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Penn State engineers developed CaroFlex, a 3D printed hydrogel implant that wraps around the carotid artery and uses electrical pulses to lower blood pressure. Early animal trials cut blood pressure by over 15% with minimal tissue inflammation.
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Penn State engineers developed CaroFlex, a 3D printed hydrogel implant that wraps around the carotid artery and uses electrical pulses to lower blood pressure. Early animal trials cut blood pressure by over 15% with minimal tissue inflammation.

interestingengineering.com
u/Prior_One_7050 — 1 day ago
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UT Southwestern researchers found that damaged DNA can travel between human cells via tunneling nanotubes. This raises the possibility that cancer mutations, including chemotherapy resistance, may spread from tumour cells to healthy ones.

sciencenews.org
u/Prior_One_7050 — 1 day ago
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A growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 500 suspected cases and over 100 deaths, the WHO reports. The strain involved is a rarely seen Ebola species with no licensed vaccine or treatment. A US doctor has been evacuated to Germany after testing positive.

gizmodo.com
u/JollyGreenJarju — 1 day ago
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Plastic surgeons report a growing trend of patients requesting features based on AI generated images of themselves, including oversized eyes and exaggerated jawlines that are physically unachievable. A Beth Israel Deaconess survey found AI photo editing raised surgical expectations significantly.

futurism.com
u/Prior_One_7050 — 2 days ago
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Science News - Exploring Energy, the Earth, and Math

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that birds and mammals build faces using the same genetic blueprint. Facial diversity comes from non-coding DNA switches that control when and where genes activate, not the genes themselves.

popularmechanics.com
u/Prior_One_7050 — 3 days ago
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New research found that silently converting stress into hopelessness accelerates memory loss faster than almost any external risk factor

A Rutgers Health study tracked 1,500 older adults over six years and found that internalising stress and converting it into hopelessness accelerated memory loss more than age or physical health. The effect equalled four extra years of cognitive ageing.

thesciverse.org
u/Prior_One_7050 — 3 days ago