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'Microneedle' Patch Promises Painless Flu Vaccine

June 27, 2017 | Article

Would you be more likely to get your flu vaccine if, instead of getting a shot, you could simply apply a bandage-like patch to your skin?
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Photos: How 'Microneedles' Can Deliver the Flu Vaccine

June 27, 2017 | Image Album

Researchers in Georgia have developed a "microneedle patch" that can deliver the flu vaccine through a person's skin.
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From Toxin to Treatment: The Healing Powers of Venom | Video

April 05, 2017 | Video

A colorful fish called a fang blenny is the latest addition to a list of animals whose venom could inspire medicines.
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HBO Unveils Trailer for 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'

March 17, 2017 | Article

The story of Henrietta Lacks comes to the screen April 22 as an original movie on HBO.
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‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’: Official Trailer | Video

March 16, 2017 | Video

The original HBO film “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” based on the bestselling nonfiction book by journalist Rebecca Skloot, debuts on HBO Apr. 22, 8:00PM ET.
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Pick Your Poison: Some Venom Can Be Healing

January 18, 2017 | Countdown

Live Science has rounded up some of the early research on seven creatures whose poisons may one day be made into drugs.
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DARPA's Biotech Chief Says 2017 Will "Blow Our Minds"

January 09, 2017 | Article

The Pentagon's research division is betting its high-risk, high-reward programs will change medicine.
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25 Medical Myths That Just Won't Go Away

October 18, 2016 | Countdown

Some medical myths endure no matter how many times they've been disproven. Here are 25 that just won't go away.
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7 Home Remedies That Actually Work (and the Science Behind Them)

August 20, 2016 | Countdown

Here's a look at the science behind 7 home remedies that work, and in some cases, have inspired modern medicine.
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Infant Cadavers Were Prized by Victorian Anatomists

July 01, 2016 | Article

Victorian doctors and medical students seeking to understand how human bodies worked in life gained many of their insights by studying them in death.
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