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Google making sugar-sensing contact lens for diabetics
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
The Google lab known for working on unusual projects like self-driving cars is crafting a contact lens that could help diabetics manage blood sugar levels. "We'...
Heart attack damage slashed with microparticle therapy
Jan 16, 2014 (SPX)
After a heart attack, much of the damage to the heart muscle is caused by inflammatory cells that rush to the scene of the oxygen-starved tissue. But that infla...
Harvard scientists control cells following transplantation, from the inside out
Jan 16, 2014 (SPX)
Harvard stem cells scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital and MIT can now engineer cells that are more easily controlled following transplantation, potentia...
KIT Researchers Develop Artificial Bone Marrow
Jan 16, 2014 (SPX)
Artificial bone marrow may be used to reproduce hematopoietic stem cells. A prototype has now been developed by scientists of KIT, the Max Planck Institute for ...
On-demand vaccines possible with engineered nanoparticles
Jan 13, 2014 (SPX)
Vaccines combat diseases and protect populations from outbreaks, but the life-saving technology leaves room for improvement. Vaccines usually are made en masse ...
Smart shirt knows when you're not up to snuff
Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)
French fashion is getting smarter with the help of fabric woven with micro-sensors that can reveal when someone is weary or unwell. France-based Cityzen Science...
Scientists explain age-related obesity: Brown fat fails
Jan 06, 2014 (SPX)
As most people resolve themselves to lose weight this New Year, here's why it seems to get easier and easier to pack on unwanted pounds: New research published ...
China denies vaccine killed babies
Jan 03, 2014 (AFP)
China's health authorities said Friday that they have found no link between a hepatitis B vaccine and the deaths of 17 children shortly after they were immunise...
The first cancer operation room with a navigator is created
Dec 27, 2013 (SPX)
A team of researchers from Gregorio Maranon Hospital, the company GMV and the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have started the first cancer operation ro...
DNA clamp to grab cancer before it develops
Dec 23, 2013 (SPX)
As part of an international research project, a team of researchers has developed a DNA clamp that can detect mutations at the DNA level with greater efficiency...
Cells from the eye are inkjet printed for the first time
Dec 19, 2013 (SPX)
A group of researchers from the UK have used inkjet printing technology to successfully print cells taken from the eye for the very first time. The breakthrough...
Study finds biomaterials repair human heart
Dec 12, 2013 (SPX)
Clemson University biological sciences student Meghan Stelly and her father, Alabama cardiovascular surgeon Terry Stelly, investigated a biomedical application ...
New study finds corn oil superior to extra virgin olive oil in lowering cholesterol
Dec 10, 2013 (SPX)
Corn oil significantly reduces cholesterol with more favorable changes in total cholesterol (TC) and LDL-C than extra virgin olive oil, new research shows. The ...
Walk this way, says China's heavy metal shoe maker
Dec 09, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese factory worker says walking in huge iron shoes weighing more than 200 kilograms each can cure back pain, but faces hefty competition in his bid to bui...
UConn Chemist Discovers New Way to Stabilize Proteins
Dec 09, 2013 (SPX)
A UConn research team has found a way to stabilize hemoglobin, the oxygen carrier protein in the blood, a discovery that could lead to the development of stable...
Pills of the future: Nanoparticles
Dec 05, 2013 (SPX)
Drugs delivered by nanoparticles hold promise for targeted treatment of many diseases, including cancer. However, the particles have to be injected into patient...
Iron-based process promises greener, cheaper and safer drug and perfume production
Dec 05, 2013 (SPX)
University of Toronto researchers have developed a series of techniques to create a variety of very active iron-based catalysts necessary to produce the alcohol...
Understanding hearing
Dec 03, 2013 (SPX)
Children learning to speak depend on functional hearing. So-called cochlear implants allow deaf people to hear again by stimulating the auditory nerve directly....
Hong Kong's illegal cancer drug trade driven by mainland buyers
Dec 02, 2013 (AFP)
Safety fears over medication in mainland China are driving a risky illegal trade in cancer drugs in Hong Kong, experts say, warning of shortages in a similar sc...
Diamond 'flaws' pave way for nanoscale MRI
Nov 28, 2013 (SPX)
By exploiting flaws in miniscule diamond fragments, researchers say they have achieved enough coherence of the magnetic moment inherent in these defects to harn...
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