Friday, April 12, 2019

Read and summarize an article pertaining to recent medical advancements. Remember to include the link.

44 comments:

  1. Drones Are Responding to 911 Calls In This California City
    April 12, 2019
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    Because of drones, officers in Chula Vista, California are able to respond to 911 calls and know exactly what to do when they arrive on scene. There was a recent car chase and when 911 was called, a drone flew after them. It gave a live feed to where the two people were, involved in the chase, and helped the police officers chase them down. Because not every officer travels to the crime scene, it allows the live feed to also be programed in the station so every officer is able to watch. Chula Vista chief of police says that the drones are not to replace the officers, it is to benefit them in long hard cases. Also, when a 911 caller is frazzled, a drone is sent out right away to the location to scope out what is really happening. They are also to see license plates farther away then an officer would in a police car. The chief of police is excited to use the drones more in the future and help protect officers by helping them make smarter decisions. Not only does it benefit police officers but it will help every form of first responders attack the situation properly and find what they are looking for.
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    https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/us/california-drones-emergency-response/index.html

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  2. Does Medicine Really Expire?
    https://www.livescience.com/65052-why-do-medicines-have-expiration-dates.html
    Many doctors have received phone calls from patients who are worried that they have taken expired medicine. For most over the counter medicines like ibuprofen when they become expired it means they may not perform to their full proficiency. Medicine doesn't expire like milk would. There still are certain medicine that when expired they are at risk for bacterial growth. The FDA released most of this information from the large amounts of phone calls they received from worried people.

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  3. $11 million grant advances research at the forefront of cardiovascular disease
    Heart disease is the chief reason for death in the USA. Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence recently granted the University of Nevada $11 million for five years of research on heart disease. Molecular and cellular relation to the cardio system will be the prime topics of research. Over 50% of American adults have some form of heart disease! That's insane! Multiple scientists, labs, and services are involved in this grant, making it a one of a kind opportunity in medical advancement.

    https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2019/cardiovascular-cobre

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  4. "Why some world leaders keep getting reelected while others fail almost immediately"
    April 10th, 2019
    With leader Netanyahu being re-elected for his fifth term people have begun to wonder why some leaders are elected with ease while others don’t even get a chance. Things were not looking good for Netanyahu but he managed at the end of his run to pull ahead. Many scandals and rumors had been surrounding him prior to his come back and win. Some people might think that leaders get reelected for consistent reasons around the world, but that doesn't appear true. While Netanyahu has a similar leading style to president of the United States, Donald Trump, another long running leader named Angela Merkel leads in a very different way. They are both examples of people that have long represented their country and make people wonder why certain people seem to be reelected over and over again.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/04/10/why-some-world-leaders-keep-getting-reelected-others-fail-almost-immediately/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.545d275eaee1

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  5. Madagascar measles epidemic kills over 1,200 people
    https://www.foxnews.com/health/madagascar-measles-epidemic-kills-over-1200-people

    Madagascar has is experiencing the largest measles outbreak they have ever seen. There are over 115,000 people that have been infected by the measles. Only 58% of the people on the island had gotten their vaccine to avoid measles. The outbreak started back in September and is mostly effecting the kids under the age of 15.

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  6. Drug-resistant fungus is sprouting worldwide, and it has health researchers worried
    https://globalnews.ca/news/5156201/fungus-health-drug-resistance/

    There has been a drug resistance fungi that has been spreading itself since 2015. This fungi, Candida auris, can travel inside of a person's bloodstream and cause deadly infections. This outbreak started out in Spain. We used to be able to stop most bacteria and fungi with our natural immunities, but now we have used too many drugs and antibiotics to keep out the fungi. Doctors use anti-fungal medicine to treat fungi, but there are only three "families" of anti-fungal which we use, and C. auris is resistant to all three. This causes concern, for if we can't stop C. auris, we will have an epidemic on our hands.

