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Researchers have engineered blood clots that form in seconds, are 13 times stronger than natural clots, and could save lives by stopping severe bleeding almost instantly. The breakthrough clots also speed up healing and reduce inflammation.
Scientists just turned ordinary red blood cells into super-powered clot formers that stop severe bleeding almost instantly. Treated rats formed clots in 5 seconds instead of 265, opening a path to save millions of lives lost to blood loss each year.
The Gambia Red Cross Society just delivered nearly 71,000 doses of medicine to fight malaria and protect children across the nation. This donation is part of a $2 million project aiming to make The Gambia malaria-free.
A neurologist in India drives to remote villages with free stroke and epilepsy care, breaking stigmas one patient at a time. Since 2013, her Neurology on Wheels program has screened 12,000 people across 44 villages.
Scientists created FaceAge, an AI tool that predicts cancer outcomes by analyzing how quickly patients' faces age over time. The breakthrough could help doctors personalize treatment and improve survival rates.
Scientists at MIT developed microscopic robots smaller than a grain of sand that move on command with a simple magnet swipe. These tiny "magno-bots" could one day deliver drugs or take tissue samples inside the human body without surgery.
Taiwan is preparing to airlift critically ill patients from remote Okinawan islands during disasters, creating a cross-border medical safety net. The partnership turns geographic neighbors into lifesaving allies when every minute counts.
A WhatsApp chatbot is quietly revolutionizing women's healthcare across French-speaking Africa, answering half a million health questions where doctors are scarce. In countries where 8 out of 10 doctors work in one city, this AI is becoming a lifeline.
In Borno State, Nigeria, families battling severe child malnutrition are getting more than medicine. They're receiving monthly cash transfers that help them afford nutritious meals and keep their children in school.
Britain is backing a breakthrough AI system that discovers new knowledge instead of just analyzing old data. The technology could revolutionize how we solve problems in medicine, engineering, and science.
Millions living with lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis could soon trade a lifetime of medication for a single treatment. Sail Biomedicines is unveiling breakthrough data on a therapy that reprograms immune cells inside the body to potentially cure autoimmune diseases.
Britain is funding a homegrown AI company building systems that can learn and discover new knowledge on their own, not just repeat what humans already know. Founded by the scientist behind AlphaGo, Ineffable Intelligence could unlock breakthroughs in medicine, science, and engineering.
A simple blood test is helping doctors track how well cancer treatments work without waiting months for scans. The breakthrough could spare patients from ineffective therapies and catch recurrences earlier than ever before.
Researchers at University of Rochester Medicine received NIH funding to develop a breakthrough treatment that could stop macular degeneration before it steals vision from millions of older adults. The new therapy targets a protein that drives the disease at its earliest stages.
For nearly two decades, San Diego nurse Rod Salaysay has strummed his guitar and ukulele through 12-hour shifts, turning hospital rooms into havens of hope. Now 65, he's retiring at year's end, leaving behind thousands of serenaded patients and a legacy that proves medicine and music can work miracles together.
Eight European startups just secured up to €30 million each to scale breakthrough technologies from AI-powered medicine to quantum computers. The €146.5 million investment targets innovations that could reshape everything from space travel to clean energy.
The team behind Nobel Prize-winning AI is establishing a new research hub in South Korea to accelerate scientific breakthroughs in medicine and climate. Eight years after AlphaGo made history in Seoul, DeepMind returns to transform how scientists discover solutions to humanity's biggest challenges.
A Tokyo startup just filed approval for a breakthrough drug that helped 80% of cats with chronic kidney disease survive a year, compared to just 20% without treatment. The development could transform care for a condition affecting up to 80% of senior cats.
Don Janssen spent three decades at San Diego Zoo teaching that saving animals starts with trusting people. His legacy lives on in the veterinarians he mentored and the teams he taught to lead with humility.
A groundbreaking clinical trial at Stony Brook Medicine is testing a vaccine designed to prevent breast cancer from coming back and spreading throughout the body. Survivors like Christina Amitrano are volunteering to help make this breakthrough treatment available to future patients.
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