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Temp-controlled 'nanopores' may allow detailed blood analysis
Mar 13, 2013 (SPX)
Tiny biomolecular chambers called nanopores that can be selectively heated may help doctors diagnose disease more effectively if recent research by a team at th...
Human brain treats prosthetic devices as part of the body
Mar 11, 2013 (SPX)
The human brain can learn to treat relevant prosthetics as a substitute for a non-working body part, according to research published March 6 in the open access ...
Pour, shake and stir
Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)
A diagnostic "cocktail" containing a single drop of blood, a dribble of water, and a dose of DNA powder with gold particles could mean rapid diagnosis and treat...
Pixels guide the way for the visually impaired
Mar 06, 2013 (SPX)
Images have been transformed into pixels and projected onto a headset to help the visually impaired in everyday tasks such as navigation, route-planning and obj...
How do bacteria clog medical devices? Very quickly
Mar 06, 2013 (SPX)
A new study has examined how bacteria clog medical devices, and the result isn't pretty. The microbes join to create slimy ribbons that tangle and trap other pa...
More evidence needed for scale up of mobile device technology in health
Mar 01, 2013 (SPX)
Despite the hundreds of pilot studies using mobile health-also known as 'mHealth'', which describe medical and public health practice supported by mobile device...
Gold nanocages could image and treat tumours
Mar 01, 2013 (SPX)
Tiny gold particles called nonocages that emit Cerenkov light could be used to image tumours and deliver drugs to destroy them at the same time. That is the cla...
Swine cells could power artificial liver
Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)
Chronic or acute, liver failure can be deadly. Toxins take over, the skin turns yellow and higher brain function slows. "There is no effective therapy at the mo...
US teenager crafts early detection tool for cancer
Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)
Jack Andraka catapulted from being a typical US teenager unaware of the pancreas to one with a cheap way to detect cancer in the organ before it turns deadly. "...
Researchers Coat Spinal Polymer Implants with Bioactive Film to Improve Bonding with Bone
Feb 26, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film. The discovery should improv...
Growing medicines in plants requires new regulations
Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists say amending an EU directive on GMOs could help stimulate innovation in making vaccines, cheaper pharmaceuticals and organic plastics using plants. I...
Fighting disease deep inside the brain
Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)
Some 90,000 patients per year are treated for Parkinson's disease, a number that is expected to rise by 25 percent annually. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), which...
Walking again after spinal injury
Feb 21, 2013 (SPX)
In the lab, rats with severe spinal cord injury are learning to walk-and run-again. Last June in the journal Science, Gregoire Courtine, of the Ecole Polytechni...
Lifelike ears created with 3D printing
Feb 20, 2013 (AFP)
Researchers said Wednesday they had engineered artificial human ears that look and act like the real thing thanks to 3D printing, giving hope to patients missin...
Kinect teleport for remote medicine
Feb 19, 2013 (SPX)
The Microsoft Kinect game controller could cut the US healthcare bill by up to $30 billion by allowing physicians and other medics to interact with patients rem...
The Spark Within: Light-Emitting Bioprobe Fits in a Single Cell
Feb 18, 2013 (SPX)
If engineers at Stanford have their way, biological research may soon be transformed by a new class of light-emitting probes small enough to be injected into in...
Scientists find surgery, cancer use for mussels
Feb 16, 2013 (AFP)
Mussels secrete a powerful adhesive to hold tight on rocks swept by violent waves -- and a synthetic version could prove critical for surgery and cancer treatme...
Finding the key to immunity
Feb 12, 2013 (SPX)
Living in space weakens astronauts' immune systems, researchers have discovered. The findings are providing clues on how to tackle diseases on Earth before symp...
IBM puts supercomputer to work on cancer
Feb 11, 2013 (AFP)
IBM is putting its Watson supercomputer to work fighting cancer, in what is described as the first commercial program of its kind to use "big data" to help pati...
California targets Chinese 'maternity tourism'
Feb 08, 2013 (AFP)
Six pregnant Asian-looking women cross the road. Two others cross in the opposite direction. In a nearby store, about 10 compare baby clothing. Something is hap...
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