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  7. There are many gene editing tools used for finding new medical treatment but they are expensive. recently there has been a new way of gene editing that is extremely cheap compared to previous technology. Its name is CRISPR Cas9. It is compared to a scissors by many people. There is also a new form of CRISPR called CRISPR Cas3 it is compared to a shredder. Cas9 if for precise changes and Cas3 is for wiping out long stretches of genetic information.

    https://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201904/new-dna-%E2%80%9Cshredder%E2%80%9D-technique-goes-beyond-crispr%E2%80%99s-scissors

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  8. Texas State Technical College(TSTC) has been giving a $202,162 grant. The grant was given to TSTC by the Texas Workforce commission to invest more into their skills development program in the TSTC medical sector. The grant will help improve the skills of workers at TSTC.

    https://www.valleymorningstar.com/education/tstc/tstc-valley-regional-medical-center-receive-grant-to-fund-customized/article_364cbcf0-5d78-11e9-a2bd-ff4058b31777.html

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  9. Drones are responding to 911 calls in this California City.
    https://www.kcra.com/article/drones-are-responding-to-911-calls-in-this-california-city/27121233

    A women was chasing a man on a motorcycle. Out of no where a a police drone was following behind them. It broadcasted a live stream to the police men's phones. The police men on duty were thankful because when they arrived to the scene they knew exactly where to find the people, and they knew what happened before arriving to the scene. The women was under arrest with assault with a deadly weapon. The man was also caught riding a stolen motorcycle, but it was unrelated to the the incident.

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  10. Avery Ihde
    https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-sports-medicine-market-focus-on-products-applications-and-24-countries-data-analysis-and-forecast-2019-2026-300831897.html

    Sports medicine helps prevent and treat injuries of an active person. Advancements in sports medicine have surfaced in the past few years. These advancements include improving treatment methods and reducing recovery time. Some devices within these advancements are implants, arthroscopy devices, suture anchors, braces, and support devices.

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  11. Madagascar measles epidemic kills over 1,200 people
    https://www.foxnews.com/health/madagascar-measles-epidemic-kills-over-1200-people
    With over 115,000 outbreaks of measles since last September. Studies show that this measles outbreak has hit kids 15 and under more than any other age group. More than 1,200 people have died since this outbreak, and with no clear reason of how this disease started, it has many people in fear. These vaccines are free to the public, but many areas in Madagascar lack health facilities.

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  12. Single Dose of CRISPR Gene Therapy May Succeed as Long-term Treatment for DMD, Mouse Study Shows

    Most people haven't heard of CRISPR Cas9, so I'll explain what it is. CRISPR Cas9 is a gene editing tool used to edit DNA. CRISPR is somewhat controversial due to the fact that it edits the human genome. It's generally agreed upon that changing human DNA should be postponed until we understand CRISPR and gene editing better. If something is messed up, that person can have children and the genetic mess up will end up affecting more than one person.

    https://musculardystrophynews.com/2019/04/12/crispr-cas9-gene-therapy-may-succeed-as-long-term-dmd-treatment-study/

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  13. Super fungus that kills nearly half its victims in 90 days has spread globally
    https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/super-fungus-that-kills-nearly-half-its-victims-in-90-days-has-spread-globally

    A Brooklyn man was recently hospitalized for a disease, and doctors discovered that is was a fungus of the name of Candida Auris, a new superbug that has recently spread globally. The man died within 90 days, and the fungus did not die along with the man, invading other portions of the room. The hospital workers had to remove parts of the tiles and the ceiling in order to neutralize it. Dr. Scott Lorin, the president of the hospital, said that "Everything was positive - the walls, the bed, the doors, the curtains, the phones, the sink, the whiteboard, the poles, the pump."

    The disease preys on humans with weakened immune systems. Scientists claim that the reckless misuse of antibiotics is causing this new spread of superbugs and drug-resistant diseases.

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  14. Researchers 3D-print heart from human patient's cells
    Researchers provided a new technique that could possibly be used to heal hearts or engineer new ones. There has been a 3D print of a heart, using a patient's cells. This has been the first time that a heart has been successfully printed with all the correct cells, ventricles, and chambers. The process of printing this heart included a biopsy of fatty tissue that surrounds abdominal organs, such as the intestines, liver, etc. The cells in the tissue were then separated and reprogrammed to become stem cells. They were then processed into a personalized hydrogel. The heart they have made, is the size of a rabbit's heart, but the same technology can be used to create a bigger, human sized heart. This new medical advancement can be used to treat cardiovascular disease, for the need of a heart transplant.
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/health/3d-printed-heart-study/index.html

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  15. $11 million grant advances research at the forefront of cardiovascular disease
    https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2019/cardiovascular-cobre

    More than 50% of American adults have some sort of heart disease. This means that the leading cause of death in the United States is cardiovascular. Because of this, the Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) has granted the University of Nevada with $11 million for five years. The University of Nevada is developing a new research center just for studies on heart disease. The research will be connecting heart disease with other aspects of health and quality of life.

