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Clemson University To Develop Implantable Biochip For Department Of Defense Clemson SC (SPX) Jul 31, 2007 
The Department of Defense has awarded $1.6 million to the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B) at Clemson University for the development of an implantable biochip that could relay vital health information if a soldier is wounded in battle or a civilian is hurt in an accident. The biochip, about the size of a grain of rice, could measure and relay such information as lactate a ... read more |
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Insulin-Signaling Possible Key To Extended Longevity
Boston (UPI) July 20, 2007New research shows it may be possible to one day take a life-extending pill that mimics the healthy effects of exercise and a low-calorie diet by lowering insulin signaling in the brain. The key to a longer life is lower insulin levels, said Morris White, a pediatrician and endocrinologist at Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Less insulin helps cells fend off diseases that lead to an early death, ... more Scientists Invent Novel Hydrogels For Repairing And Regenerating Human Tissue 
Newark, DE (SPX) Jul 20, 2007University of Delaware scientists have invented a novel biomaterial with surprising antibacterial properties that can be injected as a low-viscosity gel into a wound where it rigidifies nearly on contact--opening the door to the possibility of delivering a targeted payload of cells and antibiotics to repair the damaged tissue. Regenerating healthy tissue in a cancer-ridden liver, healing a biops ... more Can Heart Tissue Be Regenerated 
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 18, 2007When human hearts are injured, as during a heart attack, healthy tissue normally can't regrow. Researchers now demonstrate in rats that a sponge-like patch, soaked in a compound called periostin and placed over the injury, can not only get heart cells to begin dividing and making copies of themselves again, but also improves heart function. Their findings appear in the July 15 online edition of ... more New Technology Transforming Life For The Deaf 
Madrid (AFP) Jul 18, 2007Multi-function phones, webcams and other new technological innovations have transformed the lives of the hard of hearing, delegates at an international congress of the deaf said Tuesday. "Technology is important for the deaf community. There's the internet, internet, webcams, email, SMS and chat systems," said Amparo Minguet, director of training at the institute for the deaf in the eastern cit ... more Universal Flu Vaccine Being Tested On Humans 
Ghent, Belgium (SPX) Jul 18, 2007A universal influenza vaccine that has been pioneered by researchers from VIB and Ghent University is being tested for the first time on humans by the British-American biotech company Acambis. This vaccine is intended to provide protection against all 'A' strains of the virus that causes human influenza, including pandemic strains. Flu: Influenza is an acute infection of the bronchi ... more |
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Washington DC (UPI) Jun 22, 2007In an atmosphere that was part political rally and part tent revival, film director Michael Moore brought his scathing healthcare critique, "Sicko," to Congress Wednesday. "You wouldn't expect your fire department to turn a profit," Moore told reporters, congressional staffers and activists at a Capitol Hill event. "You wouldn't privatize your local police force. ... We need to look at hea ... more Corporate Giving - With Strings 
Washington (UPI) June 01, 2007Multinational businesses -- desperate to solve their public image crisis -- used to be content to simply shell out donations. Now, they want a share of the action, executives from some of the world's largest companies said Friday. Corporate giving "has always been based on the private partner owing something," said John Damonti, head of corporate giving at drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb. ... more Virtual Patient To Simulate Real-Time Organ Motions For Radiation Therapy 
Troy NY (SPX) May 31, 2007With a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are developing a physics-based virtual model that can simulate a patient's breathing in real time. When used in conjunction with existing 3-D models, adding the fourth dimension of time could significantly improve the accuracy and effectiveness of radiation treatment for lung ... more Chimp Ban May Impact Research 
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2007Animal rights groups are celebrating the National Institutes of Health's recent decision to permanently end breeding of government-owned chimpanzees, but researchers say the move could be detrimental to biomedical and pharmaceutical research. The NIH's National Center for Research Resources, which has had a moratorium on breeding of federally supported chimpanzees since 1995, said this ... more Urban Future Tries World Health 
Washington (UPI) May 11, 2007Sometime in 2007, the majority of the world's population will live in cities for the first time in human history. Health systems are struggling to keep up. "Urban poverty and its implications on health transcend societies," said Diana Silimperi, a global maternal and child health expert. "I'm not sure that we as a civilization have even begun to come to grips with the ramifications of global urb ... more |
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College Park MD (SPX) Apr 18, 2007The average U.S. resident is exposed to nearly six times as much radiation from medical devices than in 1980, according to preliminary results of a study done by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP). Data from the first large-scale study of U.S. population radiation exposure since 1989 show the annual per capita radiation dose increased 5.9 times, from 0.54 ... more New Study Of Living Cells Could Revolutionize The Way We Test Drugs 
Manchester UK (SPX) Apr 13, 2007Researchers have made a breakthrough by detecting the electrical equivalent of a living cell's last gasp. The work takes them a step closer to both seeing the 'heartbeat' of a living cell and a new way to test drugs. To stay alive, individual biological cells must transfer electrically charged particles, called ions across their cell membranes. This flow produces an electrical current that ... more Chinese Healthcare Gap Widens 
Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2007Pressing healthcare problems are on the rise just as the Chinese healthcare system is reaching its weakest point in recent history, experts said Tuesday. The country's ability to shore up its healthcare safety net could have a dramatic impact on China and the rest of the world. "The current Chinese system has all the downsides of an almost unregulated market in the presence of considerable ... more Medical Technology Gets Personal 
Washington (UPI) April 09, 2007While the future for personalized medicine has far exceeded expectations, funding is critical in order to continue taking the necessary steps, health experts said Monday. "We are on a real roll here in terms of the ability to discover things that we previously thought would take us a decade or more, which are in fact turning out at remarkable speed," said Francis Collins, director of the N ... more Nanotextured Implant Materials: Blending in, Not Fighting Back 
Providence RI (SPX) Apr 10, 2007Biomedical engineers are constantly coming up with ways to repair the human body, replacing defective and worn out parts with plastic, titanium, and ceramic substitutes - but the body does not always accept such substitutes seamlessly. Engineers from Brown and Purdue universities have found that simply changing the surface texture of implants can dramatically change the way cells colonize ... more
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