nearly half of… Continue reading Psilocybin alcoholism trial highlights problem for psychedelic science
Researchers at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine have found strong evidence exposure to a common group of household chemicals can be associated with 13 different health conditions. The related economic costs have been estimated at between US$5 billio… Continue reading PFAS linked to infertility, diabetes and billions in economic costs
Researchers at NYU Langone Health have announced successful results from a pair of experimental pig-to-human heart transplant procedures completed on recently deceased human subjects. The volunteers were kept on mechanical ventilation for three days wh… Continue reading New pig-to-human heart transplant surgeries show signs of success
Researchers from the Grossman School of Medicine at New York University are calling for urgent regulatory action limiting the use of chemicals called phthalates in the production of plastics. The research strikingly estimates up to 100,000 premature de… Continue reading Exposure to common plastic chemical linked to 100,000 early deaths
The US National Institutes of Health is investing US$470 million dollars into research on long COVID. The massive nationwide study will include tens of thousands of patients and span more than 30 research institutions.Continue ReadingCategory: Health &… Continue reading US govt to invest half a billion dollars in long COVID research
Researchers from the New York University School of Medicine have developed a brain implant designed to detect pain sensations in real-time and deliver bursts of pain-relieving stimulation. The device is still deeply experimental but a new proof of conc… Continue reading Experimental brain implant instantly detects and relieves pain
A newly published study has validated the efficacy of a novel AI algorithm designed to deliver accurate MRI results from four times less data than usually necessary. This impressive innovation promises to dramatically speed up MRI scans without needing… Continue reading Facebook AI produces accurate MRI images 4 times faster than current tech