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What's New in Medical Research?
Medical research changes continuously, so a page about what is new needs a clear time horizon. This overview reflects publicly reported research developments available in September 2026 and focuses on examples rather than claiming to be a.
What Is Medical Research and How Does It Lead to New Treatments?
Medical research is the organized process of asking questions about health, disease and care, then testing those questions with laboratory, populatio…
Early disease can be treated with gene therapy
Scientists at Methodist Reseach Research Institute in Houston (USA) claim to have reversed many signs of aging in cells from children with premature…
What Is Medical Science and How Does It Improve Health?
Medical science connects biology, chemistry, physiology, data analysis and clinical care to understand health and disease. It improves health when di…
Gene therapy helps aging the heart
The above gene variant is related to cell development, opening new prospects for cancer treatment.
Gene therapy can help patients with anemia
US and French scientists on September 15 said that patients with rare genes of anemia may have hoped to escape the disease without needing blood tran…
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How Are Viral Vectors Used in Gene Therapy?
Viral vectors use modified viruses as delivery vehicles for genetic material. Viruses evolved efficient ways to enter cells, and gene-therapy developers can remove or di…
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What Is Gene Therapy and How Does It Work?
Gene therapy changes genetic material or gene expression in a patient's cells to treat disease. The term covers several strategies, including adding a functional gene, s…
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How Do Clinical Trials Work?
Clinical trials are prospective studies in which people take part so researchers can evaluate interventions, prevention strategies, diagnostics or other health-related a…
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This vegetable, commonly sold in Vietnamese markets but little known, is a 'medicine' for cleansing the kidneys and reducing blood fat.
Since the 16th century, the world has discovered the diuretic and detoxifying effects of celery. Therefore, this vegetable is considered...
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The mystery of the girl who modern medicine calls ageless
Born in 1993, Brooke Greenberg was trapped in the body of a toddler as the years passed.
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A vegetable that is abundant in Vietnam is considered 'medicine for the poor': The world has used it to treat diseases for a long time!
Since ancient Greece and Rome, people have known the wonderful uses of this vegetable.
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This plant is a 'golden medicine' that helps control blood sugar and lower blood pressure effectively.
This plant has been shown to have many beneficial uses for people with diabetes who want to control blood sugar.
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The most fatty, nutritious and aromatic fruit in the world: A 'precious medicine', helps prevent cancer extremely effectively
This is one of the most nutritious and delicious fruits in the world. They not only bring beauty benefits but also have many wonderful effects on the human body.
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Gene therapy offers hope for Parkinson's patients
New trials of gene therapy for Parkinson's disease have shown encouraging results, giving hope to millions of people with this paralysis syndrome worldwide.
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The prospect of treating Parkinson's by gene therapy
British scientists believe that the gene therapy they just developed may open up hope to cure the agonist syndrome - Parkinson's disease, which is affecting 4.1 million…
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Louis Pasteur - The father of vaccine has never studied medicine
Having never officially studied medicine, with great contributions, Louis Pasteur is still regarded as a great physician and honored.
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5 in 1 vaccine - New achievements of Indonesian medicine
Indonesia on August 22 introduced the first 5-in-1 vaccine produced by the country, aimed at introducing the national vaccination program.
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Gene therapy - New weapon to treat HIV / AIDS
Research results of scientists from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, showed that gene therapy can become a new weapon in the treatment of HIV / AIDS century disease.
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Trick milk is an anti-aging medicine god?
Many experts and celebrities from ancient kimono, such as the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra, preferred milk donkeys because they believed it was
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New gene therapy discovered to reduce fat and gain muscle
The new gene therapy will have to go through many more stages before it is officially tested in humans.
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Gene therapy uses hematopoietic stem cells in the treatment of HIV / AIDS
Researchers at the University of California (UCLA) in the US have published a study that said a gene therapy using stem cells of hematopoietic patients could extend prot…
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Scientists found a way to cure blindness with gene therapy
Blindness can be cured by using gene therapy to reprogram cells in the retina to make these cells possible.
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EC allows the sale of Glybera gene therapy
In a statement released on November 5, Dutch biotech company uniQure said it would start selling the first human gene therapy called Glybera in the European market next…
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An additional gene therapy for blood cancer is licensed in the United States
The US Drug Administration approved a second gene therapy to treat blood cancer. This is considered a new step in the study of treatment of dangerous diseases.
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Gene therapy interventions can cure congenital deafness
The British Journal of Natural Medicine released Feb. 4, scientists at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in the United States have recovered some of t…