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Sciworthy

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Category: Medicine

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Viruses may eventually be used to deliver gene therapy

Posted on August 28, 2018June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

New approaches for preventing and treating illnesses are on the rise, including the use of gene therapy through vaccines. With this…

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    First Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

    Posted on August 16, 2018June 24, 2025 by Nathan Gock

    A landmark clinical trial was announced recently by researchers at Kyoto University. For the first time in history, this trial tests the use…

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      Babies learn about eye contact early in life

      Posted on August 2, 2018October 31, 2022 by Sciworthy

      As infants, we absorb any information our surroundings have to offer, especially if other humans are involved. Infants can recognize their…

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        Effects of Gender and Alcohol Use on US Veterans with HIV

        Posted on July 31, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

        While many people might not think that HIV is a large problem in the United States, at the end of 2015 over 1.1 million Americans were…

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          Risk Factors for Heavy Metal Exposure in Children

          Posted on July 30, 2018June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

          Before a baby is born in Taiwan, both the development of its brain and its intellectual performance are already at risk. A 2014 study of 545…

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            Brain Cancer Treatment Finishes Phase 3 of Clinical Trials

            Posted on July 9, 2018June 13, 2025 by Nathan Gock

            For most types of cancer, survival rates have steadily been improving since the 1970s as medical advancements have been made in both cancer…

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              HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: what is it, and why aren’t women using it?

              Posted on June 25, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

              HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a medication used for HIV prevention, and should be used by people who are routinely in danger of…

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                Gaming toward a healthier life

                Posted on May 22, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                In the United States, young men who have sex with men (MSM) are at higher risk for being infected with HIV, and are experiencing problems at…

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                  Reprogramming Neurons to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

                  Posted on May 17, 2018June 17, 2025 by Nathan Gock

                  The story is all too familiar: promising effects are shown in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease – providing hope for patients,…

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                    Effects of HIV and alcoholism or hepatitis C on the brain

                    Posted on April 26, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                    As the medications for HIV have gotten more effective, people are living longer with HIV. However, as people living with HIV get older, they…

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