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Bench-2-Bedside competition on April 8 showcases the best in University of Utah student innovation

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(April 2, 2015) — The innovations are ready to be unveiled. After six months of research, planning, problem solving and light-bulb moments of inspiration, more than 20 teams of University of Utah students participating in the fifth annual Bench-2-Bedside competition will showcase inventions that could change the way medicine is delivered. The event will be […]

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Earthlike ‘Star Wars’ Tatooines may be common

March 30, 2015 – Luke Skywalker’s home in “Star Wars” is the desert planet Tatooine, with twin sunsets because it orbits two stars. So far, only uninhabitable gas-giant planets have been identified circling such binary stars, and many researchers believe rocky planets cannot form there. Now, mathematical simulations show that Earthlike, solid planets such as […]

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New insights into little known but common birth defect: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is not as well known as muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, but like them it is a life-threatening birth defect, and is just as common. Occurring in one in 3,000 births, CDH causes the guts and liver to protrude through a defective diaphragm and into the chest cavity, where they interfere with the lungs.

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