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  16. Scientists Develop Blood Test That Spots Tumor-Derived DNA in People With Early-Stage Cancers

    Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center are trying to figure a non invasive way to detect early stages for cancers. They are doing this by testing small amounts of cancer-specific DNA in the blood. So far these test have been successful sowing that 138 people with early-stage colorectal, breast, lung and ovarian cancers. This was only half of the 276 people who were tested. The reason for it not becoming implimted as a test is as half of the tested fell under biomarkers.

    https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/scientists_develop_blood_test_that_spots_tumor_derived_dna_in_people_with_early_stage_cancers

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  17. GM is gone. Now come 3D printers and robots
    A massive 3D printer fills the space: A 12-foot by 25-foot steel plate on the floor is surrounded by 8-foot steel walls, and on top. Although 3D printing is currently just a side project for Garvey, he plans to scale the business rapidly.
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/07/economy/future-of-manufacturing-youngstown/index.html

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  18. https://www.foxnews.com/health/madagascar-measles-epidemic-kills-over-1200-people

    Madagascar is facing the largest outbreak in history.Only 58 percent of the people have been vaccinated.The measles have impacted kids under the age of 15.AP says 1200 people have died in the past 7 months.Measles is a contagious virus and is spread through sneezing and coughing.

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  19. A guy by the name of Rob Rein Reinhart. He has been working on the study of human memory. The human memory usually starts to decrease when the person is its late twenties early thirties. He has been trying to find a way to restore the persons memory. He did a study on a group of people from the age 20-70. He found out that if you use electrical current you can change the person memory. People around the age of 70 usually are not in the same rhythm as they were when they were 20, so changing a persons rhythm as they were when they had a good memory can help restore the memory.

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190412130954.htm

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  20. Madagascar measles epidemic kills over 1,200 people
    https://www.foxnews.com/health/madagascar-measles-epidemic-kills-over-1200-people
    Only 58% of the people living on the island have been vaccinated against the disease. This is the largest measles break in Madagascar's history. So far the count of infected is at 115,000 according to AP. The number of deaths is 1,200 people already in the past seven months. Measles is a very contagious virus that spreads through air from coughing. It usually takes 10-14 days after exposure to see the measles.

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  21. Make a Plan
    Hospice CNY would like to remind people to make their plan for death around the age of 50. They say if you make a plan you can die in a place you would prefer. 80% of people surveyed said they would like to die at home but only 20% actually do. This happens because they haven't made their end of life plan. Many people don't like to talk about death but all you would have to do is tell a few people and write it down somewhere.

    https://www.waer.org/post/reminder-consider-critical-health-decisions-advance

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  22. Scientists print first 3D heart using patient's biological materials

    A major medical breakthrough has taken place at Tel Aviv University in Israel. The very first 3D heart was printed using simply cells and other biological materials. Up until this moment, scientists have only been able to print simple tissues without blood vessels such as the exteriors of plants. Heart disease is the leading cause of death on both men and women in the United States. Many of these people require a heart transplant to recover properly but there's been a drastic decrease in donor heart availability. The 3D heart is now a possibly alternative option for saving lives. One of the main scientists on the case claimed other similar prints have been made but don't include certain elements such as blood vessels and cells. The heart still needs to be developed further but the teams findings have been published in Advanced Science.

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190415102242.htm

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  23. Technology is changing the way you see a doctor, but is that good for your health?

    Recently, the millennials have stated seeing the doctor can be a hassle for most people. An old application is becoming more popular in the United States. The app is called Push Doctor and it has a fee of $38. The app will allow you to video call and connect with a doctor. As of last year, the app treated 1,000 different conditions. However, doctors say it is healthier and safer to see a doctor in person. Poor connection can often lead to miscommunication as well.

    https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/30/health/ai-artificial-intelligence-technology-health-care-intl/index.html

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  24. Doctors Use Electrical Implant to Aid Brain-Damaged Woman
    Written: April 13, 2019
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    Millions suffer from brain damage due to many different reasons. Some have served in a war, while others suffer from the affects of a car accident or a brain tumor. No matter the cause, doctors have been researching a way to heal the brain back to normalcy for years. Products have been made and tested, but nothing has ever worked. This week, a woman who was in a car accident almost two decades ago, received a brain implant. This implant had not been tested on anyone before her; this was the first "test" for the product. To the doctor's surprise, the woman has been much better than usual. She hasn't been nearly as tired, and her academic testing scores have sky rocketed. No, doctors can not promise this will be a solution for every person with brain damage, but it does give people hope.
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    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/health/implant-brain-injury.html

