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Clinical Research Assistant Kevin Jackson uses AlgometRx Platform Technology on Sarah Taylor's eyes to measure her degree of pain at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Children's National Medical Center is testing an experimental device that aims to measure pain according to how pupils react to certain stimuli. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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No Stethoscope for Pain: Scientists Seek Real Way to Measure

by Lauran Neergaard AP Medical WriterJanuary 10, 2019

This microscope image provided by the Van Andel Research Institute in October 2018 shows an abnormal protein that is a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease clumped inside the appendix. New research suggests Parkinson’s, a brain disease, may get its start in the gut _ specifically, the appendix. (Van Andel Research Institute via AP)

Appendix Removal Is Linked to Lower Risk of Parkinson’s Disease

by Lauran Neergaard AP Medical WriterOctober 31, 2018

Jered Chinnock walks down a clinic hallway with his therapy team at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. on Sept. 18, 2018. Chinnock, paralyzed since 2013, is taking steps again thanks to an electrical implant that zaps his injured spine and months of intense rehab as part of a medical study at the clinic. From left are physical therapist Megan Gill, Chinnock, kinesiologists Daniel Veith and Margaux Linde, and doctoral candidate Jonathan Calvert. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Electrical Implant, Rehab Offer Hope for Paralysis

by Lauran Neergaard AP Medical WriterSeptember 25, 2018

This April 7, 2018 family photo shows transplant recipient Terra Goudge, right, and her friend, Amy Aleck, before a procedure where Aleck donated a piece of her healthy liver to Goudge. Goudge was turned down for a traditional transplant from a deceased donor, so the California women traveled to the University of Pittsburgh to find a surgeon willing to perform a living donor transplant instead. (Family Photo via AP)

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Doctors Study How More Living People Might Donate Organs

by Lauran Neergaard AP Medical WriterSeptember 16, 2018

This undated photo provided by Mount Sinai Health System shows slices of human brains in the Mount Sinai Brain Bank that researchers are using to study Alzheimer’s disease. Viruses that sneak into the brain just might play a role in Alzheimer's, scientists reported Thursday, June 21, 2018, in a provocative study that promises to re-ignite some long-debated theories about what triggers the mind-robbing disease. (Mount Sinai Health System via AP)

Study Links Viruses and Alzheimer’s

by Lauran Neergaard AP Medical WriterJune 22, 2018

Sexual Harassment Rampant in Science, Culture Change Urged

by Lauran Neergaard AP Medical WriterJune 13, 2018

Study: Obesity Can Destroy Taste Buds

by Lauran Neergaard AP Medical WriterMarch 20, 2018

In this 1918 photo made available by the Library of Congress, volunteer nurses from the American Red Cross tend to influenza patients in the Oakland Municipal Auditorium, used as a temporary hospital. As scientists mark the 100th anniversary of the Spanish influenza pandemic, labs around the country are hunting better vaccines to boost protection against ordinary winter flu and guard against future pandemics, too. (Edward A. "Doc" Rogers/Library of Congress via AP)

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The Lessons of 1918: Preventing the Next Flu Pandemic

by Lauran Neergaard AP Medical WriterJanuary 21, 2018

This photo provided by the University of Texas at Austin, shows scientist Jialing Zhang as he demonstrates using the MasSpec Pen to analyze a human tissue sample. Scientists are developing a highly experimental pen-like probe to help surgeons better tell when it's safe to stop cutting or if stray tumor cells still lurk. (University of Texas at Austin via AP)

Test Probe Helps Cancer Surgeons

by Lauran Neergaard AP Medical WriterSeptember 7, 2017

In this July 9, 2015, photo, provided by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., human T cells belonging to cancer patients arrive at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.'s Morris Plains, N.J., facility. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients’ own blood cells into an army of leukemia-fighting assassins. Manufacturer Novartis will create those turbocharged cells in this facility and ship them back to hospitals to infuse into patients. (Brent Stirton/Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. via AP)

FDA OKs Gene Therapy for Child Leukemia

by Lauran Neergaard AP Medical WriterAugust 30, 2017