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How MIT’s Tissue Expansion Makes Nanoscale Imaging Affordable

By: Grayson Matlis, Journalist

Have you ever wondered how scientists are able to see things that are too small to be seen with the naked eye? With the ability to visualize cellular structures at a nanoscale level, scientists can gain a deeper understanding of diseases and develop more effective treatments.

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Device That Shines a Light On Bacteria

By: Simrin Puri, Journalist

Chronic wounds affect a little less than 7 million Americans, and some of these wounds fail to heal due to infection. Recent research from New Keck Medicine of USC has suggested a more practical approach to detecting bacteria and infection. Read more to find out!

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What Causes Death

By: Simrin Puri, Journalist

Death is something that everyone will experience. However, in Arizona, there is a cryonics lab, by the name of Alcor, where 199 people and heads are frozen, waiting to be woken up in the future.

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Patient In China Gets First Ever Gene-Altered Pig Liver Transplant

By: Walker McCann, Journalist

In recent years, there has been an increase in the amount of space available for organ transplants, and researchers are trying to find ways to make these transplants easier. This latest development may help improve the quality of organ transplantation.

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How We Grab Objects

By: Brian Trong-Khanh Dinh Nguyen, Journalist

Contracting our muscle is something we do on an instinctive level, it's something we are programed in the brain to execute the moment we are conceived into the world.

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Breakthrough HIV Vaccine Passes Phase 1 Clinical Test

By: Tiger Deng, Journalist

An experimental HIV vaccine test opens up the way for a future HIV vaccine.

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Artificial Organs

By: Ali Iskander, Journalist

Artificial organs comprise complex medical devices that have active mechanical or biochemical functions such as heart, lung, kidney, liver, pancreas, or neurosensory organs. Artificial organs can be either surgically implanted or extra corporeal (in which blood is temporarily processed outside the patient's body).

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What Are T-Cells and How Do they Relate To Covid-19

By: Brian Trong-Khanh Nguyen, Journalist

T-Cells are vital for eliminating most virus and germs. T-cells are also vital for vaccines being one of the cells that kills viruses.

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