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  25. Honda Bionic Motorcycle Arm

    A member of Honda’s named Tom Hylton designed a creative invention that all eyes are on. The invention is a type of motorcycle that those who suffered from a lost limb can ride. The motorcycle comes with a bionic arm that can be controlled by a type of spatial connections that allows communication between the rider and the machine. The arm is attached at the shoulder and plugs into the handle. The arms allow riders to even be able to compete in racing platforms.

    https://hiconsumption.com/2019/04/honda-bionic-motorcycle-arm/

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  26. US based tech company Butterfly has produced a portable pocket sized ultrasound scanner that plugs into an iPhone and can be controlled using an app. The app provides real time ultrasound imaging. Some people for them the price and difficulty of use are barriers that prevent access to ultrasound. With approximately 4.7 billion people unable to obtain medical imaging. This app could allow them to finally use ultrasound.
    https://www.medicaldevice-network.com/features/pocket-ultrasound/

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  27. Scientist in regenerative medicine could only print simple tissue with out the blood vessels. Heart disease has been one of the leading cause of death in both men and women in the US. Heart transplants are only available to end-stage heart failure. Having to deal with very few heart donors, they need to develop approaches to regenerate diseased hearts. The 3D heart is made with human cells patient-specific biological materials. People in the past have made 3D hearts but never had blood vessels or with cells. The 3D heart is the size of a rabbit. Fatty tissue was taken from patients. They need to do more work with the heart.

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  28. Drones are responding to 911 calls in this California city

    There was this women in Chula Vista, California. She was chasing a man on a motorcycle down the streets. They now have police drones that they use to get live footage of what is happening. The drone helps them see what is going on, where the crime is. Police are making for arrests with the drones helping them.

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  29. Researchers are 3d printing hearts from human patient cells. The goal with doing this is to heal peoples hearts and engineer new hearts for transplants. These 3d printed hearts are about the same size as a rabbits heart, but these ones require the same technology as the normal human hearts.

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/health/3d-printed-heart-study/index.html

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  30. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190308102137.htm
    Reachers at Delft University of Technology created a Quantum circuit that enable use to listen to weak radio waves. This idea is allowing us to have more advancement. We could hear better for the medical research and more.

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  31. First 3D print of heart with human tissue, vessels unveiled. They made this 3D heart with tissue and vessels and it was unveiled on Monday. This was a major medical break through for scientist in Israel for progress in transplants. It is still a few years away from the procedure happening but they are going in the right direction.
    https://www.msn.com/en-my/health/medical/first-3d-print-of-heart-with-human-tissue-vessels-unveiled/ar-BBVYADm?li=BBr8OIK

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  32. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/14/health/canagliflozin-diabetes-kidney-drug-study/index.html
    A new Diabetes drug has been discovered to lower risks for kidney failure in the newest studies. People who took canagliflozin every day had less problems with kidney failure and heart conditions.

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  33. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-47696878


    Nathan Sparling in scotland hasa new hiv med coming out. he said it should be affective by 2030. To help over 5000 people how have HIV in Scotland. He also said maybe in the furture there would be a better pill to help this out but we need to start slow in case it get wores. So in the furture no one lives with hiv. Hes trying to make a stronger drug for it but he can only do so much at the moment.

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  34. Controversial 'three-person' IVF used for baby boy born in Greece

    Spanish and Greece doctors produced a baby from three people using a IVF technique. This was experimental and they used DNA from the patient, sperm from the father and an egg from a donor woman. This procedure helps mothers who are affected by the deadly mitochondrial disease. This case helped a 32 year old Greece woman who had four unsuccessful IVF cycles. She gave birth to a boy who weighed 6 pounds on 09 April 2019. Both the mother and child are in very good health. Doctors are making medical history by letting infertile woman have babies. They are working on making this possible for everyone. IVF means a medical procedure whereby an egg is fertilized by sperm in a test tube or elsewhere outside the body.
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/11/health/birth-experimental-ivf-greece-scln-intl/index.html

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  35. Recently there has been a new way of gene editing that is extremely cheap compared to previous technology. Its name is CRISPR Cas9. They are putting a hold on this tho because there has been recent problems with it.
    https://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201904/new-dna-%E2%80%9Cshredder%E2%80%9D-technique-goes-beyond-crispr%E2%80%99s-scissors

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  36. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/blood-test-detects-several-cancer-types
    Blood test detects several cancer type
    Researcher's have been working to develop test that detect bits of tumor material in blood and urine. Researcher's from John Hopkin's University are creating blood tests that mainly focus on 8 different cancers. Such as breast, colorectal, esophagus, liver, lung, ovary, pancreas, and stomach. These cancers are mainly found in Western populations.

