06 – 12 March 2017
Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, Pioneering Liver Surgeon, Dies at 90
Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, a surgeon and researcher who performed the first successful liver transplant on a human patient in the 1960s and later helped advance the breakthrough drugs that made organ transplants markedly more survivable, died on Saturday at his home in Pittsburgh. Find source
Prize for cracking brain's 'feel good' system
Three UK-based scientists have won a prestigious prize worth 1m euros for studying the brain's reward centre. Their work helps understand our drive to shop, eat or even land on the moon. Find source
Medicine with a side of mysticism: Top hospitals promote unproven therapies
The nation’s premier medical centers, the hospitals affiliated with Yale, Duke, Johns Hopkins, and other top medical research centers also aggressively promote alternative therapies with little or no scientific backing. Find source
A CRISPR first: editing normal human embryos
In the first ever report of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tool being used on normal human embryos, a team of Chinese scientists had mixed results. Find source
High-pressure spray delivers vaccines directly into cheek
Researchers have devised a gel pill that can painlessly spray vaccine into the cheek and reach cells in the underlying tissue, potentially triggering what’s known as a mucosal immune response. Find source
