How the Mongolian gerbil may help speed recovery of a rare inner ear problem

To patients of P. Ashley Wackym, a surgical otologist-neurotologist at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, a diagnosis of superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) can feel like a death sentence.

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-medical-news/how-the-mongolian-gerbil-may-help-speed-recovery-of-a-rare-inner-ear-problem

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33 million kids vaccinated against polio in southern Africa

More than 33 million children in several southern African countries have been vaccinated against polio, part of ongoing efforts to eradicate the infectious paralytic disease that has been largely contained in much of the world, the World Health Organization announced on Friday.

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-medical-news/33-million-kids-vaccinated-against-polio-in-southern-africa

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Commentary: Two decades of stagnant funding have rendered Canada uncompetitive in biomedical research

You may imagine that the hard part of being a Canadian scientist is having a bright idea. However, while curiosity, persistence and inventiveness are prerequisites for scientific success, the major obstacle to being a biomedical scientist in Canada is obtaining research funding.

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-medical-news/commentary-two-decades-of-stagnant-funding-have-rendered-canada-uncompetitive-in-biomedical-research

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Do beach cabanas actually protect you from the sun?

You may have seen them popping up on beaches everywhere—colorful, breezy, shady, beach cabanas.

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-medical-news/do-beach-cabanas-actually-protect-you-from-the-sun

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Rucaparib efficacious in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

For patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, treatment with rucaparib is associated with significantly longer duration of imaging-based progression-free survival compared with a control medication, according to a study published online Feb. 16 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, held from Feb. 16 to 18 in San Francisco.

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-medical-news/rucaparib-efficacious-in-metastatic-castration-resistant-prostate-cancer

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Harnessing plant molecules to harvest solar energy

Our current solar panels aren't very efficient; they are only able to convert up to about 20% of the sun's energy into electricity. As a result, to generate a lot of electricity, the panels require a lot of space—sometimes leading forests to be cut down or farms to be replaced by solar. If solar panels were more efficient, much smaller panels could make the same amount of electricity, and wouldn't claim as much land.

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/harnessing-plant-molecules-to-harvest-solar-energy

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