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Medical first-Doctors attempt to gene-edit a living patient’s DNA

A man may soon be forever free of the previously incurable disease he was born with 44 years ago. On Monday, in a medical first, Brian Madeux received an experimental in-body gene-editing treatment intended to cure him of Mucopolysaccharidoses II, known as MPS II or Hunter syndrome, a rare disorder that causes progressive damage to the body's cells.
- Source: flipboard
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New dye gives scientists a clearer insight into the brain

Keele University researchers have designed a new dye that can be used to observe the electrical activity of neurons in the brain and could lead to finding a new and more efficient way of treating neurological diseases, as presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual conference in Washington, D.C. this week.
- Source: sciencedaily
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Loxo Oncology Lands $1.55B Cancer Tie-Up With Bayer

Loxo Oncology struck a deal with Germany-based Bayer AG to develop and commercialize two cancer therapies in a deal that could be worth up to $1.55 billion for the Connecticut-based company.
- Source: Biospace
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Cholesterol Crystals Are Sure Sign A Heart Attack May Loom

A new Michigan State University study on 240 emergency room patients shows just how much of a role a person's cholesterol plays, when in a crystallized state, during a heart attack.
- Source: scienmag
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Eight cases of tuberculosis confirmed at Hong Kong secondary school

The Hong Kong health authorities have confirmed that eight people from a secondary school in Sha Tin were infected with tuberculosis.
- Source: scmp
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AstraZeneca-FASENRA Gets US FDA Approval For Severe Eosinophilic Asthma

AstraZeneca and its global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, said Tuesay that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved FASENRA (benralizumab) for the add-on maintenance treatment of patients with severe asthma aged 12 years and older, and with an eosinophilic phenotype. FASENRA is not approved for the treatment of other eosinophilic conditions or relief of acute bronchospasm or status asthmaticus.
- Source: businessinsider
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Plague – Madagascar

Laboratory confirmation of plague is being conducted by the Institut Pasteur of Madagascar. Twenty-three isolates of Yersinia pestis have been cultured and all are sensitive to antibiotics recommended by the National Program for the Control of Plague.
- Source: who.int
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Researchers develop new probes to record neural activity in brain

Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in the US have developed new silicone probes, Neuropixels, to simultaneously monitor the activity of multiple neurons from multiple brain regions.
- Source: medicaldevice-network
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Real-World Study Confirms Lower Brain Bleed Risk with Dabigatran

Real-world outcomes among patients with atrial fibrillation taking the anticoagulant dabigatran (Pradaxa) mimic those reported in clinical trials, with dabigatran use associated with lower rates of brain bleeds, and similar rates of stroke and extracranial hemorrhage as treatment with warfarin in a new study.
- Source: medpagetoday
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Gene prompts cells to store fat, fueling obesity

Obesity is often attributed to a simple equation: People are eating too much and exercising too little. But evidence is growing that at least some of the weight gain that plagues modern humans is predetermined.
- Source: sciencedaily
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