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When modern medicine has just developed, how do people practice physical therapy?
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Medicine - Health
Corneal extracted from pig skin can restore vision for blind people
Bioengineered corneas have restored vision to people with impaired vision, including those who were blind before they were transplanted.
Medicine - Health
Research to create pain reliever from puffer fish toxins
The deadly neurotoxin from puffer fish could create a generation of non-narcotic pain relievers.
Cancer
Breakthrough of Australian scientists in the treatment of pediatric cancer patients
Scientists say they have identified pediatric cancer patients who are at increased risk of serious infections associated with neutropenia.
Health
Two brain dead people receive pig heart transplants
The researchers used a new infectious disease protocol designed to ensure the swine virus is not passed on to a transplanted host.
Medicine - Health
Implantable device for pain-free pain relief
New biocompatible and water-soluble implant could replace opioid pain relievers and many other classes of addictive drugs.
Medicine - Health
Miracle glue can 'patch' damaged tissue for people with heart attacks
Scientists have created a biodegradable glue that can regenerate tissue and repair damage caused by heart attacks.
Health
Scientists grow hearts to transplant to humans
Hearts grown from pig organs and human cells could soon be used in organ transplants.
Medicine - Health
Chinese scientists study injecting young blood to help old mice live longer
Scientists discovered that putting young blood into old mice can rejuvenate adult stem cells and surrounding somatic cells.
Health
The definition of death has been shaken: Scientists revive a pair of human eyes that died after 5 hours
This will shake the definition of death, especially the process of brain death in the absence of oxygen that is thought to be irreversible.
Archeology
World's oldest fake eye discovered
The prosthetic eye discovered in Iran was born around 2900 - 2800 BC and is still located in the eye socket of a woman's skull.
Medicine - Health
Vietnamese scientist finds a way to treat wounds from freshwater fish scales
Using the scales of freshwater carp species native to Vietnam, Dr. Nguyen Thuy Chinh has successfully researched how to extract collagen
Health
The cause of the death of the first man in the world who received a pig heart transplant has been found
David Bennett passed away after miraculous surgery but two months later died suddenly.
Health
New research helps to charge pacemaker batteries without surgery
Pacemakers are currently considered an effective device in supporting patients with arrhythmias when helping patients maintain a stable heart rhythm.
Cancer
Breakthrough: An ultrasound technique helps destroy liver cancer tumors without surgery
Sound waves will break down solid tumors into liquid form, so that immune cells can clean up and eliminate them.