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Researchers identify a potential “Achilles heel” of psoriasis

Study reveals how IL-23 therapies drive long-lasting disease control and points towards strategies to prevent relapse
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Celebrating cardiac arrest survivors and their lifesavers

Survivors share essential lessons about CPR and lifesaving action to improve outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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Path forward for glioblastoma treatment

Experts in brain cancer outline current discoveries and offer a path of hope for glioblastoma treatment
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Texas man walking on ‘new legs’ after complex vascular procedures

A Texas man walks five miles daily on “new legs” after undergoing a minimally invasive vascular procedure at University of Michigan to restore blood flow to blocked vessels.
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How a temporary heart pump can support high risk cardiac surgery

A cardiac surgeon from Michigan Medicine offers helpful details on Impella devices.
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Medical student’s invention aims to help infants with jaundice

University of Michigan medical student Daniel John has created BiliRoo, a low-cost, non-electric device designed to treat jaundice in newborns
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Expanding camp adventure for all

A doctor works with Camp Michigania on making accessibility updates that are expanding and improving camper experiences.
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Path forward for glioblastoma treatment

Experts in brain cancer outline current discoveries and offer a path of hope for glioblastoma treatment
A person wears a protype infant sling on the front of their body. The sling has a special window to allow light to reach the baby.
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Medical student’s invention aims to help infants with jaundice

University of Michigan medical student Daniel John has created BiliRoo, a low-cost, non-electric device designed to treat jaundice in newborns
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Studying neurons using neurons

Labs at the University of Michigan Medical School are exploring a new technology that leverages the biological capabilities of human neurons for artificial intelligence.
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How AI is helping emergency physicians learn from their patients

How the “Tell Me What Happens Next” initiative is being used by the Department of Emergency Medicine’s new Division of Clinical Informatics using artificial intelligence.
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A link between e-cigarettes and oral cancer

Answering questions on e-cigerattes and oral cancer based on a new concering study that finds a link, with Marisa Buchakjian, M.D., Ph.D., surgical oncology and microvascular surgeon at Michigan Medicine.
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Research may help better predict outcomes in kids with congenital cytomegalovirus

Two new studies may help researchers and clinicians better understand congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV), the most common infectious cause of birth defects and a leading cause of non-genetic hearing loss in children.