Author: Deborah
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Rewiring the body
Severing the brain’s critical link to a peripheral nerve can render an arm useless. Pioneering surgeries reroute neural impulses and redefine hope for paralysis.
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Reconditioned … lungs?
They’re among the most difficult transplants. An innovative approach is increasing the options.
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Lending a hand
Need a custom yet affordable anatomical structure made to order? Just hit print
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Building better health
Keeping the toughest jobs safe requires boots-on-the-ground research and a can-do company attitude. A campus building project is putting these ideas in motion
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Going viral
One new test detects all likely suspects
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Labs on the move
Opening of research facility signals new era in collaborative science
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That’s a great idea!
Student-driven IDEA Labs sparks entrepreneurial innovations designed to improve medical care
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Mini M.D.
Eight weeks of life-and-death dramas, scientific wonders and medical breakthroughs: Mini-Medical School inspires students and faculty alike.