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Thermo Fisher buying Life Tech for $13.6 bn
Apr 15, 2013 (AFP)
Scientific equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific said Monday it was taking over biotech firm Life Technologies, a major force in genetic sequencing, for $13....
Virginia Tech study finds virus promising for prostate cancer treatment
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
A study at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine has identified a chicken-killing virus as a promising treatment for prostate cancer in ...
ORNL's awake imaging device moves diagnostics field forward
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
A technology being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory promises to provide clear images of the brains of children, the elderly...
Technique Finds Software Bugs in Surgical Robots And Helps Developers Fix Flaws, Ensure Safety
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
Surgical robots could make some types of surgery safer and more effective, but proving that the software controlling these machines works as intended is problem...
Streams stressed by pharmaceutical pollution
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
Pharmaceuticals commonly found in the environment are disrupting streams, with unknown impacts on aquatic life and water quality. So reports a new Ecological Ap...
Bioglass helping to mend bones
Apr 10, 2013 (SPX)
Jose Ramon Sarasua and Aitor Larranaga, researchers in the materials engineering department of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, have been studying ...
3-D printer can build synthetic tissues
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
A custom-built programmable 3D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues, Oxford University scientists have demonstrated. Th...
Notre Dame imaging specialists create 3-D images to aid surgeons
Apr 05, 2013 (SPX)
University of Notre Dame researchers have successfully created three-dimensional anatomical models from CT scans using 3-D printing technology, a process that h...
Scientists use 3D printer to make tissue-like material
Apr 04, 2013 (AFP)
British scientists have used a custom-made 3D printer to make living tissue-like material that could one day serve medical purposes, according to findings relea...
Outside View: Mobile medical technologies
Apr 01, 2013 (UPI)
As the U.S. deficit continues to rise and the sequester cuts take effect, it is time that U.S. lawmakers consider all areas of spending for cost-cutting solutio...
Researchers identify fish protein that may inhibit cancer metastasis
Mar 25, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a peptide, or protein, derived from Pacific cod that may inhibit prostate cancer an...
Researchers looking to create human heart
Mar 23, 2013 (UPI)
Medical researchers in Spain say they are close to being able to grow human hearts for transplants outside the body. Doctors have already grown and transplanted...
IUPUI Stem Cell Research Could Expand Clinical Use of Regenerative Human Cells
Mar 21, 2013 (SPX)
Research led by a biology professor in the School of Science at IUPUI has uncovered a method to produce retinal cells from regenerative human stem cells without...
Immune finding aids quest for vaccines to beat tropical infections
Mar 20, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists are a step closer to developing vaccines for a range of diseases that affect 200 million people, mainly in tropical south-east Asia, Africa and Centr...
China blasts US court for $162 mn price-fixing award
Mar 19, 2013 (AFP)
Beijing lashed out Tuesday at a US court that ordered two Chinese pharmaceutical companies to pay $162 million for price-fixing in the US market, saying the rul...
Mummy CT scans show preindustrial hunter gatherers had clogged arteries
Mar 19, 2013 (SPX)
Like nearly 4.6 million Americans, ancient hunter-gatherers also suffered from clogged arteries, revealing that the plaque build-up causing blood clots, heart a...
Intense terahertz pulses cause DNA damage but also induce DNA repair
Mar 19, 2013 (SPX)
Terahertz (THz) radiation, a slice of the electromagnetic spectrum that occupies the middle ground between microwaves and infrared light, is rapidly finding imp...
Japan's Fujitsu says smartphones can take your pulse
Mar 18, 2013 (AFP)
A smartphone that can take the pulse of a user just by looking at his or her face was unveiled in Japan on Monday. Technology giant Fujitsu plans to put the inv...
Biological tooth replacement getting closer
Mar 15, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists have developed a new method of replacing missing teeth with a bioengineered material generated from a person's own gum cells. Current implant-based m...
Outside View: Ryan's untenable solutions
Mar 14, 2013 (UPI)
Republicans are losing U.S. elections they could win by slavishly clinging to untenable solutions for skyrocketing federal healthcare costs that voters reject. ...
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