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  1. Health & Medicine

    New electrical stitches use muscle movement to speed up healing

    In rats, the sutures hastened recovery and reduced the risk of infection.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Blood pressure may read falsely high if the arm isn’t positioned properly

    A clinical trial found blood pressure readings were higher with the arm on the lap or along the side, compared with supported at heart height.

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  3. Genetics

    The discovery of microRNA wins the 2024 physiology Nobel Prize

    Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun found a new principle of gene regulation essential for all multicellular organisms.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    An mRNA vaccine protected mice against deadly intestinal C. difficile bacteria

    An mRNA vaccine that targets several aspects of C. difficile’s ability to cause severe disease prevented major symptoms and death in mice.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Brain-controlled bionic limbs are inching closer to reality

    Bionics engineers typically view biology as something to be worked around. “Anatomics” engineers the body to be part of the system.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    A hurricane’s aftermath may spur up to 11,000 deaths

    Hurricanes like Helene may indirectly cause deaths for years. Stress, pollution and a loss of infrastructure could all contribute to tropical cyclone fatalities.

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  7. Neuroscience

    A study in mice hints at a new way to treat spinal cord injuries

    The finding suggests that a drug to ease swelling can speed recovery and stop cell death.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Semaglutide may reduce opioid overdoses, a new study suggests 

    A study of people with type 2 diabetes and opioid use disorder suggests that the key ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy shows promise against addiction.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    HIV and illicit drugs are a bad mix. This scientist found an unexpected reason why

    The neuroscientist considers themself an outsider, which allows them to embrace people who have been marginalized, including people who have HIV.

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