Healthy girl diagnosed with life-changing medical condition

By Olivia Day for Daily Mail Australia 10:29 07 Jul 2024, updated 10:49 07 Jul 2024 A three-year-old girl with an aggressive form of cancer that was “attacking” her bone marrow showed only one symptom before diagnosis: she walked with a painless limp. Tori Ziebell now wants to raise awareness about the rare symptom that … Read more

Unusual symptom every parent should know about after seemingly healthy 3-year-old girl was diagnosed with life-changing medical condition

Three-year-old Lylah Ziebell (pictured with her mother Tori) was a happy and seemingly healthy toddler before she was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia on June 27.

By Olivia Day for Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:29 EDT, July 7, 2024 | Updated: 05:49 EDT, July 7, 2024 A three-year-old girl with an aggressive form of cancer that was “attacking” her bone marrow showed only one symptom before diagnosis: she walked with a painless limp. Tori Ziebell now wants to raise awareness about … Read more

Incredible, unique video of an embryo forming – that scientists hope will solve medical mysteries

For the first time ever, scientists have recorded real-time video of an early-stage embryo forming the 'neural tube' that will grow into its brain and spinal cord (above). An innovative technique using fluorescent protein was used to illuminate this tiny embryo

Scientists have captured the first ever early stage of embryo formation, which could help solve the ‘mystery’ of how birth defects develop in humans. Australian researchers watched in amazement as the cells of a quail embryo crawled around a protein-based support structure, organising themselves into the earliest form of the heart and the first stage … Read more

Adhesive coatings can prevent scarring around medical implants

When medical devices such as pacemakers are implanted in the body, they usually cause an immune response that leads to the build-up of scar tissue around the implant. These scars, known as fibrosis, can interfere with the functioning of the devices and may require their removal. In a step forward that could prevent these types … Read more