May 21, 2013

Weekly Biomedicine Newsletter

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Brain Training May Mitigate the Cognitive Impairments Caused by Chemotherapy

The mental fuzziness induced by cancer treatment could be eased by cognitive exercises performed online, say researchers.

 
 

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Cheap Magnetic Helmet Detects Some Kinds of Brain Damage

Prototype spots swelling and bleeding in a pilot study—but the novel technique employed is relatively unproven.

 

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Synthetic Biology Could Bring Faster Flu Vaccines, Better Diabetes Care, and Radiation-Detecting Cells, Say Researchers

Advanced genetic engineering is already changing vaccine development and could make inroads into other branches of medicine.

 
 

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A Better Material for Collecting Seawater’s Uranium

A so-called metal-organic framework could offer a better way to get at the vast uranium resource dissolved in the ocean.

 
 

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Human Embryonic Stem Cells Cloned

Scientists produced embryonic stem cells from the DNA of one person combined with a human donor egg.

 
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