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Biomedical applications of shape-memory polymers: How practically useful are they?

Apr 29, 2014 (SPX)

Polymers that exhibit shape-memory effect (SME) are an important class of materials in medicine, especially for minimally invasive deployment of devices. Profes...

New patenting guidelines are needed for biotechnology

Apr 29, 2014 (SPX)

Biotechnology scientists must be aware of the broad patent landscape and push for new patent and licensing guidelines, according to a new paper from Rice Univer...

By Restoring Sense of Touch to Amputees, HAPTIX Seeks to Overcome Physical and Psychological Effects of Upper Limb Loss

Apr 29, 2014 (SPX)

To understand the meaning of "proprioception," try a simple experiment. Close your eyes and lift your right arm above your head. Then, move it down so that it's...

Building 'Smart' Cell-Based Therapies

Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)

A Northwestern synthetic biology team has created a new technology for modifying human cells to create programmable therapeutics that could travel the body and ...

Potential Use of Google Glass in Surgical Settings

Apr 19, 2014 (SPX)

An article recently published in the International Journal of Surgery shows the potential applications for Google Glass in the surgical setting, particularly in...

China and India face huge cancer burden: experts

Apr 11, 2014 (AFP)

China and India are facing a cancer crisis, with smoking, belated diagnosis and unequal access to treatment all causing large-scale problems, experts said on Fr...

Novel plant biotechnology approach for sustainable production of pharmaceutical compounds

Apr 10, 2014 (SPX)

European scientists have made ground-breaking discoveries for improving the efficiency of the production of pharmaceuticals through plant biotechnology. Biotech...

Self-assembled superlattices create molecular machines with 'hinges' and 'gears'

Apr 10, 2014 (SPX)

A combined computational and experimental study of self-assembled silver-based structures known as superlattices has revealed an unusual and unexpected behavior...

Self-healing engineered muscle grown in the laboratory

Apr 03, 2014 (SPX)

Biomedical engineers have grown living skeletal muscle that looks a lot like the real thing. It contracts powerfully and rapidly, integrates into mice quickly, ...

Nano-paper filter removes viruses

Apr 03, 2014 (SPX)

Nanotechnology and Functional Materials, Uppsala University have developed a paper filter, which can remove virus particles with the efficiency matching that of...

Pocket diagnosis

Mar 28, 2014 (SPX)

A recently-developed mobile phone application could make monitoring conditions such as diabetes, kidney disease, and urinary tract infections much clearer and e...

Intel buys fitness-tracking band maker Basis

Mar 26, 2014 (AFP)

Intel on Tuesday announced it has bought fitness-tracking band maker Basis Science as part of a move into the hot wearable computing market. The California-base...

Switching an Antibiotic on and off with Light

Mar 24, 2014 (SPX)

Scientists of the KIT and the University of Kiev have produced an antibiotic, whose biological activity can be controlled with light. Thanks to the robust diary...

Researchers Devise New, Stretchable Antenna for Wearable Health Monitoring

Mar 21, 2014 (SPX)

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new, stretchable antenna that can be incorporated into wearable technologies, such as health m...

IBM's Watson joins 'genomic medicine' effort

Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)

IBM said Wednesday it was joining a "genomic medicine" initiative, using its Watson supercomputer to deliver customized treatment options for cancer patients. T...

Honey is a new approach to fighting antibiotic resistance

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Honey, that delectable condiment for breads and fruits, could be one sweet solution to the serious, ever-growing problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics,...

Obama takes satirical hit to chin to sell health care

Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama is trying a new strategy in his struggle to sell his stumbling health care law -- self parody. Obama ventured onto the spoof online co...

Weiss and Wagner Research on 3D Scaffolds Sets New Bar in Lung Regeneration

Mar 10, 2014 (SPX)

In end-stage lung disease, transplantation is sometimes the only viable therapeutic option, but organ availability is limited and rejection presents an addition...

Volume of notifiable disease reporting may double with required electronic lab reporting

Mar 10, 2014 (SPX)

Public health departments nationwide are already feeling the strain from budget cuts. But their case report volumes are forecasted to double when federal requir...

A world free from cancers: Probable, possible, or preposterous?

Mar 06, 2014 (SPX)

A panel of leading health, economics and policy experts recently discussed the prospects for a future where cancers are rendered manageable or even eradicated a...