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Phil Durst, who has undergone an experimental stem cell procedure with his eyes, sits for a portrait in Homewood, Ala., on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. His left eye bore the brunt of a 2017 work accident, which stole his vision, left him unable to tolerate light and triggered four to five cluster headaches a day. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Stem cells from one eye show promise in healing injuries in the other
By LAURA UNGAR - AP Science Writer
Fri,08/18/23-1:00PM , 70 Reads
Phil Durst recalled clawing at his face after a chemical from a commercial dishwashing machine squirted into his eyes, causing “the most indescribable pain I’ve ever felt — ever, ever, ever.”
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OB/GYN Dr. Alecia Fields stands for a portrait in her home in rural Kentucky on Saturday, June 10, 2023. Fields, who has been an advocate for reproductive rights, said the overturning of Roe v. Wade leak brought up “a lot of fears” and made her wonder: “What is this going to mean on the ground? Am I going to be criminalized?” (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

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Why some doctors stay in US states with restrictive abortion laws and others leave
By LAURA UNGAR - AP Science Writer
Thu,06/22/23-5:16PM , 91 Reads
Dr. Kylie Cooper chokes up thinking about the patients she left behind in Idaho.

One who often comes to mind is Kayla Smith.
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A screen displays a patient's vital signs at a hospital in Baltimore on Nov. 28, 2016. Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Friday, June 16, 2023, suggests testosterone replacement therapy is safe for men with “low T” who have cardiovascular disease or are at high risk for it. But doctors say men shouldn’t view the treatment as an “anti-aging tonic.” (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Popular 'low T' treatment is safe for men with heart disease, but doctors warn it's no youth serum
By LAURA UNGAR - AP Science Writer
Fri,06/16/23-10:33AM , 135 Reads
Testosterone replacement therapy is safe for men with “low T” who have heart disease or are at high risk for it, a new study suggests.

But doctors warn the popular treatment is no “anti-aging tonic.”
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Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink says it’s gotten permission to begin testing its device in people. The company made the announcement on Twitter Thursday, May 25, but has provided no details about a potential trial, which was not listed on the U.S. government database of trials. (AP Photo/ Benjamin Fanjoy, File)

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Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink says it has US approval to begin trials in people
By LAURA UNGAR - AP Science Writer
Fri,05/26/23-12:58PM , 108 Reads
Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink says it's gotten permission from U.S. regulators to begin testing its device in people.
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