Enlarge this image A new study finds certain drugs that can boost the immune system show promise for developing anti-aging treatments in…
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Doctors Try Genetically Modified Poliovirus As Experimental Brain Cancer Treatment
by Rob Stein June 26, 2018Enlarge this image Poliovirus, long a scourge, has been modified by Duke University researchers for experimental use as a brain cancer treatment.…
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Results Of At-Home Genetic Tests For Health Can Be Hard To Interpret
by Rob Stein June 18, 2018Enlarge this image Rita Steyn has a family history of cancer so she ordered a home genetic testing kit to see if…
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Enlarge this image If you’re at low risk for heart disease, an electrocardiogram shouldn’t be a routine test for you, a panel…
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Enlarge this image Marina Muun for NPR Marina Muun for NPR On the third floor of a big Soviet-era apartment building in…
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Inside The Ukrainian Clinic Making ‘3-Parent Babies’ For Women Who Are Infertile
by Rob Stein June 6, 2018Enlarge this image Nadiya Clinic in Kiev, Ukraine, is creating babies using the DNA of three different people. The procedure can help…
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Enlarge this image Nadiya Clinic in Kiev, Ukraine, is creating babies using the DNA of three people. The procedure can help women…
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Therapy Made From Patient’s Immune System Shows Promise For Advanced Breast Cancer
by Rob Stein June 4, 2018Enlarge this image “I’m one of the lucky ones,” says Judy Perkins, of the immunotherapy treatment she got. The experimental approach seems…