Hospital and Medical News

January 12, 2015

Flexible, biocompatible implant slips into the spinal cord
Lausanne, France (SPX) Jan 11, 2015
EPFL scientists have managed to get rats walking on their own again using a combination of electrical and chemical stimulation. But applying this method to humans would require multifunctional implants that could be installed for long periods of time on the spinal cord without causing any tissue damage. This is precisely what the teams of professors Stephanie Lacour and Gregoire Courtine have developed. Their e-Dura implant is designed specifically for implantation on the surface of the brain or s ... read more

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Five years after quake, cholera epidemic haunts Haiti Five years after an earthquake demolished its capital, Haiti's efforts to get back on its feet are still hampered by an epidemic blamed on the UN troops there to help. ... more		At least 26 US kids die of flu in 'bad' season: officials A particularly bad flu is sweeping the United States, killing 26 children so far this season and nearly doubling hospitalizations among people over 65 in the past week alone, officials said Friday. ... more		Contaminated equipment behind Cambodia HIV outbreak A mass HIV outbreak in a Cambodian village was most likely caused by contaminated medical equipment, the World Health Organization and Cambodian health ministry said Saturday. ... more
				US okays Roche test to identify HIV, hepatitis viruses US authorities have approved a test developed by Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche that can detect both HIV and hepatitis viruses, the company said Friday. ... more		Sierra Leone now has means to control Ebola epidemic Sierra Leone now has the means to curb the Ebola epidemic, the new head of the UN mission for the fight against the disease and a senior World Health Organization official said Friday. ... more

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				'Flying carpet' uses graphene to deliver one-two punch An international team of researchers has developed a drug delivery technique that utilizes graphene strips as "flying carpets" to deliver two anticancer drugs sequentially to cancer cells, with each ... more		Nanotech guides cancer surgery; also kills remaining malignant cells Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new way to selectively insert compounds into cancer cells - a system that will help surgeons identify malignant tissues and then, in combinati ... more

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3-D culture system for pancreatic cancer could change therapeutic approaches Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer, with only 6 percent of patients surviving five years after diagnosis. Today, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and The Lustgarten Foun ... more		'AIDS demolition team' report roils China netizens A property developer in China reportedly hired a group of people with HIV to harass residents into leaving their homes, sparking anger from the country's Internet users on Tuesday. ... more		Cancer often due to bad luck, not genes or environment Cancer is often caused by the "bad luck" of random mutations that arise when cells divide, not family history or environmental causes, US researchers said Thursday. ... more		China bird flu death reported as 2014 toll rises A man has died from the H7N9 bird flu strain in eastern China, state media reported Monday, at the end of a year in which cases of the virus have accelerated. ... more

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