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First Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

Posted on August 16, 2018June 24, 2025 by Nathan Gock

A landmark clinical trial was announced recently by researchers at Kyoto University. For the first time in history, this trial tests the use…

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    Babies learn about eye contact early in life

    Posted on August 2, 2018October 31, 2022 by Sciworthy

    As infants, we absorb any information our surroundings have to offer, especially if other humans are involved. Infants can recognize their…

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      Effects of Gender and Alcohol Use on US Veterans with HIV

      Posted on July 31, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

      While many people might not think that HIV is a large problem in the United States, at the end of 2015 over 1.1 million Americans were…

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        Risk Factors for Heavy Metal Exposure in Children

        Posted on July 30, 2018June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

        Before a baby is born in Taiwan, both the development of its brain and its intellectual performance are already at risk. A 2014 study of 545…

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          Brain Cancer Treatment Finishes Phase 3 of Clinical Trials

          Posted on July 9, 2018June 13, 2025 by Nathan Gock

          For most types of cancer, survival rates have steadily been improving since the 1970s as medical advancements have been made in both cancer…

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            HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: what is it, and why aren’t women using it?

            Posted on June 25, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

            HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a medication used for HIV prevention, and should be used by people who are routinely in danger of…

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              Gaming toward a healthier life

              Posted on May 22, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

              In the United States, young men who have sex with men (MSM) are at higher risk for being infected with HIV, and are experiencing problems at…

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                Reprogramming Neurons to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

                Posted on May 17, 2018June 17, 2025 by Nathan Gock

                The story is all too familiar: promising effects are shown in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease – providing hope for patients,…

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                  Effects of HIV and alcoholism or hepatitis C on the brain

                  Posted on April 26, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                  As the medications for HIV have gotten more effective, people are living longer with HIV. However, as people living with HIV get older, they…

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                    Washing lettuce might not remove all the germs

                    Posted on April 10, 2018June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

                    One of the first steps of any recipe is to wash your produce. In today’s global food system, fruits and vegetables make a lot of stops…

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