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Gene editing silences mutant microRNA, restores hearing in adult mice

Gene editing silences mutant microRNA, restores hearing in adult mice

The approach by a research team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), reported in Science Translational Medicine, may eventually lead to potential treatments for inherited hearing loss in people.


Relieving the Growing Burden of Medical Debt

Relieving the Growing Burden of Medical Debt

Beginning in 2022, Cook County has leveraged American Rescue Plan dollars — federal emergency funds made available during the coronavirus pandemic — to wipe out over $382 million in medical debt for more than 213,000 residents.


Priority pathogens selected for wastewater surveillance during Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Priority pathogens selected for wastewater surveillance during Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

More work is needed before implementing the strategy during the 2024 Paris games, and the authors recommend leveraging the existing network of 54 sites for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 circulation in wastewater treatment plants across France.


Clozapine improves outcomes in treatment-resistant schizophrenia

Clozapine improves outcomes in treatment-resistant schizophrenia

In these cases, clozapine is the treatment of choice, but its use in real clinical practice is often delayed or insufficient," explains Dr Alba Toll, head of the Psychiatry and Mental Health Research Group at IGTP and one of the principal authors of the study.


Colorado Dropped Medicaid Enrollees as Red States Have, Alarming Advocates for the Poor

Colorado Dropped Medicaid Enrollees as Red States Have, Alarming Advocates for the Poor

Colorado stands out among the 10 states that have disenrolled the highest share of Medicaid beneficiaries since the U.S. government lifted a pandemic-era restriction on removing people from the health insurance program.


From Dr. Oz to Heart Valves: A Tiny Device Charted a Contentious Path Through the FDA

From Dr. Oz to Heart Valves: A Tiny Device Charted a Contentious Path Through the FDA

In a YouTube video posted by the Columbia University Department of Surgery several years ago, Mehmet Oz discussed the origins of MitraClip and, using a model of the heart, explained how the device is used to treat leaky mitral valves.


Two Rival Hospitals Want To Join Forces. Will Patients Lose?

Two Rival Hospitals Want To Join Forces. Will Patients Lose?

Ballad Health spokesperson Molly Luton said the system’s performance has improved since statistics were collected for its 2023 fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2023, and that ER wait times have shortened.


Experts produce consensus statement on sex and gender disparities in resilience to Alzheimer’s

Experts produce consensus statement on sex and gender disparities in resilience to Alzheimer’s

Assessing how sex and gender interact is crucial to understanding the mechanisms that maintain cognitive function and reduce the accumulation of pathologies in ageing and Alzheimer's disease, i.e. resilience and resistance factors."


Why do aortic aneurysms form in specific locations?

Why do aortic aneurysms form in specific locations?

In order to find out what distinguishes the repeatedly affected vascular regions from others, Daniela Wenzel and her team from Bochum and Bonn, which is part of the Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 259 "Aortic Diseases", developed a method to specifically examine the endothelium of the aorta: the innermost layer of the blood vessel.


Kenya increases access to modern contraceptives to drive down maternal mortality

Kenya increases access to modern contraceptives to drive down maternal mortality

Dennis Miskella, a senior medical officer and gynecologist in Embu County, Kenya, says it is important for women in Africa to have access to contraceptives to ensure proper spacing between pregnancies.


DNA repair mutations act as a switch for bowel cancer

DNA repair mutations act as a switch for bowel cancer

Bowel cancer cells have the ability to regulate their growth using a genetic on-off switch to maximize their chances of survival, a phenomenon that's been observed for the first time by researchers at UCL and University Medical Center Utrecht.


Exploring PRM-A as a novel glycan-targeted therapy for SARS-CoV-2 inhibition

Exploring PRM-A as a novel glycan-targeted therapy for SARS-CoV-2 inhibition

SARS-CoV-2 strain, JPN/NGS/SC-1/2020 (GISAID Accession ID: EPI_ISL_481254) was provided by Nagasaki University through the National BioResource Project (Human pathogenic viruses) of MEXT, Japan.