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  37. Detecting Dementia Early
    Posted March 22nd, 2019
    Dr. Steven Chance from Oxford University believes he has found a way to find dementia earlier than normal. He uses a MRI scanner to find grayish material that has formed over the brain, but at a much higher power than normal. He uses a cortical disarray measurement (CDM) to analyze and collect information in order to make his diagnosis. It is believed to pick up traces of gray material years before dementia even begins. Chance says it is still hard to be able to find the material but this is way better than not having to go off of any information at all until it is too late.
    https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324765.php

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  38. The measles have made its way back into the U.S. and is spreading like wildfire. It is a highly contagious disease that came back and people aren't vaccinating. It is spreading due to people that are not vaccinated visiting other countries especially in the Middle East where religion prohibits vaccines. Once they are done with their trip they come back and spread to other people who are also not vaccinated. It has even made its way into Northeast Iowa, so, if you're not vaccinated you should get that done.

    https://blog.uvahealth.com/2019/01/30/measles-outbreaks/

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  39. Medicinal purposed robots are being used more and more. They are being relied on almost daily now, and big advancements to the companies who make them, as well as the machines themselves are coming. The Global Medical Robotic System Market is expected to reach $6.5 Billion dollars by 2024. The growth percentage over the next five years has been bumped up nearly each year, currently expected at 14.5%. Robotic systems are making a huge difference in the medical fields, and are expected to be more widely used in the future.
    https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/medical-robotic-systems-market-is-anticipated-to-reach-us-650-billion-by-2024-2019-04-11

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  40. There is a very big measles outbreak occurring now in the U.S. It is said to be from a man that went to New York from Michigan. The mans name has not been released yet and they do not even know if he is a U.S. citizen. The man Drove back to Michigan and felt alright until he got home and started feeling sick. The doctors misdiagnosed the man with bronchitis, but then later did another test to find out he has measles. There is 20 states affected with measles, and where there has been measles there was a low vaccination rate. They are planning to start requesting two possible vaccination to stop this disease.

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/patient-michigan-measles-outbreak-thought-immune-doctor/story?id=62455566

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  41. Madagascar measles epidemic kills over 1,200 people. The small country of Madagascar is currently facing its largest measles epidemic in history. Measles spreads through coughing and touching infected people. With some of the villages living in third world conditions it makes for the rate of infection to increase dramatically.
    https://www.foxnews.com/health/madagascar-measles-epidemic-kills-over-1200-people

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  42. "Scientists spur some activity in brains of slaughtered pigs"
    April 17th, 2019
    Researchers attained 32 dead pig brains. The brains had no activity or sensation so they are qualified as dead, but this may be more complex than they thought. Fours hours after the pigs were slaughtered, the researchers began to send a blood alternative through the brain. The brains of course did not come back to life but the scientists were looking to see if some simply activity could be restored after death. There are many advantages of these advancements. There is hope that this could restore brain function of stroke patients and help with the transfer of donor brains. There are still many questions on if there are bad side effects that go along with this treatment and it will not be used on humans anytime soon.

    https://www.apnews.com/8fb5bbc8269a49c6a87a1365dc021c10

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  43. Study identifies how enterococci bacteria cause antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections
    The Massachusetts Ear and Eye Harvard Medical School has recently done a study on antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Bloodstream infections in hospitals have adapted and now some have become antibiotic-resistant. Bacteria acquired in hospitals are more likely to be anti-biotic resistant. Despite hospitals best efforts they can not contain this bacteria. For the study they used research done 30 years ago and compared it to now. They used DNA to compare the results and are looking for a new anti-biotic cure.
    https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190417/Study-identifies-how-enterococci-bacteria-cause-antibiotic-resistant-bloodstream-infections.aspx

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