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Anti-blindness with eye drops instead of injections
Medicine - Health

Anti-blindness with eye drops instead of injections

The treatment of diseases that can cause blindness by injecting drugs directly into the eyeball (which is expensive and uncomfortable for patients) is about to be replac…

December 14, 2018
16-year-old students find new ways to fight cancer
Medicine - Health

16-year-old students find new ways to fight cancer

Arjun Nair, a 16-year-old Canadian student in Alberta province, won a $ 5,000 prize for inventing an experimental approach to treating nanoparticle-based cancer, accordi…

December 14, 2018
Bee venom can block HIV virus
Medicine - Health

Bee venom can block HIV virus

Dr. Joshua L Hood and colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine found that toxins in bee venom can kill the HIV virus and not harm surrounding cells.

December 14, 2018
Use magnets for healing
Medicine - Health

Use magnets for healing

Scientists at Yonsei University, South Korea are looking to use magnets as a remote control to make metal particles capable of destroying cells.

December 14, 2018
'Factory' produces cancer drugs right in the body
Medicine - Health

'Factory' produces cancer drugs right in the body

Cancer cells are found throughout the body so it is difficult to kill them without affecting healthy cells. However, the microscopic molecules created by MIT scientists…

December 14, 2018