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October 20, 2014

Brain surgery through the cheek
Nashville TN (SPX) Oct 20, 2014
For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy means drilling through the skull deep into the brain to destroy the small area where the seizures originate - invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period. Five years ago, a team of Vanderbilt engineers wondered: Is it possible to address epileptic seizures in a less invasive way? They decided it would be possible. Because the area of the brain involved is the hippocampus, which is located at the bottom of the brain, they could develop a r ... read more

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Amphibians being wiped out by emerging viruses Scientists tracing the real-time impact of viruses in the wild have found that entire amphibian communities are being killed off by closely related viruses introduced to mountainous areas of norther ... more		Academies call for consequences from the Ebola virus epidemic The Ebola virus is spreading rapidly and to an unexpected extent. The outbreak does not follow the patterns experienced in the past and the virus shows a new disease dynamic in regions, where it has ... more		Drexel study questions 21-day quarantine period for Ebola As medical personnel and public health officials are responding to the first reported cases of Ebola Virus in the United States, many of the safety and treatment procedures for treating the virus an ... more
				Stanford team invents sensor that uses radio waves to detect subtle changes in pressure Stanford engineers have invented a wireless pressure sensor that has already been used to measure brain pressure in lab mice with brain injuries. The underlying technology has such broad potential t ... more		Mind-controlled prosthetic arms that work in daily life are now a reality For the first time, robotic prostheses controlled via implanted neuromuscular interfaces have become a clinical reality. A novel osseointegrated (bone-anchored) implant system gives patients new opp ... more

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Nuclear help for faster Ebola diagnosis The UN nuclear agency said Tuesday that it will provide specialised equipment to West African countries hit by the Ebola outbreak to help faster diagnosis. ... more		All that glitters is... slimy? Gold nanoparticles measure the stickiness of snot Some people might consider mucus an icky bodily secretion best left wrapped in a tissue, but to a group of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, snot is an endlessly fasc ... more		Almost half of Kyiv without heat, power, after Russian attack Denmark proposes NATO surveillance mission for Greenland Military aircraft to arrive in Greenland for 'long-planned' activities: US-Canadian command		Preliminary Ebola tests come back positive for Dallas healthcare worker A second Ebola case has been diagnosed in the United States, as preliminary tests for the deadly disease have come back positive for a healthcare worker in Dallas who cared for Liberian Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan. ... more
				The mathematics behind the Ebola epidemic Researchers in the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich have calculated new benchmark figures to precisely describe the Ebola epidemic in West Africa from a mathematical pe ... more		Amputees discern familiar sensations across prosthetic hand Even before he lost his right hand to an industrial accident 4 years ago, Igor Spetic had family open his medicine bottles. Cotton balls give him goose bumps. Now, blindfolded during an experiment, ... more

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Smallest world record has 'endless possibilities' for bio-nanotechnology Scientists from the University of Leeds have taken a crucial step forward in bio-nanotechnology, a field that uses biology to develop new tools for science, technology and medicine. The new study, p ... more		NASA To Study Deep Space Behavioral Health and Performance Issues NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) will fund three proposals to help investigate questions about behavioral health and performance on future deep space exploration missions. Research like this may ... more		Heavy snow in US strands drivers in 100-vehicle crash Chile wildfires rage for third day, entire towns wiped out Death toll from floods rises in Mozambique, South Africa		Microgravity Bone Research A Half Century Later Once you reach your fifties, you may anticipate some health changes, such as the beginning of bone loss. You may not expect such challenges in your prime-that is, unless you suffered from osteoporos ... more
A universal Ebola drug target University of Utah biochemists have reported a new drug discovery tool against the Ebola virus. According to a study published in this week's online edition of Protein Science, they have produced a ... more		Computers make powerful allies in fight against AIDS The battle against AIDS cannot be won in the laboratory alone. To fight the potentially deadly virus that 34 million people are suffering from we need help from computers. Now research fron Universi ... more		New 'lab-on-a-chip' could revolutionize early diagnosis of cancer Scientists have been laboring to detect cancer and a host of other diseases in people using promising new biomarkers called "exosomes." Indeed, Popular Science magazine named exosome-based cancer di ... more		Easy recipe to make bone and cartilage Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Monash University and RIKEN Centre for Developmental Biology have used a combination of small molecules to generate ... more

	Low concentrations of heavy metals contributes to antibiotic resistance New Swedish research shows that plasmids containing genes that confer resistance to antibiotics can be enriched by very low concentrations of antibiotics and heavy metals. These results strengthen t ... more		EU well armed to prevent an Ebola epidemic: experts The European Union must fill gaps to stop the spread of Ebola now that an infected nurse in Spain has exposed these failings, but it is well armed to prevent an epidemic, EU officials and experts said. ... more

Russia says US has not released crew from detained tanker

Inside China's buzzing AI scene year after DeepSeek shock

EU wants to keep Chinese suppliers out of critical infrastructure

Britain sends 750 military personnel to combat Ebola		Hi-tech images point to chinks in HIV's armour		Health T-shirts and a mind-reading bar unveiled in Japan		US troops in Africa could stay a year in Ebola mission		West Africa finetunes multi-national force to fight Boko Haram
Trio win Nobel medicine prize for brain's 'GPS'		Running the Race to Cure Cancer From Space		'Smart' bandage emits phosphorescent glow for healing below		A Heartbeat Away? Hybrid "Patch" Could Replace Transplants		1,400 US troops soon headed to Liberia for Ebola mission

New tool assesses skill development in robotic microsurgery, reports Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

New material steals oxygen from air

'Vaccinated' mosquitos released in Rio to combat dengue

Indonesia makes first arrests of manta ray traders

China to open first high security bio laboratory

Ebola epidemic battering Liberian economy: minister

Sierra Leone quarantines one million ahead of UN Ebola talks

UN confronts deadly Ebola epidemic

Guyana, China sign five-year health pact

Venezuela asks citizens to swap guns for grants, meds

Nanotubes help healing hearts keep the beat

UTSA microbiologists discover regulatory thermometer that controls cholera

Sierra Leone's three-day Ebola shutdown ends

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