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Belzutifan offers hope for patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease

The anti-cancer effect of the drug may help those with rare, hereditary cancer syndromes avoid surgeries by shrinking tumors via a daily oral dose.
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Merriah and Melliah’s Michigan Answer: From premature birth to a bright future

For Merrick and Mychal, the news that they’d be having fraternal girls with an expected delivery date of Christmas Day 2020 made the news even more exciting. But, to everyone's surprise, that delivery came early.
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Researchers find promising new approach to stop intestinal problems caused by immune cells

New research suggests gastrointestinal diseases caused by immune system T cells could be mitigated by bolstering a common enzyme.
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AI helps predict treatment outcomes for patients with diseased dental implants

The algorithm FARDEEP offers a personalized approach to identify patients who better respond to regenerative therapies.
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Treatment enhances anti-leukemia effect of bone marrow transplant, reduces recurrence, study finds

In a clinical trial, adding interferon treatment with a bone marrow transplant bolstered outcomes for patients with advanced, high-risk leukemia.
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Dr. Rothberg’s Michigan Answer: Reversing Type 2 diabetes

What do you do when you know a disease is reversible, even curable, and yet each year millions of people still suffer from it? For Amy Rothberg, M.D., you find a whole new way to help people not only lose weight, but in some cases even reverse a diabetes diagnosis.
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How to make your biomedical sciences application stand out

If you’re applying to Ph.D. programs in the biomedical sciences, here are some helpful tips from experts.
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Logan’s Michigan Answer: A living donor liver transplant at just 15 months old

Like many newborns, Logan and Connor experienced mild jaundice after birth. As the weeks passed, Amy and Nick noticed Connor’s jaundice appeared to resolve, but Logan’s skin and eyes still appeared yellow. At nine weeks when Logan’s jaundice still hadn’t gone away, Amy and Nick grew concerned.
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Feeling anxious? Try this breathing technique

Diaphragmatic breathing exercises are an effective tool for mental health and cultivating a healthy brain-gut connection. Dr. Megan Riehl explains and demonstrates the proper technique.
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ECMO offers sickest COVID patients a chance to survive, but a slimmer one than previously thought

ECMO life support can save the lives of about half of the critically ill COVID-19 patients who are placed on it by their ICU teams.
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Meet the team that’s changing cancer experiences for teenagers, young adults

Focused on addressing health disparities, the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program (AYA) at Michigan Medicine centers on more inclusive cancer care for this age group and dedicates its research to health equity for AYA cancer patients.
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Sierra’s Michigan Answer: Researching bold breakthroughs for diabetes

Imagine two patients. Both the same age and height. The same gender and race. Both have a similar medical history. Two people, almost identical in every way. So, why does one of them, seemingly at random, develop diabetes?
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Chris’ Michigan Answer: Creating a way for himself and others

It was December 2017, and Chris Connolly was four months into medical school, when he discovered it was difficult for him to hold onto a cardiology stethoscope when reaching across a patient’s hospital bed. It was time to take a trip to the hardware store.
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Dr. Lin’s Michigan Answer: A telehealth approach to mental health

As the fight to combat the spread of COVID-19 took center stage internationally, its effect on mental health slowly began to tighten its grip on many in quarantine. But an emerging tool — considered only a year ago by many to be impractical and too difficult to use — has now become widely accepted.
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Meredith’s Michigan Answer: Getting back to her greatest passion

For 53-year-old Meredith Hoag, scuba diving was a source of pure joy. But over the last decade or so, Meredith began experiencing bone loss in her spine and later injured her back. Luckily, she knew just who to turn to.