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Health USA

11. March 2022

Two Children Get First-Ever Treatment for This Deadly Disease

Two children in the United States have received the first-ever gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease — and the effects have proven to be promising!

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Health USA

8. March 2022

She’s the First Woman to Be Cured of H.I.V.

An American mixed-race woman became the third person in the world - and first woman - to be cured of H.I.V. using umbilical cord blood as a new transplant method, thus giving hope in curing a larger array of patients.

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Health Japan

3. March 2022

Cancer Survival Rate Sees Upward Trend in This Country

The overall survival rate for Japanese cancer patients has been going up since 2016, with the latest study showing a 10-year survival rate of 58.9% - a testimony to the importance of early detection and early treatment.

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Animals USA

2. March 2022

Guess the Surprising Drug That Helps Dogs Swallow

It appears that a drug for erectile dysfunction is the miracle life-saving cure for a rare eating disorder that prevents dogs from swallowing food properly, giving man’s best friend their quality of life back.

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Health USA

7. February 2022

This Disease-Detecting Machine Accomodates More Patients Than Ever

Researchers affiliated with Ohio State University (OSU) have created a new and improved MRI machine that helps people with limitations - from pacemakers to claustrophobia - get much better access to the treatments they need.

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Animals USA

13. January 2022

Happy Family Reunion for This Baby Gorilla!

A zoo in Ohio, the United States, was the theater of a touching reunion between a premature baby gorilla and its surrogate mother, much to the delight of the zoo’s staff.

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Health USA

5. December 2021

This Single Injection Can Help Prevent Paralysis

Researchers affiliated with Northwestern University in the state of Illinois, United States, developed a single-shot injectable therapy that repairs tissues after spinal cord injuries as trial tests on mice have proven to be successful.

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Health USA

4. November 2021

Corona: Antiviral Pill Can Soon Be Accessible to Even the Poorest Countries

A pharmaceutical giant based in New York, United States, will share its formula for the Covid-19 pill it is currently developing so the world’s poorest nations can manufacture the treatment at a much lower cost in an effort to stop the pandemic.

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Health United Kingdom

2. November 2021

A Powerful Cure for Cancer… Found in Fungi

A team of researchers affiliated with the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, have managed to supercharge an anti-cancer compound to make it 40 times more effective.

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Health Switzerland

3. July 2021

New Radioactive Therapy “Smart-Bombs” Prostate Cancer Tumors

A Swiss pharmaceutical company has developed an experimental radioactive therapy destined to prolong the life of prostate cancer patients who resist to other treatments, paving the way to a new form of cancer therapy.