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Spinal implant reconnects walking circuit pathway in rat. Still a ways before human device developed but it is encouraging and excellent bioengineering.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 30, 2025 Source:A tiny implant just helped paralyzed rats walk again—is human recovery next? Reference:Daily electric field treatment improves functional outcomes after thoracic contusion spinal cord injury in rats
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Scientists ‘3D Print’ Material Deep Inside The Body Using Ultrasound
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 20, 2025 Source:Scientists ‘3D Print’ Material Deep Inside The Body Using Ultrasound Reference:Imaging-guided deep tissue in vivo sound printing
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New StemCell-Derived ‘Heart Patch’ Could Help Solve the Transplant Shortage
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 11, 2025 Source:New ‘Heart Patch’ Could Help Solve the Transplant Shortage Reference:Engineered heart muscle allografts for heart repair in primates and humans
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Canada’s first tooth-in-eye surgeries could restore North Vancouver man’s vision
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 27, 2025 Source:‘It’s absolutely mind blowing’: Canada’s first tooth-in-eye surgeries could restore North Vancouver man’s vision
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Newly identified cartilage cells will hopefully see clinical use for facial reconstruction when the tech is developed to grow them into resilient parts.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 14, 2025 Source:These Newly Identified Cells Could Change the Face of Plastic Surgery Reference:A long-ignored skeletal tissue filled with oil
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Faces made of living skin make robots smile. Wider implications to treat people with skin damage from disease and trauma if the technique is perfected.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 2, 2024 Source:Faces made of living skin make robots smile
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Pig kidney transplanted into living person for first time
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 22, 2024 Source:Pig kidney transplanted into living person for first time
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Growing organs (almost) from scratch. Caveats abound but research is trying to address these.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 4, 2024 Source:Growing organs (almost) from scratchU of T researchers are working on growing kidneys, lungs, and more in the lab to address the organ donor shortage
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Gene therapies that let deaf children hear bring hope—and many questions
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 1, 2024 Source:Gene therapies that let deaf children hear bring hope—and many questions