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Lung cancer patient is first in UK to receive experimental vaccine | UK News
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A lung cancer patient has become the first in the UK to receive a new experimental vaccine to help his body fight the disease. Janusz Racz, 67, had six syringes of the jab, each containing genetic material for a different part of the tumour, to train five billion cells in his immune system to go…
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Parkinson’s disease: ‘It’s as though I never had it’, patient says, as ‘miracle’ treatment ends tremors | UK News
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A man suffering from Parkinson’s disease has said a procedure which has ended his tremors “feels like a miracle”. An ultrasound thalamotomy, which gives Parkinson’s patients hope of regaining independence, was carried out on a sufferer for the first time in Scotland earlier this month. Ian Keir, 63, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2018 after…
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Pig kidney transplant patient leaves Massachusetts hospital | US News
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The first patient to receive a kidney transplanted from a genetically modified pig has been discharged from hospital. Richard “Rick” Slayman received the organ in March in a world first after undergoing a four-hour surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. The 62-year-old suffers from end-stage renal failure, a chronic disease where the…
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink shows first brain-chip patient playing chess | Science & Tech News
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The first patient to receive a brain chip from Elon Musk’s company Neuralink has appeared to play online chess. Neuralink released a nine-minute video in which the patient, who is paralysed below his shoulders, appears to move a cursor across a laptop screen with nothing but his thoughts. The video shows him playing chess and…
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Dutch man recognised as ‘world’s longest-surviving heart transplant patient’ after London operation in 1984 | World News
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A 57-year-old Dutch man has broken the world record for the longest-surviving heart transplant patient. Bert Janssen has lived for 39 years with the donor heart, which he received at Harefield Hospital in northwest London in 1984. The achievement has now been recognised by Guinness World Records. Mr Janssen developed flu-like symptoms and was diagnosed…
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First human patient receives brain chip from Elon Musk’s Neuralink company | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has announced the first human patient to receive a brain chip from his company Neuralink is recovering well. The billionaire also revealed he hoped the product – called ‘Telepathy’ – will eventually allow users with disabilities like Stephen Hawking to “communicate faster than an auctioneer”. “Initial results show promising neuron spike detection,” Mr…
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Girl, 8, becomes first UK transplant patient not to need life-long drugs | UK News
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An eight-year-old girl has become the first person in the UK to have a transplant – and not need to take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of her life. Aditi Shankar, who has a rare genetic condition, has received both a new kidney and bone marrow from her mother, Divya. Because she had a stem…
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First UK patient fitted with heart failure sensor the size of a pen lid | UK News
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A heart failure patient has become the first in the UK to be fitted with an early warning sensor the size of a pen lid which alerts medics if their condition worsens. The device will allow for more rapid interventions, helping keep people well for longer, avoiding costly hospital admissions and easing pressure on the…
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Lab-grown red blood cells transfused into patient in world-first clinical trial | Science & Tech News
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Laboratory-grown red blood cells have been transfused into a person in a world-first clinical trial. If proved safe and effective, manufactured blood cells could revolutionise treatments for people with blood disorders such as sickle cell and rare blood types. It can be hard to find well-matched donated blood for many with these disorders – and…
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Modified herpes virus shows promise killing off cancer cells – with one patient seeing disease vanish | UK News
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A modified herpes virus has shown promise killing off cancer cells – with one patient seeing the disease vanish entirely. Patients were injected with a drug that was a weakened form of the cold sore virus – herpes simplex – that has been modified to kill tumours. While more research is needed, it could offer…