Today, you’ll learn about an interesting way pills made from poop could help millions of people with allergies, how researchers edited the contents of a pair of donor lungs to better match the recipient, and how pain can affect a baby’s development and what parents can do about it.
Peanut allergies are being treated in an…interesting new way.
- "Fecal transplant pills helped some peanut allergy sufferers in a small trial” by
- “Good early results with fecal microbiota therapy for peanut-allergic patients” by Bethany Tripp / Boston Children’s Hospital
- “Fecal matter pills used to treat peanut allergies in Boston study” by Heather Hegedus
- “Fecal Microbiota Transplant: We Know Its History, but Can We Predict Its Future?” by Todd H. Baron, MD (Mayo Clinic Proceedings)
- Peanut allergy facts - NIH
Lungs can now be edited for a better organ donor match.
- "Researchers Want to Create 'Universal Donor' Lungs” by Sara Harrison
- “Creating 'universal' transplant organs: New study moves us one step closer.” by Nicoletta Lanese
- "Scientists Say They've Found a Way to Create Universal Donor Lungs" by Ed Cara
- “Researchers Investigate How to Make Donated Organs Compatible With Any Blood Type” by Meagan Drillinger
- “In medical first, kidneys from gene-edited pig implanted into brain-dead patient” by Elizabeth Chuck
Pain isn’t just physically bad for babies - it can stunt their development. Here’s how doctors are treating it.
- "Doctors learned how to save premature infants’ lives. They forgot about pain." by Brian Resnick
- “Skin-to-skin contact with a parent may reduce newborn babies’ brain response to pain” by Jason Goodyer
- "What parents need to know about pain in newborns" by Claire McCarthy, MD
- “Miracle baby finally leaves NICU after 460 days” by Harper Robinson
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