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Mind-moved bionic arm goes on display in USWashington (AFP) Feb 17, 2011 A bionic prosthetic arm that is controlled by its operator's thoughts and feels like the amputee's lost limb went on display Thursday at a major US science conference. More than 50 amputees worldwide, many of them military veterans whose limbs were lost in combat, have received such devices since they were first developed by US doctor Todd Kuiken in 2002. The arm uses technology called Targeted Muscle Reinervation (TMR), which works by rerouting brain signals from nerves that were severed in th ... read more |
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  Researchers Working Toward Automating Sedation In Intensive Care Units Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Northeast Georgia Medical Center are one step closer to their goal of automating the management of sedation in hospital intensive care unit ... more | .. |
  Seven hurt as record snow buries S. Korea market Seven people were injured when an awning at a South Korean market collapsed Wednesday under the weight of record snowfall, the local fire brigade said. ... more | .. |
  The Astrobiology Of Cancer Despite decades of research and billions of dollars, cancer remains a major killer, with an uncanny ability to evade both the body's defenses and medical intervention. Now an Arizona State Universit ... more | .. |
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  Walking On Mars Three crewmembers of the virtual flight to Mars have 'landed' on their destination planet and two of them today took their first steps on the simulated martian terrain. The highlight of the Mars500 ... more | .. |
  Chinese AIDS activist jailed for criminal damage A Chinese AIDS activist has been jailed for a year for criminal damage at the hospital where he believes he was infected as a child, his lawyer said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Mars 500: Landing On The Simulated Red Planet 'Half-time' for Mars 500; on 12 February 2011, after a 250-day simulated flight to Mars, three crewmembers will land on the Red Planet. They will climb out of their isolation pod two days later at t ... more | .. |
 First French 'designer baby' born French doctors have announced the birth of a baby selected by genetic sampling who may offer a cure for a sibling affected by an incurable hereditary disease. ... more |
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Deloitte launches Silent Shield system to monitor satellite cyber threats
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 Future Surgeons May Use Robotic Nurse Surgeons of the future might use a system that recognizes hand gestures as commands to control a robotic scrub nurse or tell a computer to display medical images of the patient during an operation. ... more | .. |
  Myanmar set for ex-general as president The next Myanmar president looks set to be another general after the new Parliament elected two former military men as vice presidents. ... more | .. |
'Tsunami' of obesity worldwide: study A "tsunami of obesity" is unfurling across the world, resulting in a near-doubling of the numbers of dangerously overweight adults since 1980, doctors warned on Friday. ... more | .. |
  Spanish doctors unveil promising AIDS vaccine Spanish researchers announced Tuesday they have developed an AIDS vaccine which cuts the viral load by a significant amount in most patients although they cautioned it is still not enough as a treatment. ... more |
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  Study Finds Common Ground For Ecosystems And Fishing In Northwest Mexico Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have completed a new study on the geography of commercial fisheries in Northwest Mexico and the results could have far-ranging impl ... more | .. |
 Southeast Asia facing new 'health crisis' Southeast Asia's 600 million people are facing a raft of new health challenges as the disaster-prone region undergoes some of the world's fastest social change, medical papers published Tuesday said. ... more | .. |
  Areva to begin US trial of cancer-fighting isotope A subsidiary of the French nuclear giant Areva said Monday it had received US clearance to begin a clinical trial of an isotope that targets cancer cells. ... more | .. |
  ISS Resupply From Four Corners Of Globe A quick succession of international space supply trucks will arrive on the International Space Station's loading docks early in 2011, dropping off more than 11 tons (10,000 kilograms) of food, compu ... more |
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 Space crew to simulate Mars walk next month Three men will simulate walking on Mars next month as part of a project that has seen a multinational crew locked up inside a mock Moscow spaceship since June, the head of the project said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Two critical with swine flu in Hong Kong Two people were in critical condition in a Hong Kong hospital suffering from swine flu, health officials said Friday, a year and a half after an outbreak killed more than 80 people in the city. ... more | .. |
 World Bank aims grant at Haiti's cholera epidemic The World Bank's board of directors on Tuesday approved a $15 million grant to help Haiti fight the cholera epidemic ravaging the impoverished country, the development lender said. ... more | .. |
  Steve Jobs surrenders reins as Apple thrives Legendary Apple Inc. chief Steve Jobs stepped aside on a high note as the company he saved from ruin raked in a blockbuster $6-billion profit amid unrelenting demand for iPhones and iPads. ... more |
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