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Wireless Sensors Advance Care for NICU Babies

A pair of wireless sensors replace the tangle of wire-based sensors that currently monitor babies in hospitals and pose a barrier to parent-baby physical bonding. 

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Male Fertility Preservation: A Glimpse of Hope

For many children undergoing chemotherapy, infertility is a harsh reality they may have to face in the future. 

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Gene Therapy and Fertility Preservation Give Sisters Hope for Future

Although Zinnia and Lainee aren’t biological sisters, they both have beta thalassemia. 

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