The first month of 2023 has already passed, so we are in a hurry to share with you the latest medical news that will not leave you indifferent.
Ukrainian doctors perform their first lung transplant without the help of foreign colleagues
On January 24, Ukrainian doctors transplanted a lung from a posthumous donor in Lviv for the first time without the help of foreign colleagues.
The operation, which lasted 16 hours, was performed by the team of the First Medical Association of Lviv, led by cardiac surgeons Roman Domashych and Igor Humennyi. We are proud of our doctors!
The donor organ was received by a single father whose lungs were damaged during the Chornobyl accident.
An innovative device for restoring eardrums
Australian researchers from Melbourne and Perth have developed a new variation of an implant for people with hearing defects.
The ClearDrum middle ear implant, which can grow patient cells, has been combined with silk. To be more precise, the sericin protein was isolated from the silk, heated to a liquid state, and used to create the device.
This implant is placed under the damaged eardrum. Over time, new tissue grows there.
A drug against a liquid type of blood cancer is approved in the United States
Jaypirca has proven efficacy for patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma. This is a rare type of blood cancer that starts with white blood cells in the lymph nodes and aggressively spreads to other parts of the body.
Out of 120 patients with early and intermediate-stage cancer, 50% responded to the drug, and 13% achieved remission.
Insulin in pills: will scientists succeed in creating them?
Since the Canadian Frederick Bunting isolated insulin in 1921 and began using it to treat diabetics, scientists have been looking for ways to create tablet forms of this hormone. Perhaps now scientists are as close as possible to this goal.
Researchers at Australia's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne have discovered a molecule that is different from insulin but may have the same effect. This discovery will allow us to replace daily insulin injections with pills in the future.
Can ants detect cancer in humans?
Scientists have discovered that brown forest ants can recognize cancer in animals. So experts want to adapt this ability to recognize cancer in humans. Fantasy or the future? Perhaps we will find out soon.
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