This 35-year-old’s immune system attacks her own body, causing lumps to grow in her left breast

Discover granulomatous mastitis, a rare benign breast inflammation that mirrors cancer symptoms and its impact on patients. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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This 'living' computer blurs the line between brains and machines

In a lab rack that looks more like a high-end audio system than a server, clusters of human brain cells are quietly learning ...

Still pondering a holiday gift? How about a kidney or liver?

There are an estimated 100,000 people waiting for a life-saving transplant across the country, including some 20,000 in ...
Medical Dialogues

Routine scans could detect early prostate radiotherapy changes, suggests study

Daily scans taken during prostate cancer radiotherapy could be repurposed to guide changes to treatment, reducing the risk of ...

Scientists build virtual tissue tools to map how cells talk in disease

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have developed two powerful computational tools that could transform how researchers ...

How a simple animal folds itself with origami-like precision

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new ...

Corporate types are clamoring for a new kind of plastic surgery — using dead people's fat

Corporate types are waiting weeks for — and spending big on — alloClae, which cuts out the recovery time typically associated ...

Medical device maker Becton Dickinson sued over alleged hernia mesh monopoly

Becton Dickinson has been sued by a rival medical device manufacturer for allegedly thwarting competition in the U.S. market ...
MIT Technology Review

Researchers are getting organoids pregnant with human embryos

At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining ...