Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Eric Dishman: Can The Way You Answer Your Phone Predict Disease?

Eric Dishman, Intel's Fellow of Digital Health Group and Director of Health Innovation and Policy, spoke at TEDMED last October on what the future holds for at-home healthcare. Dishman presents a few projects that Intel is working on in anticipation of the demographic changes that are expected to influence medical care around the world.

Link: TEDMED...

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Eric Mead: The Magic of the Placebo

At last year's TEDMED, magician Eric Mead gave a most unexpected talk about placebos. By using a bit of trickery, Mead demonstrated how knowledge of an event's real nature is not enough to suppress belief in its perceived, but fake, action.

Link: TEDMED...

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New Radioisotope Supplier to Fill Gaping Hole in Market

Due to the continued closure of Canada's Chalk River reactor, a major supplier of medical radioisotopes, and the historic limited capacity within the nuclear medicine supply industry, there has been a serious shortage of radiomarkers on the market. To to address this problem, Covidien just received the FDA go ahead to source molybdenum-99 radioisotope from Poland's Maria nuclear research reactor (pictured) to produce technetium-99m for medical applications. The short lived isotope is used in approximately 80% of nuclear diagnostic procedures, and the initial supply, which should be available next month in the US and Canada, should provide enough material for one million procedures in the first six months.

Press release: U.S. FDA and Health Canada Approve Use of Molybdenum 99 From Maria Reactor ...

Image: Maria reactor. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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Monday, March 15, 2010

Visual Part of Brain Regularly Predicts What It's Supposed to See, Gets Flabbergasted When It Doesn't

German scientists from Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and Brain Imaging Center Frankfurt have shown that the primary visual cortex of our brains has a much easier time recognizing expected objects than ones it didn't predict to be seeing. The study involved human subjects that were shown a pattern of dots that was regularly interrupted by white boxes. A functional magnetic resonance machine was used to monitor brain activity inside the visual cortex. The surprising finding was that when white boxes appeared out of their usual pattern, the visual cortex would go into overdrive to identify the unanticipated object. The scientists involved in the study believe that this implies that the visual cortex is performing a great deal of predicting on a regular basis, and that our vision system is far from being a passive mechanism that simply describes what it is seeing.

Image: The sight of bars apparently moving from bottom left to top right (dotted line) evokes activity in the primary visual cortex (V1). Right: in the upper part of the image, the test stimulus (a white-framed bar) is presented in such a manner that it is integrated into the motion of the white bars. In contrast, the brain does not predict the appearance of the test stimulus in the lower part of the image. This test stimulus is presented with a certain time delay, so that the motion direction appears to be interrupted. Image detail bottom left: the activity in V1 is significantly higher for the unexpected test stimulus (brown graph) than for the expected test stimulus (blue graph).

Press release: The scientific brain ...

Abstract in The Journal of Neuroscience: Stimulus Predictability Reduces Responses in Primary Visual Cortex

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Friday, March 12, 2010

Discovering Quantum Processes in Living Organisms

Researchers from Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany and the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Spain are looking for the presence of quantum mechanical processes within viruses and maybe other biological systems. Toward that end, they have proposed an experimental setup that would attempt to create and detect quantum superposition states within viruses billions of atoms large.

In order to test for superposition states, the experiment involves finely tuning lasers to capture larger objects such as viruses in an ‘optical cavity’ (a very tiny space), another laser to slow the object down (and put it into what quantum mechanics call a ‘ground state’) and then adding a photon (the basic element of light) in a specific quantum state to the laser to provoke it into a superposition.

The researchers say, "We hope that this system, apart from providing new quantum technology, will allow us to test quantum mechanics at larger scales, by preparing macroscopic superpositions of objects at the nano and micro scale. This could then enable us to use more complex microorganisms, and thus test the quantum superposition principle with living organisms by performing quantum optics experiments with them."

Press release: Can we detect quantum behaviour in viruses?

Full article in New Journal of Physics: Toward quantum superposition of living organisms

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Physical Forces Shown as Central in Cancer Related Protein Signaling System

A team of researchers from Berkeley University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has discovered that the EphA2/ephrin-A1 signaling complex, known as a participant in a number of human cancers, can be influenced through the careful application of physical force. This is quite phenomenal considering that until now only chemical reactions were known to influence signaling systems.

From a Berkeley Lab press release:

Observations have indicated that mammalian cells are sensitive to the physical aspects of their environment, such as the texture or geometry of the surrounding tissue. However, evidence that physical forces impact freely-moving signaling molecules (as opposed to focal adhesion molecules) in the membranes of cells has been lacking because the cell membrane is an environment that has always been difficult to characterize and manipulate. Groves and his research group have found a way to overcome this obstacle with the development of unique synthetic membranes constructed out of lipids and assembled onto a substrate of solid silica that enables them to directly control cellular signaling activities.

In this latest study, Groves and his colleagues worked with mammary epithelial cells from a library of 26 model human breast cancer cell lines that have been well-characterized by co-author Gray and his research groups at Berkeley Lab and UC San Francisco.

To test the sensitivity of the EphA2/ephrin-A1 signaling complex to mechanical forces, Groves and his group patterned their silica substrates with chromium metal lines that were 10 nanometers in height and 100 nanometers wide. These metal lines acted as diffusion barriers that impeded the lateral mobility of the EphA2/ephrin-A1 complexes in the synthetic membrane. The movement and spatial organization of the complexes were subsequently tracked through a combination of Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF), reflection interference and epifluorescence imaging techniques.

“Without the barriers, the clusters of EphA2/ephrin-A1 signaling complexes were transported to the center of the cell–supported membrane junction, but with the barriers in place, there was an accumulation of clusters at the barrier boundaries,” Groves says. “This resulted in a spatial reorganization that altered the cell’s biochemical behavior.”

Quantitative analysis of these changes to the spatial organization of the EphA2/ephrin-A1 signaling complexes across the library of breast cancer cell lines revealed a strong correlation with the potential for metastasis. Since the patterned metal lines in the silica substrate are analogous to the stiffness, texture and other elastic and mechanical properties of tissue, as well as to internal structures within the cell membrane, the results of this study point to intriguing new possibilities for breast and other cancer therapies.

Video: In these time lapse images, in the left panel an invasive cancer cell engages with ephrin-A1, in the center panel the fluorescently labeled ephrin-A1 is transported beneath the cell, and in the right panel, the ephrin-A1 has gathered into clusters that correspond to darkened areas within the cell.

Image caption: Metal lines patterned into a silica membrane beneath a cell act as a diffusion barrier, impeding the mobility of EphA2/ephrin-A1 signaling complexes so they accumulate along the boundaries of the barrier. Without the barrier, the complexes are transported to a centralized location within the cell.

Press release: Berkeley Scientists Find New Way to Get Physical in the Fight Against Cancer ...

Abstract in Science: Restriction of Receptor Movement Alters Cellular Response: Physical Force Sensing by EphA2

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Biodegradable Material Featuring Embedded Silicon-on-Silk

Scientists from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Tufts University have developed an approach of integrating single crystalline silicon electronics, made out of nanomembranes, into silk that is both biocompatible and absorbable by the body. This can lead to the introduction of monitors and therapeutic devices into spaces where traditional electronics cannot function safely.

The small size of the thin silicon circuits avoids adverse biological reactions while the silk conforms to tissue and dissolves harmlessly over time, factors that make the technology ideal for safely integrating biomedical devices into the human body.

Monitors are not the only potential integrative application. The technology could be used to create electrodes for brain-machine interfaces such as prostheses.

The researchers report that the paper outlines strategies for “integrating single crystalline silicon electronics, where the silicon is in the form of nanomembranes, onto water soluble and biocompatible silk substrates,” they add. “Electrical, bending, water dissolution, and animal toxicity studies suggest that this approach might provide many opportunities for future biomedical devices and clinical applications.”

The challenge for these types of devices is achieving biocompatibility due to the complexity of the body’s responses to many organic and inorganic materials. By avoiding the use of rigid silicon electronics or packaging materials that may not be biocompatible, silicon-on-silk electronics open up development of entirely new types of biomedical applications.

The researchers conclude that silk is preferable to other biodegradable polymers such as polyglycolic acid or collagen, because of “its robust mechanical properties, the ability to tailor the dissolution, and/or biodegradation rates from hours to years, the formation of noninflammatory amino acid degradation products, and the option to prepare the materials at ambient conditions to preserve sensitive electronic functions.

“This approach has the advantage that it does not require the development of an entire set of biogradable electronic materials, but still yields an overall system that dissipates bulk material features at a rate suitable for the application.”

Full story: Is silk the secret to better biomonitors?

Abstract in Applied Physics Letters: Silicon electronics on silk as a path to bioresorbable, implantable devices

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Study Suggests a More Personalized Approach to Tattoo Removal

Dr Ramona Bates of Suture for a Living points us to a recent study in Archives of Dermatology that looked into correlating which laser wavelengths were best for removing different tattoo inks. The team of Spanish researchers blasted 21 tattoo inks with laser light ranging from 300 to 800 nm, and discovered that there's a benefit to matching the color of the laser to the specific ink that is being removed.

Here's from the study abstract:

Results
Reflection spectroscopy facilitated selection of the most adequate laser wavelengths for tattoo removal. Red, orange, and rose inks were successfully lightened at 532 nm with 0.6 J/cm2; brown at 1064 nm with 0.3 J/cm2; yellow and green at 448 nm with 2.6 J/cm2; and blue at 600 nm with 0.9 J/cm2. Similar colors in in vitro and in vivo tattoos responded with the same efficiency to the laser variables.

Conclusions
High efficiency is reached in the removal of in vivo tattoos by using an irradiation wavelength at which the percentage of reflection from the pigment is minimal. Under this condition, laser pulses can be used with a low fluence, minimizing adverse effects and clinical time.

More from Dr Bates: Optimal Laser Variables Required To Remove Tattoos

Abstract in Archives of Dermatology: In Vitro and In Vivo Laser Treatments of Tattoos

Image credit: Divine Harvester...

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Newly Discovered Signaling Pathways That Regulate Artery Formation Foreshadow Novel Vascular Therapies

Scientists at Yale University believe they have discovered the signaling mechanism at work during artery formation, which may end up being used to control the growth of replacement arteries for people with coronary stenoses, etc. Until now, scientists have focused on growth factors as tools to control vessel formation, but the new research provides a direct signaling mechanism that's already proving to be more effective.

Coronary arteries can become blocked with plaque, leading to a decrease in the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart. Over time this blockage can lead to debilitating chest pain or heart attack. Severe blockages in multiple major vessels may require coronary artery bypass graft surgery, a major invasive surgery.

“Successfully growing new arteries could provide a biological option for patients facing bypass surgery,” said lead author of the study, Michael Simons, M.D., chief of the Section of Cardiology at Yale School of Medicine.

In the past, researchers used growth factors—proteins that stimulate the growth of cells—in an attempt to grow new arteries, but this method was unsuccessful. Simons and his team studied mice and zebrafish to see if they could simulate arterial formation by switching on and off two signaling pathways: ERK1/2 and PI3K.

“We found that there is cross-talk between the two signaling pathways. One half of the signaling pathway inhibits the other. When we disable the inhibitor mechanism, we are able to grow arteries,” said Simons. “Instead of using growth factors, we stopped the inhibitor mechanism by using a drug that targets a particular enzyme called PI3-kinase inhibitor.”

“Because we’ve located this inhibitory pathway, this opens the possibility of developing a new class of medication to grow new arteries,” Simons added. “The next step is to test this finding in a human clinical trial.”

Full story from Yale: New Method to Grow Arteries Could Lead to "Biological Bypass" for Heart Disease ...

Full article in The Journal of Clinical Investigation: ERK1/2-Akt1 crosstalk regulates arteriogenesis in mice and zebrafish

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Genetically Empty Virus Particles to Carry Drugs to Diseased Sites

Scientists at John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK managed to create Cowpea mosaic virus particles that are missing their genetic material, turning them into drug ferrying containers that may prove useful against cancer and other localized diseases. Unlike other research teams that tried to remove genetic material from already existing virus particles, the current research involved assembling these particles out of precursor chemicals without ever having to implant them with any genes.

From the abstract:

Empty (devoid of RNA) viruslike particles (eVLPs) of Cowpea mosaic virus can now be obtained readily. CPMV can encapsulate, within the protein capsid, cobalt or iron oxide by environmentally benign processes. The external surface also remains amenable to chemical modification. The development of eVLPs for targeted delivery of therapeutic agents is now a reality.

Press release: Designer nano luggage to carry drugs to diseased cells ...

Abstract in Small: Cowpea Mosaic Virus Unmodified Empty Viruslike Particles Loaded with Metal and Metal Oxide

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Technique Allows Scientists to Peer Through Opaque Materials

Researchers at the City of Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution (ESPCI) have shown that opaque substances can actually be viewed through, and can be made to perform like optical lenses, using laser light and a bit of mathematics. The technology may allow viewing of cells and other biological components through tissue that would otherwise shield them.

In order to demonstrate their approach to characterize opaque substances, the researchers first passed light through a layer of zinc oxide, which is a common component of white paints. By studying the way the light beam changed as it encountered the material, they were able to produce a numerical model called a transmission matrix, which included over 65,000 numbers describing the way that the zinc oxide layer affected light. They could then use the matrix to tailor a beam of light specifically to pass through the layer and focus on the other side. Alternatively, they could measure light emerging from the opaque material, and use the matrix to assemble of an image of an object behind it.

In effect, the experiment shows that an opaque material could serve as a high quality optical element comparable to a conventional lens, once a sufficiently detailed transmission matrix is constructed.

Abstract in Physical Review Letters: Measuring the Transmission Matrix in Optics: An Approach to the Study and Control of Light Propagation in Disordered Media

Viewpoint in APS Physics: The information age in optics: Measuring the transmission matrix

More: Physicsists find a way to see through paint, paper, and other opaque materials ...

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Succinylcholine, A Perfect Poison, Makes Appearance in the Dubai Killing

According to Dubai authorities, and as reported by ABC News, Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was given a shot of succinylcholine prior to other grossly things done to his body on the fateful (for him) day of January 19, 2010. And since your humble correspondent is an anesthesiologist by day, and by call at night, let me tell you why succinylcholine is such a perfect murder weapon.

The best poisons usually have three things in common: small effective dose, also called Median Lethal Dose (or LD50), ease of administration, and rapid and definitive action. The fourth characteristic, the difficulty in detection by a forensics team is a big premium that most poisons don't posses. Most poisons, that is, except succinylcholine and maybe a few others.

So let's review some science, shall we? Succinylcholine is a muscle relaxant. Anesthesiologists call it "sux". Sux is commonly used before intubations, as it completely relaxes patients. Sux is a rapidly acting depolarizer that can be given intravenously (IV) or intramuscularly (IM). Once administered, succinylcholine circulates in the blood, reaches nicotinic receptors on the surface of muscle cells, and there it imitates the action of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that our nerves naturally release to make our muscles move. When succinylcholine is given, seconds later the patient fasciculates, and all muscles in his body become depolarized. In essence, sux makes every muscle twitch to the point that it becomes unresponsive to any subsequent stimulation: you can't breathe, you can't even blink.

Sux is highly effective. In IV form, 100 mg of sux will depolarize every muscle in the body of a 70kg man in about 20 seconds. And the patient will not be able to take another breath for at least 5 minutes. So without assisted ventilation, he is toast. The IM dose of sux is not much different, but takes a little longer to set in.

So there you have it: succinylcholine is an easy to inject poison, it is highly effective, and is guaranteed-to-work quick.

The fourth characteristic of succinylcholine is good news for assassins: sux is almost impossible to detect because its metabolites are all naturally occurring molecules. here's how it works. Most molecules of succinylcholine break down in blood into succinylmonocholine and choline, thanks to a circulating enzyme called pseudocholinesterase. The process is so efficient that only a small fraction of sux molecules that were given actually reach neuromuscular junctions in the first place. Succinylmonocholine is subsequently hydrolyzed into succinic acid, or succinate, a naturally occurring substance well known to anyone who studied biochemistry. The reason succinate is so famous is because it is an important player in TCA (Krebs) cycle, a series of chemical reactions that powers all living cells that use oxygen.

Coming back to Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, he either had an abnormal genetic variant of pseudocholinesterase, which is not uncommon, so some of the sux was not metabolized, or Dubai authorities had access to a highly sensitive succinylmonocholine essay. Or someone, we think, is just bluffing in the Middle East. No surprises there.

Thanks for reading, and here's a great spy movie, courtesy of Dubai authorities:

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Friday, March 5, 2010

Nanotechnology Promises a Glamorous Future for Cosmetics and Skincare Products

Nanotechnologies are already in use in the cosmetics industry. Nonetheless, nanotechnology will become the next new thing in beauty products and skincare. So says Adnan Nasir, MD, PhD, clinical assistant professor in the department of dermatology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, who recently gave a talk at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology about the capacity of nanotech to improve cosmetic products in the future.

From an American Academy of Dermatology:

Dr. Nasir explained that when certain ingredients are included in micrometer-sized particles, which are considerably larger than nanosized particles, the result is a product than can be cosmetically unappealing.

For example, one common ingredient in broad-spectrum sunscreens, which protect the skin from both UVA and UVB rays, is avobenzone, which can make a sunscreen greasy and very noticeable when applied to the skin. Since titanium, another common sunscreen ingredient, requires an oily mixture to dissolve, a white residue can be apparent on the skin upon application. However, when these active ingredients in sunscreens are converted into nanoparticles, they can be suspended in less greasy formulations – which seem to vanish on the skin and do not leave a residue – while retaining their ability to block UVA and UVB light.

“While widespread use of this technology is currently under evaluation, I think one of the main benefits of nanoparticles used in sunscreens will be that the particles can fit into all the nooks and crannies of the skin, packing more protection and more even coverage on the skin’s surface than microsized particles,” said Dr. Nasir. “Since sunscreen formulations using nanoparticles may be more cosmetically appealing and seem to vanish when applied, consumers may be more inclined to use them on a regular basis.”

Nanotechnology also is generating excitement for its potential use in anti-aging products. When properly engineered, nanomaterials may be able to topically deliver retinoids, antioxidants and drugs such as botulinum toxin or growth factors for rejuvenation of the skin in the future.

In anti-aging products, Dr. Nasir added that nanotechnology may allow active ingredients that would not normally penetrate the skin to be delivered to it. For example, vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps fight age-related skin damage which works best below the top layer of skin. In bulk form, vitamin C is not very stable and is difficult to penetrate the skin. However, in future formulations, nanotechnology may increase the stability of vitamin C and enhance its ability to penetrate the skin.

More: Sizing Up Nanotechnology: How Nanosized Particles May Affect Skin Care Products ...

Image credit: kuuipo1207

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Now Mummified Crocs Getting Tomographed

Conservators from Phoebe A. Hearst Museum at UC Berkeley teamed up with Stanford physicists and clinicians to CT scan two Egyptian crocodile mummies that reside at the museum. Strangely, we're not seeing a CT scanner but a Siemens AXIOM Artis clinical fluoroscope in the images. Stanford's SCOPE blog, though, is reporting that the crocs were also put through a physics laboratory CT scanner that produces higher resolution images than clinical ones.

From Rebecca Fahrig, a Stanford physicist:

The scanner in my lab provides much higher resolution than the clinical CT scanner, on the order of 200 microns instead of 600 microns from the clinical scanner. It is possible to see smaller things using these C-arm CT images than using the clinical CT scanner. The system also provides another advantage - during the scanning process we get to see very high-resolution projection (or 2-D) images of the object being scanned. During the scanning of one of the crocodiles, we noticed something in the projection images from the C-arm system that we had not seen in the clinical CT images - a fish hook. We were then able to do a very high-resolution reconstruction of the fish hook, and see details about the shape and construction of the hook.

Read on at SCOPE...

More at Inside The Conservator's Art: Wrapping things up: stabilizing a crocodile mummy and CT scanning crocodile mummies at Stanford

Flashbacks: 42,000 Year Old Baby Mammoth Gets CT, MRI Scanned ; Computed Tomography Images Ancient Egyptian Mummy; One of The Oldest Medical Mysteries May Have Been Solved; CT Suggests King Tutankhamen Died from an Infected Leg Wound; Siemens CT Scanner Reveals Contents of Bust of Nefertiti

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Roger Ebert Demonstrates CereProc's Impressive Voice Building Technology

Roger Ebert had a difficult battle with papillary thyroid carcinoma that left him without a lower jaw and unable to eat or speak. Over the past few years Mr. Ebert has utilized text-to-speech software to communicate using an off-the-shelf voice. However, the other day on Oprah, Mr. Ebert demonstrated CereProc's voice building technology. Using Roger Ebert's past recordings CereProc was able to recreate his voice using text-to-speech pretty well. You can see the results below.

(Hat Tip: Engadget)

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Distributed Computing Helps in AIDS Fight

The Scripps Research Institute has just published a study that identifies the existence of new binding sites on HIV protease. Two compounds were found that attach themselves to the new spots on the protease, a feat that was possible thanks to people volunteering their idle computer cycles to FightAIDS@Home. The project utilizes IBM's distributed computing platform, the World Community Grid, to synchronize geographically separate processors to work on a common task.

IBM reports:

Utilizing computing power from 1.5 million devices networked through IBM's World Community Grid, the new sites on the HIV protease are being used as docking targets for virtual screening experiments, in order to guide the development of these chemical compounds into a new class of potent HIV inhibitors. Using the massive computational resources of the World Community Grid, the FightAIDS@Home team has already docked over 500,000 compounds against these newly characterized binding sites.

By aggregating the unused cycle time of 1.5 million personal computers donated by volunteers in over 80 countries, World Community Grid is now the world's largest public humanitarian grid, equivalent in power to a Top 15 supercomputer, and crunched more than 107,000 years of computational time in just 5 years for the Scripps Research Institute project, providing more than 104 million calculations.

Once the HIV virus enters a human cell, it uses a small set of proteins called enzymes to force the cell to produce many new copies of itself, which then go on to infect other cells. Most HIV drugs work by blocking the operation of one or more of these enzymes. In the current work, the Scripps researchers are looking for new compounds that will stabilize the inhibited conformation, or shape, of the HIV protease enzyme, and thus help stop the virus from replicating. Because HIV mutates so frequently, some drugs that inhibit the enzyme from replicating are no longer working, or are not working as effectively. By running calculations on the World Community Grid FightAIDS@Home project, the team at Scripps is trying to develop new drugs that bind to more parts of the mutant enzyme, thereby shutting it down more effectively.

Abstract in Chemical Biology & Drug Design: Fragment-Based Screen against HIV Protease

IBM press release: Two Compounds Discovered that Pave the Way for New Class of AIDS Drug ...

Link: World Community Grid

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Small Scale Acoustic System Listens to Motion at Cellular Scale

The BBC is reporting on a project between Glasgow University, Oxford and Britain's National Institute of Medical Research to develop a method of listening to the motion of microorganisms like bacteria. The researchers liken the new laser assisted acoustic monitoring system to its optical counterpart, the microscope.

From the BBC:

The micro-ear is based upon modifying an established technology that uses laser light to create so-called optical tweezers.These are already used to accurately measure tiny forces.

They work by suspending very small glass or plastic beads in a beam of laser light. Measuring the movement of these beads as they are jostled by tiny objects allows measurements of tiny forces that operate at molecular scales.

While many researchers use single beams of laser light to trap single beads, the micro-ear team hopes to use several arranged in a ring that will be able to surround and "listen to" an object of interest.

"We can look at a number of objects and watch them wobble," said Prof Miles Padgett. "A wobbling object is like a diaphragm on a microphone."

As such, said Professor Padgett, the wobble can be measured and used to turn the wobbles in the fluid surrounding the subject into sound giving an ear to events on the tiniest of scales.

By surrounding an object, said Professor Padgett, it should be easier to work out whether what that object does is the result of its own actions or something else.

A high-speed camera watches the motion of the ring of beads to determine the source of the motion.

Already the team has been able to listen to Brownian motion - the restless jostling of the atoms and molecules in a fluid.

Once the device is completed, a team led by Dr Richard Berry, a physicist at the University of Oxford, plans to use it to eavesdrop on flagella - the tiny motor that many bacteria such as E. coli use to move themselves around.

This is what Brownian motion sounds like:

BBC: Tiny ear listens to hidden worlds...

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Method Watches Protein Dynamics Live In Vivo

Scientists at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are now able to monitor the folding of proteins within living cells, giving scientists a new tool to monitor protein behavior. Because a higher level of complication is involved within a cell than can be reproduced in a test tube, this technique may give a truer understanding of what proteins are up to.

Read on:

To study the biomolecular dynamics inside of a single living cell, Gruebele [Martin Gruebele, professor of chemistry at University of Illinois] and his team pioneered a hybrid method they've dubbed "Fast Relaxation Imaging," a technique that combines fluorescence microscopy and fast temperature jumps.

To achieve both a fast upward and downward temperature jump, programmed laser pulses are used to pre-heat, spike, plateau, cool and then finally stabilize the temperature in the cell and its aqueous medium at the final value. An inverted fluorescence microscope is used to observe and record what happens inside the cell, all of which takes place in the span of a few milliseconds.

The cells are usually heated to between 96 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

"It's like we give them a little bit of a fever," Gruebele said.

Gruebele says that although temperature jumps have been used for some time to study the kinetics of chemical reactions in vitro, that method is limited by what he calls "homogenous kinetics," or an inability to see the dynamics in different areas of the cell.

"We haven't really been able to study dynamics, to see if a chemical reaction like protein folding varies inside of a living cell," he said. "With temperature jumps and pressure jumps, you can do those experiments very quickly, but you don't get any imagery that lets you see if proteins fold faster in one region and slower in another," Gruebele said.

On the other hand, fluorescence microscopy allows researchers to see inside of cells, but it precludes them from studying cell dynamics and kinetics.

"With fluorescence microscopy, we're able to take images of cells and see inside them, but we can't observe how anything rapidly changes or adapts with time, so you can't look at any but the slowest dynamics. This experiment puts those two aspects together," he said.

Since biomolecular dynamics are predominantly studied in vitro, with the results extrapolated to explain how the same processes would function in a living cell, Gruebele says the new technique has yielded some interesting data that could change standard thinking in the field.

Abstract in Nature Methods: Protein folding stability and dynamics imaged in a living cell

Press release: New technique allows study of protein folding, dynamics in living cells ...

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Monday, March 1, 2010

The 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge Announced

We are really excited to be a part of this year's DiabetesMine Design Challenge. This is a truly unique competition to spur the development of new products and services for patients with diabetes. This year's contest features three grand prizes worth $7,000 each. There is also a kids prize in its own creative category.

Last year's competition brought together fantastic ideas and devices, and we're looking forward to new concepts this year to make diabetics' lives better, more manageable and enjoyable.

More details from the official announcement:

This competition is open to any individuals or organizations passionate about diabetes and product design – whether you're an enterprising patient or parent, a startup company, a design student, an independent developer or engineer, or a pharma R&D pro. Entries from participants age 17 and under are also welcome, and will be judged in a separate category.

To help refine and realize their design concepts, three winners will each receive the following prizes:

$7,000 in cash, plus:

a complementary consulting session with Health and Wellness experts at the global design and innovation firm IDEO

a free access ticket to the “innovation incubator” Health 2.0 Conference planned for October 2010 in San Francisco, CA

introduction to Silicon Valley investors and other relevant experts

additional hands-on assistance towards commercialization of your design idea, as appropriate

Two additional prize categories will also be awarded -- $1,000 cash each for the “Most Creative Idea” and the “Best Kids’ Concept” (age 17 and under). Total cash prizes are $23,000.

Also new this year is open community voting on the website, which will determine the top 10 finalists for this competition. Final winner selections will be made by a group of judges, including individuals with expertise in diabetes care, medical technologies, design, and venture capital funding. Submissions are accepted in the form of a 2-3 minute video to be uploaded to the DiabetesMine YouTube channel, or a 2-3 page written "elevator pitch" plus supporting graphics, also to be uploaded online. The deadline for entries is Friday, April 30th, 2010, at 11:59 pm Pacific time. Winners will be announced on Friday, June 11th, 2010.

Link: The 2010 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge

Press release: DiabetesMine™ Launches 2010 Design Challenge; Fostering Innovation to Improve Life with Diabetes ...

Flashback: The 2009 DiabetesMine Design Challenge Winners Announced

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» Aimee Mullins at TEDMED 2009 (February 23, 2010)

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» Jamie Heywood of PatientsLikeMe at TEDMED 2009 (February 8, 2010)

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» More Confirmation That Photosynthesis Exhibits Quantum Effects (February 4, 2010)

» Book Talk: "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" (February 3, 2010)

» Paper Based Sensors and Other Solutions for Cheap Medical Care (February 3, 2010)

» Computers Taught How to Map Brain's Neural Geography (February 3, 2010)

» Stanford Hospital's Pneumatic Tube Messaging System (February 1, 2010)

» Will Apple iPad be Adopted as The Next Clinical Tablet? (February 1, 2010)

» Flexible Rubber Sheets May Power Future Implantable Devices (January 29, 2010)

» Bill Davenhall: Your health depends on where you live (January 28, 2010)

» Terahertz Radiation Detector May Open New Possibilities in Medicine (January 27, 2010)

» New Evidence for Polarization Being Cause of Life's Homochirality (January 27, 2010)

» Mussel Inspired Surgical Glue Showing Promise in Trials (January 25, 2010)

» A Quick Look at The Status of Smart Pill Technology (January 25, 2010)

» BIOFAB Aims to Bring Modular DNA Components to Synthetic Biology Labs (January 25, 2010)

» New Approach Speeds Up Differentiation of Stem Cells (January 22, 2010)

» Navy Hospital Ship Arrives, Begins Treating Injured Haitians (January 22, 2010)

» A New Source to Help Fulfill Clinical Shortage of Cobalt-60 (January 22, 2010)

» TEDMED 2009: Anthony Atala on The Latest in Regenerative Medicine (January 21, 2010)

» Brain Size Matters... For Video Games (January 20, 2010)

» Eye Test for Alzheimer's Diagnosis, Status Monitoring (January 15, 2010)

» JDRF and Animas Invest in Artificial Pancreas Project (January 14, 2010)

» Studies of Internal Brain Connections Point to Cause of Autism (January 13, 2010)

» Advanced Telescope Technology Helping to Take the Fuzz out of Microscopy (January 12, 2010)

» Protectan Technology May Lead to Drugs That Mitigate Effects of Radiation Exposure (January 11, 2010)

» With Its Touch Based Tablet, Is Apple Aiming at Clinics? (January 11, 2010)

» Cell Phone Use May Actually Be Beneficial to Stave Off Alzheimer's (January 7, 2010)

» Ray Kurzweil Gives a Piece of His Mind (January 6, 2010)

» Non-Genetic Evolution Observed in Prion Proteins (January 5, 2010)

» Technology Review's "The Year in Biomedicine" (December 28, 2009)

» Glowing Metastatic Cells Might Reveal Cancer Development Patterns (December 23, 2009)

» Advanced Photon Source Used to Study Insect Survival Techniques During Freezing (December 21, 2009)

» New Gel Electrophoresis Technique Allows Separation of Glycated Proteins (December 18, 2009)

» Project Develops Microcapsules That Imitate Red Blood Cells (December 17, 2009)

» Micromachine Sensor Distinguishes Type of Coronary Plaque (December 15, 2009)

» Nanotechnology Turns Paper into Batteries (December 14, 2009)

» Frikkin' Lasers (December 11, 2009)

» Build Teen Confidence in Immunology? There's an App for That (December 10, 2009)

» Project Builds Visual System Based on Biologic Processes (December 4, 2009)

» RNA Strands Used to Target Living Tumor Cells (December 4, 2009)

» Energy and Medical Researchers Join for Knowledge Swap (December 3, 2009)

» Infrared Optical Coherence Tomography May Power Next Generation of Endoscopes (December 3, 2009)

» Smart Phones Proving to be Effective at Radiological Image Review (December 2, 2009)

» Nashville Medical Trade Center on Track for Construction (December 1, 2009)

» A Review of The Latest in Plasma Medicine (November 30, 2009)

» Evidence of Biophotonic Communication Motivates Development of New Field of Research (November 25, 2009)

» World's First: University Program Unveiled for Clinical Clowns (November 24, 2009)

» Yes, You Too Glow in The Dark (November 23, 2009)

» DNA's Electrical Properties Help Find Needles in Haystack (November 23, 2009)

» Scientists Embed Organisms With Light Sensitive Paralysis Switch (November 19, 2009)

» The Morbid Business of Dealing in Dead People (November 19, 2009)

» New Generation of Video Games May Offer Real Exercise to Sedentary Public (November 18, 2009)

» Scientists Guide Immune Cells with Light (November 17, 2009)

» Gizmodo: Your Next Body Is Growing In a Lab Right Now (November 13, 2009)

» How Green Fluorescent Proteins Fluoresce (November 13, 2009)

» Ultrasound System Overcomes Implant Hacking Attempts (November 13, 2009)

» New Tool Developed to Observe Function of Neural Systems (November 12, 2009)

» Robert Sapolsky: "The Uniqueness of Humans" (November 12, 2009)

» Software to Analyze Cough Sounds for Signs of Sickness (November 12, 2009)

» Travel Secrets of Ulcer Causing Bacteria Revealed (November 10, 2009)

» Newborn Babies Cry With Mother's Accent (November 6, 2009)

» Data Suggests Amputee Sprinters Not at a Biomechanical Advantage (November 4, 2009)

» Court Refuses to Dismiss Gene Patent Challenge (November 3, 2009)

» New Technology for Turn-On Fluorescence Detection of Cyanide in Water (November 2, 2009)

» 2010 NIST Mobile Microrobotics Challenge Invites Contestants (October 23, 2009)

» The Role of Sound in Everyday Life (October 21, 2009)

» High Performance Biomimetic Muscles from Spider Silk? (October 21, 2009)

» Modeling Trillions of Brain Synapses to Learn More About Ourselves (October 20, 2009)

» Gold Nanoparticles Detect Prostate Cancer Activity (October 20, 2009)

» Investigators Reveal Folding Principles of the Human Genome (October 19, 2009)

» J. Craig Venter vs DTC Genetics: 23andMe and Navigenics Get Scrutinized (October 9, 2009)

» Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Heart Failure (October 9, 2009)

» Project to Test RFID Interaction With Medical Devices (October 9, 2009)

» Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see (October 9, 2009)

» Study Shows That It Is Our Brains, Not Eyes, That See Color (October 8, 2009)

» The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 (October 7, 2009)

» The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 (October 6, 2009)

» New Textbook Covers Medical Device Development (October 6, 2009)

» Ig Nobel Prizes 2009 Announced (October 5, 2009)

» Collection of Anatomically Correct Hearts for Direct Study and Analysis (October 5, 2009)

» Conference Brings Together Leaders in Body Computing (October 5, 2009)

» Mathematics Used to Improve Wound Healing Methodologies (September 30, 2009)

» $5 Egg Beater Separates Plasma from Whole Blood (September 29, 2009)

» Quantum Probability Theory May Explain Failures of Human Logic (September 25, 2009)

» Nanowarrior David Gidalevitz is Fighting Antibiotic Resistance (September 24, 2009)

» Prime Time With The DEKA Arm Prosthesis (September 21, 2009)

» Drugs and Spinal Neurostimulation May Help Paraplegic Walk Again (September 21, 2009)

» Stem Cell Powered Textiles May Assist Tissue Regrowth (September 21, 2009)

» Now Oliver Sacks Talks About Visual Hallucinations in Blind People (September 21, 2009)

» Controllable Membrane May Regulate Drug Delivery (September 18, 2009)

» Genetic Expression Technique Based on Light Switching Proteins Helps Uncover Function of Individual Neurons (September 18, 2009)

» Physical Evidence Shows Sleeps Role in Memory Formation (September 18, 2009)

» Implanted Tooth Restores Vision to Patient With Scarred Corneas (September 17, 2009)

» Gene Therapy Gives Color Vision to Color Blind Monkeys (September 17, 2009)

» Nanostructure Coating Improves Performance of Eye Glasses (September 16, 2009)

» Lasers Used to Guide Growth of Mammalian Cells (September 16, 2009)

» Laser Manufacturing to Improve Implanted Medical Devices (September 16, 2009)

» Light Switches to Help Restore Muscle Movement in Paralyzed (September 15, 2009)

» Delivering The Promise of siRNA (September 15, 2009)

» Michael Yon Reports on Air Ambulance Work in Rugged Afghanistan (September 15, 2009)

» 2009 Tech Awards Honor Technology That Helps World's Poor (September 15, 2009)

» Computers Shown to Read Lips Better Than (Some) Humans (September 15, 2009)

» Neuroeconomics: A New Scientific Field With Strange Social Implications (September 14, 2009)

» Astrocytes Shown to be Active Players in Brain's Intelligence (September 14, 2009)

» Amateur Cryptobiologists Invited to Take On Cipher Challenge (September 10, 2009)

» For One Reason or Another, Researchers Assemble 3D DNA Structures (September 9, 2009)

» Individualized Artificial Voice for Laryngectomy Patients (September 9, 2009)

» Overcoming Fragility of Antibodies by Stabilizing Amino Acid Bonds (September 9, 2009)

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» American Society for Nanomedicine to Hold First Ever Conference (September 4, 2009)

» One On One With Nobel Laureates (September 4, 2009)

» New Material That Spurs Growth of Neural Tissue Might Help Recover Brain Post Injury (September 4, 2009)

» Microchip Detector Watches for Microorganisms in Free Air (September 4, 2009)

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» Carbon Nanotubes May Yet Be Effective Therapy for Neural Disorders (August 31, 2009)

» 3D Molecular Structure Observed Using AFM (August 28, 2009)

» Wireless Electricity May, Among Other Things, Revolutionize Implanted Medical Device World (August 28, 2009)

» Medgadget Design for a Remote, Poorer World (August 27, 2009)

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» Scientists Film Ribosomes Building Proteins (August 25, 2009)

» Japanese Robotic System Shows Off Impressively Fast Movement and Dexterity (August 25, 2009)

» New Dressings Material to Keep Wounds Bacteria Free While Promoting Rapid Healing (August 25, 2009)

» Light Used to Control Protein Behavior Inside Living Cells (August 21, 2009)

» IBM's DNA Origami May Lead to New Computer Chip Design (August 21, 2009)

» Gene Therapy and Adapting Brain Help Improve Vision in Congennital Blindness (August 19, 2009)

» Sandcastle Worms Help Create New Bone Adhesive (August 19, 2009)

» A Litmus Test For Source of Sweetness (August 19, 2009)

» Polymer-Protein Compound Offers New Approach to Biosensors (August 14, 2009)

» Secrets of Magnetotactic Bacteria Unveiled (August 13, 2009)

» An Organ Replaced: Fully Functional Bioengineered Tooth Debuts (August 13, 2009)

» New Light-Emitting Biomaterial for Low Oxygen Conditions, Cancer Imaging (August 13, 2009)

» Update on Wii's Pulse Oximetry Monitor (August 11, 2009)

» Armies of Amoeba May Power Biological Computers (August 10, 2009)

» Molecular Cracks Point to Source of Brittle Bone Disease (August 10, 2009)

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» Dean Kamen Offers Thoughts On Healthcare Debate (August 10, 2009)

» Nanoscale Origami from DNA Sequences (August 10, 2009)

» Drive-Thru ER Concept Studied For High Volume Situations (August 6, 2009)

» Revealed: The Assembly of HIV (August 5, 2009)

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» Bacterial Prison! Scientists Devise Solitary Confinement for Bugs (August 4, 2009)

» Microsystem Helps Study Mechanics of Chemical Gradients (August 4, 2009)

» Microchip System Can Perform Hundreds of Parallel Chemical Reactions (August 4, 2009)

» Music Powers Functional Microfluidic Devices (August 3, 2009)

» New Study Indentifies Brain Tumours Susceptible to Avastin (August 3, 2009)

» Blue Dye Helps Repair Spinal Cord Damage, Turns Rats Into Cute Animals (July 30, 2009)

» New Computer Program Matches Proteins With Potential Binding Compounds (July 30, 2009)

» Theorizing on The Physics of The Mind (July 30, 2009)

» Artificial Cell Structure as a New Model to Study Lung Diseases (July 30, 2009)

» Does Brain Process Time in a Manner Similar to Einstein's Special Relativity? (July 28, 2009)

» CNN Reports on DARPA Med Tech Research (July 28, 2009)

» Protein Therapy Helps Improve Ailing Heart Function (July 28, 2009)

» FDA Issues Press Release Warning On Dangers of E-Cigarettes... It's On! (July 24, 2009)

» Oramed's Oral Insulin Moving Through Clinical Trials (July 24, 2009)

» Nano Scale Mass Spectrometer Developed (July 24, 2009)

» New Compound to Clean Waterways Of Pathogens, Contamination (July 24, 2009)

» Can Neuroscientists Read Your Mind with fMRI? (July 23, 2009)

» A Tale of Brain's Incredible Ability to Rewire Itself (July 23, 2009)

» Structure of Hep E Decoded Through X-ray Crystallography (July 23, 2009)

» A Faster Way to Image Protein Structures (July 22, 2009)

» Brain Rewires Own Circuits to Accomodate New Prosthetics (July 21, 2009)

» Location of 3D Image Processing in Brain Identified (July 21, 2009)

» Video Promoting Nanomedicine Wins a Telly Award (July 21, 2009)

» "Exploring the mind of a killer" (July 21, 2009)

» Smarter Algorithms Lead to Better Robotic Arms (July 21, 2009)

» New Study in Pediatrics Touts "Exergaming" (July 20, 2009)

» Liquid/Gel Morphing Material for Post MI Heart Healing (July 20, 2009)

» World's Medical Gadgetry Center On Track for Construction (July 17, 2009)

» Ultrasound Used for Taxonomy of "Clicking" Languages (July 16, 2009)

» Wii CPR Training in the Works (July 16, 2009)

» Latest State of Equine Stem Cell Therapies (July 15, 2009)

» NEMOSLAB Detects Target Molecules in Blood (July 15, 2009)

» Baby Goose Gets a Chance at Life Thanks to Metal Leg Brace (July 14, 2009)

» For Tender Feet, Shoes Simulate Barefoot Running Safely (July 14, 2009)

» Transporter Molecules Target Prostate Cancer (July 13, 2009)

» In Bacterial Colonies, Group Behavior Activated by Density, Not Quantity (July 10, 2009)

» 16 Patient Kidney Transplant a World's First (July 10, 2009)

» Flexible, Lenseless Fiber Based Cameras Developed (July 10, 2009)

» Kary Mullis Sets His Cunning Mind Against Bacterial Pathogens (July 10, 2009)

» Surgical Adhesives Targeting Specific Tissue Properties for Improved Stickiness (July 10, 2009)

» An Intriguing Medical Technology Story (July 8, 2009)

» TED Talk: "3 Ways The Brain Creates Meaning" (July 7, 2009)

» Short Pulse Laser for AMD (July 7, 2009)

» Microparticle Therapy to Prep Immune System for Organ Transplantation (July 6, 2009)

» Birds Exhibit Longest Suspected Quantum Entanglement (July 6, 2009)

» New Imaging Technology Monitors HER2 Protein (July 2, 2009)

» Mysteries of Salamander Regeneration Revealed (July 2, 2009)

» Airline Routes Predict Pathogen Spread (July 1, 2009)

» Trojan Horse Minicells Sneak On, Destroy Unsuspecting Tumors (June 29, 2009)

» AbioCor Total Artificial Heart Proving Its Mettle (June 29, 2009)

» Electrical Brain Stimulation Helps Post Stroke Brain Recover (June 25, 2009)

» Urine Test for Appendicitis? (June 25, 2009)

» Collegiate Biomed Engineering Prizes Awarded (June 24, 2009)

» Optogenetics Focuses on Parkinson's Treatment (June 24, 2009)

» New Mass Spectrometry Technology Developed (June 23, 2009)

» "Surgery's Past, Present and Robotic Future" (June 22, 2009)

» Medtronic's Aggressive Move into Diabetes Market (June 19, 2009)

» Having Jet Lag? New Algorithm Will Take You Through "Model-Based Schedule Design" (June 19, 2009)

» Saser, The Sound Laser Developed (June 19, 2009)

» Synthetic/Natural Hybrid Material to Help With Nerve Repair (June 18, 2009)

» Telemedicine Helps Local Nurseries Get Experienced Specialist Assistance (June 18, 2009)

» Artificially Grown Microlungs to Improve Pulmonary Therapy Development (June 17, 2009)

» The Bio-Engineering Feedback Loop (June 17, 2009)

» The Latest from The Big Brains of Neuroscience (June 16, 2009)

» The Latest On Laser Use in Medical Applications (June 15, 2009)

» "Motion-Frozen" Technology Takes The Blur Out of PET (June 15, 2009)

» PET/MRI Combination Might Improve Breast CA Visualization (June 15, 2009)

» Watching Memory Formation Uncovers New Biological Processes (June 15, 2009)

» New Technique Images Rotavirus Interacting With Immune System (June 12, 2009)

» Pressure Jumping Induces Protein Folding for Research (June 12, 2009)

» Mechanical Nanozipper Senses Individual Photons (June 10, 2009)

» Two New Wireless Standards Unveiled for Medical Devices (June 10, 2009)

» Virtual Twins to Get Physicians Acquainted Before Working on The Real Patient (June 10, 2009)

» Flexible Memory Opens Doors to New Age of Medical Body Sensors (June 5, 2009)

» Stimulating The Brain With High Frequency Sound Waves (June 5, 2009)

» Smart Software Helps Disabled Get a New Voice (June 5, 2009)

» High Tech Advancements in Modern Microscopy (June 5, 2009)

» Decellularised Hybrid Hearts May Overcome Barriers to Transplantation (June 4, 2009)

» Photosynthesis Thought to Exhibit Quantum Entanglement Phenomenon (June 4, 2009)

» Electrocorticography to Link Brains of Paralyzed With Computers, Wheelchairs, Etc (June 3, 2009)

» Nintendo Wii Makes Pulse Oximetry Fun (June 3, 2009)

» Newly Developed Gel May Usher In Protein Chip Technology (June 2, 2009)

» Simple Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise in Treating Corneal Damage (June 1, 2009)

» Cells that Like to Count (June 1, 2009)

» The Curious Case of Missing Fingerprints (May 27, 2009)

» Antibacterial Design Fights Hospital Bugs (May 27, 2009)

» The History and Future of Global Epidemic Control (May 27, 2009)

» Why Down Syndrome is Linked to Reduced Cancer Risk (May 26, 2009)

» A New Way to Look At The Global Spread of AIDS (May 26, 2009)

» Drug Eluting Contact Lenses in The Works (May 21, 2009)

» Laser Tweezers Manipulate Cells Under Environmental Stress (May 19, 2009)

» Micro-device to Control Bacteria Movement (May 18, 2009)

» Tiny Implantable Devices to Help Treat Chronic Pain (May 15, 2009)

» Medical Devices Expanding Radio Frequency Presence (May 15, 2009)

» World's Greatest Visual Illusions of The Year Announced (May 14, 2009)

» Lessons from Seventy Years of Watching Human Lives Unfold (May 13, 2009)

» Machine Keeps Animal Hearts Beating for Research (May 13, 2009)

» Success Shown in Pancreatic Interspecies Transplantation (May 12, 2009)

» "Down With the Gown" Redesigns Drab Hospital Wear (May 12, 2009)

» TEDMED. We'll Be There. We're Excited. (May 12, 2009)

» Stem Cells and Nanoscaffolds May Serve as Replacement for Damaged Cartilage (May 11, 2009)

» Smart Nanobox Built Out of DNA Origami (May 8, 2009)

» Lab-on-Chip Detects, Identifies Specific Malarial Strains (May 4, 2009)

» Breath Tests Detect Lung CA Without Biopsies (May 4, 2009)

» Spider Silk, Weaponized (May 4, 2009)

» Every Cell Is Precious, Every Cell is Great (May 4, 2009)

» Games For Health Conference (May 1, 2009)

» World's Fastest Camera to Document, Diagnose Biological Activity (May 1, 2009)

» Stainless Steel Microneedles for Flu Vaccine Delivery (April 30, 2009)

» Learning From Past Disease Epidemics (April 30, 2009)

» Michael Merzenich: Exploring the re-wiring of the brain (April 29, 2009)

» Ultra Powerful Hard X-Ray Source to Light New Frontiers in Fundamental Research (April 29, 2009)

» Electron Microscopes Reveal Deadly Bacterial Action (April 28, 2009)

» EBay Auction Offers Complete Personal DNA Sequencing (April 27, 2009)

» Wiimote Is Not Only For Gaming Anymore (April 27, 2009)

» Scientists Develop Myocardial Ischemia Sensor (April 27, 2009)

» Researchers Explain Elusiveness of HIV Vaccine (April 24, 2009)

» Child Delivery Has Never Been Easy (April 22, 2009)

» Scientists Optically Deconstruct Parkinsonian Neural Circuitry (April 20, 2009)

» Youngest Patient Fitted With Carbon Fiber Leg Prostheses (April 20, 2009)

» Separating Chirality With Microfluidics (April 16, 2009)

» New Real-Time Sensor Watches Oxygen Levels in Brain (April 16, 2009)

» When Ears Replace Eyes (April 16, 2009)

» Encapsulating Pancreatic Cells Can Lead to Safer Transplantations (April 14, 2009)

» Is Twitter Making You a Cold, Heartless Being? (April 14, 2009)

» Atomic Bombs Yield Cardiology Data (April 14, 2009)

» Restless Legs for Fun and Gaming (April 13, 2009)

» TED Talk: The Chemical Language of Bacteria (April 13, 2009)

» Brain Model Helps Explain Working Memory Limitations (April 7, 2009)

» The Mysteries of Itch Scratching Being Revealed (April 7, 2009)

» True 3-D Nanofluidic Devices Under Development (April 3, 2009)

» Smart Sensors Help Improve Prostheses Personalization (April 3, 2009)

» Advanced Photon Source Helps See Influenza Structural Variations (March 31, 2009)

» MRI Technology Getting Serious Boost Using Magnetic Markers (March 30, 2009)

» Action Video Games Improve Visual Contrast Quality (March 30, 2009)

» Faulty House Wiring Activates ICD (March 27, 2009)

» TEDMED Coming to San Diego in October (March 27, 2009)

» Pills Filmed Breaking Up at Molecular Level (March 25, 2009)

» Test Developed to Predict Breast Cancer Spreading (March 25, 2009)

» Brain Atlas Brings Automation to Study of Brain (March 25, 2009)

» Spinal Column Stimulation May Replace DBS for Parkinson's (March 23, 2009)

» Kids Trekking Up Everest to New Medical Laboratory (March 20, 2009)

» How We Rationalize Our Slightly Immoral Habits (March 20, 2009)

» Fiber Optics Activate Neurons, Axons to Answer Parkinson's Questions (March 19, 2009)

» Medgadget Attends 2009 Frost & Sullivan Excellence in Medical Technology Awards (March 19, 2009)

» HARDI Scanner Says Intelligence Is Inherited (March 18, 2009)

» USB Ring Finger Drive (March 18, 2009)

» Glucose May Serve as One of Body's Signaling Chemicals (March 17, 2009)

» "How my legs give me super-powers" (March 16, 2009)

» Biology of Sex, a Lecture (March 16, 2009)

» Hyperbaric Treatment Helps Autistic Children Improve Social Ability (March 13, 2009)

» Brain Injuries Help Map Out Brain Intelligence Map (March 12, 2009)

» Wind Activated Fruit Flies Explain Wiring of Brain (March 12, 2009)

» Scurrying Hamsters Generate Electricity (March 11, 2009)

» Nanocoating Improves Brain - Electrode Connections (March 11, 2009)

» Helium Helps Increase Exercise Intensity in COPD Pts (March 10, 2009)

» Ozone Injections Relieve Pain in Herniated Lower Back Disks (March 10, 2009)

» Scientists Watch Brain Networks Rewire Themselves (March 10, 2009)

» Remind Yourself about Sunscreen with Cell Phone Texting (March 9, 2009)

» Nanotechnology Shows Promise of Artificial Retinas (March 9, 2009)

» Biosensors Help Build Personalized Amusement Rides (March 9, 2009)

» Skin Drug Patches May Flare Up During MRI (March 6, 2009)

» Sugar Helps Light Up Bacteria (March 6, 2009)

» Gland-like Artificial Biostructures Created (March 6, 2009)

» Smarter Vaccines Offer Better Training for Immune System (March 6, 2009)

» Eyes As Photon Detectors for Quantum Experiments (March 5, 2009)

» Lab Test for Organic Milk? (March 4, 2009)

» How EMR Is Used in General Practice (March 4, 2009)

» Fishing for Antibiotics in The Sea (March 3, 2009)

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» Why The Flu Sets In During Winter? (March 3, 2009)

» How The $100 Genome Could Be Soon Possible (March 3, 2009)

» Viewing Smallest Biological Objects with Hard X-ray Nanoprobe (March 2, 2009)

» Expandable Prosthetic Grows as Child Grows (March 2, 2009)

» DIY Culture Now Encompasses Home Made Prosthesis (February 25, 2009)

» Proteins Identified to Fight Influenza (February 24, 2009)

» Scientists Link Genetics to Warfarin Pharmacokinetics (February 23, 2009)

» Cooperation Between Nerve Cells Makes Smart Brain Networks (February 18, 2009)

» Computed Tomography Images Ancient Egyptian Mummy (February 18, 2009)

» Light Switches Regulate Formation and Separation of DNA Duplex (February 17, 2009)

» Neural Modeling Aims to Explain Seizures (February 17, 2009)

» Speeding Bone Union with Own Cells in Fracture Patients (February 17, 2009)

» Scientists Developing Artificial Shark Uterus (February 17, 2009)

» Scientists Create Living Cellular Mass Doll (February 10, 2009)

» Tuberculosis Helps Answer How Genes Switch On and Off (February 9, 2009)

» "The Future of Human Health: Seven Very Short Talks That Will Blow Your Mind" (February 9, 2009)

» Mobile Phones for Bacterial Analysis (February 5, 2009)

» Scientists Hope Superbug Fighting Emulsion Will Kill Cystic Fibrosis Infections (February 4, 2009)

» Mammography Technique Assesses Chemo Effectiveness (February 3, 2009)

» Video: Dr. Joe DeRisi Hunts the Next Killer Virus (February 2, 2009)

» Nanotubes Help Stem Cells Regrow Bone Tissue (February 2, 2009)

» Scientists Discover Key Mechanism of Vision (February 2, 2009)

» African Clawed Frogs May Help Find Cure for Skin Cancer (January 30, 2009)

» Natural Antibiotics to Safely Coat Medical Devices (January 30, 2009)

» System to Study Muscle Cells in Motion (January 29, 2009)

» Smart Polymer Leads to In Vivo Immunotherapy (January 28, 2009)

» Rearranging Nanotubes, Scientists Are Building Neuro Circuits (January 28, 2009)

» Researchers Say That Smart Metallic Surfaces May Lead to Better Prostheses (January 27, 2009)

» How Stomach Bacteria Can Trace Prehistoric Events (January 27, 2009)

» Flexible Electronics Might Signal New Era of Embeddable Medical Devices (January 26, 2009)

» A Hack In Live Cells Explains Circadian Rhythms (January 23, 2009)

» Layman's Intro to Genomics (January 23, 2009)

» Scientists Obtain New Functional Imagery of Schizophrenia (January 22, 2009)

» Obesity, Gender, and The Quirky Human Brain (January 20, 2009)

» Plants Engineered to Produce New Drugs (January 20, 2009)

» Tiny Vibrating Cantilevers Detect (and Presumably Massage) Viruses (January 20, 2009)

» Mining Tiny Animals for New Bacteriocides (January 20, 2009)

» New MRI Contrast Agent Under Development (January 16, 2009)

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» Photo Camera for Nearly Blind Developed at MIT (January 15, 2009)

» Photo Camera for Nearly Blind Developed at MIT (January 15, 2009)

» Discover Mag Looks at Quantum Biology (January 14, 2009)

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» 3-D Virus Imaging wth Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy (January 14, 2009)

» Smart Chemistry Helps With Antibiotic Compliance (January 13, 2009)

» Don't Throw Off Warburg Theory of Cancer Just Yet (January 12, 2009)

» Carbon Nanotubes Boost Neuron Signaling Abilities (January 8, 2009)

» Destroying Amyloid Fibers with Laser Light (January 8, 2009)

» Researchers Copy Mechanism of Smart Cellular Membranes (January 8, 2009)

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» FDA OKs New Drug That Lengthens Eye Lashes (January 2, 2009)

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» "Evocative Gene-Environment Correlation": Do Geeks Result From Decreased Expression of a "Rule-Breaking" Gene? (December 30, 2008)

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» The Yawning Brain Explained (December 17, 2008)

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» Studying the Chameleon-like Properties of Giardia Parasite (December 15, 2008)

» Carbon Nanotubes Used to Detect Toxins That Damage DNA (December 15, 2008)

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» A Look Into Mass Cell Movement During Early Embryogenesis (December 12, 2008)

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» FDA Pulls Back on Prescription Pistol (December 8, 2008)

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» Medicare to Cover Prescription Handguns? (December 3, 2008)

» AskNature.org: Get Inspired by Evolution (December 2, 2008)

» Scientists Tackle Quantum Mechanics to Improve MRI Sensitivity (December 1, 2008)

» CorE Concepts in Cardiac Investigations (December 1, 2008)

» Testosterone..."The Perfect Weapon of Mass Destruction" (November 26, 2008)

» Individually Manufactured Replacement Bones in Clinical Trial (November 26, 2008)

» Audio Interview: How Hormones Influence World Markets (November 25, 2008)

» New Fabric Resists Water Like No Other (November 25, 2008)

» Guitar Hero Repurposed to Help Train Bionic Arms (November 24, 2008)

» Online Powered Earthquake Drill Hits Southern California (November 21, 2008)

» Romantic Love Can Last...Was Einstein Wrong? (November 19, 2008)

» A First: Organ Grown From Stem Cells Transplanted Into Human Patient (November 19, 2008)

» Pentagon Wants Portable Red Blood Factories (November 19, 2008)

» MicroArray $1500 Challenge... Hurry Before Jethro Ciphers It First! (November 19, 2008)

» Nanoporous Ceramic Membranes May Serve as Material for Medical Devices (November 17, 2008)

» EA's Wii Fit Balance Board "Killer": An Elastic Band (November 14, 2008)

» DNA Makes for Great Network Cable (November 14, 2008)

» Mysteries of Bleach Revealed (November 14, 2008)

» Cleveland Clinic's Top Ten Medical Innovations 2009 (November 12, 2008)

» Visualized: Hearing Inside the Brain (November 11, 2008)

» Japanese Scientists Merge Synchrotron and CT to See Arteries Like Never Before (November 10, 2008)

» Audio Headphones May Interfere With Implanted Cardiac Devices (November 10, 2008)

» Biological Clock Regulates More Genes Than Previously Thought (November 10, 2008)

» Cells as Mules for Drug Transport (November 7, 2008)

» First Cancer Genome Sequenced (November 6, 2008)

» WPC Medgadget Building on Track for 2013 (November 5, 2008)

» A Quick Look at Status of Robotic Surgery (November 4, 2008)

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» Scientists Create Porous, Elastomeric Scaffold for Cardiac Tissue Engineering (November 3, 2008)

» Electronic Nose for Chemical Detection (October 30, 2008)

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» Self-Powered Sensors: Electricity From Gas and Water (October 29, 2008)

» Scientists Working on Engineered Artificial Antibodies (October 29, 2008)

» New Continuous Flow Heart Pump Under Development (October 28, 2008)

» Playing Piano With Feet Tied Behind Back (October 27, 2008)

» Intro to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (October 27, 2008)

» Science Finally Wipes Memories Clean (October 27, 2008)

» Brain Neurons Used as Components for Computer Circuit (October 24, 2008)

» Glowing Cats Light Own Way (October 24, 2008)

» Simcyp Rat Simulator for Drug Kinetics Modeling (October 24, 2008)

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» "Stayin' Alive" for Stayin' Alive (October 21, 2008)

» Nanowire Research Benefits Neural Probe Design (October 20, 2008)

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» Building a Future: ACS Profiles New Surgical Technologies (October 17, 2008)

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» Super Strong: Scientists Create Gecko-foot-mimetic Dry Adhesive (October 16, 2008)

» Health Care X PRIZE: Health Care Revolution Through Competition (October 16, 2008)

» Stem Cells From Skin Cells...Phew! (October 14, 2008)

» First Complete Blueprint of Embryo of Vertebrate Created (October 10, 2008)

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» Storm-petrel DNA Gives Clues to Cellular Aging (October 10, 2008)

» Prostatic Acid Phosphatase May One Day Replace Morphine for Pain Control (October 10, 2008)

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» The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008: Jellyfish and Green Fluorescence (October 8, 2008)

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» How Stress Affects Thinking (October 6, 2008)

» The 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Viral Discoveries (October 6, 2008)

» Space Technology Aids in Human Flight (October 3, 2008)

» Making Strides: In Vivo Nanoparticle Detection Technology (October 3, 2008)

» TI Delivers Smart Electronics for Handheld Ultrasounds (October 3, 2008)

» Genes Listen to Guidance on The FM Dial (October 2, 2008)

» Finding Cellular Switches Using Powerful Computers (October 1, 2008)

» WSJ 2008 Technology Innovation Award Winners Announced (September 29, 2008)

» Combined Technique to Observe Electron Transfer Reactions (September 25, 2008)

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» Scientists Resolve How Immune System Attacks Body's Own Infected Cells (September 22, 2008)

» UK Hospitals To Standardize DVT Risk Assessment (September 19, 2008)

» Synthetic Biology Breeding Basement Labs (September 19, 2008)

» Collective Mentality Permeates to The Lowest Life Form (September 18, 2008)

» EEG Used to Convict Murder Suspect (September 17, 2008)

» Artificial Ears Provide Real Hearing Improvement (September 17, 2008)

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» Scientists: Bisphenol A Is Associated with Heart Disease, Diabetes (September 16, 2008)

» 7 Tesla, Baby! (September 15, 2008)

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» Tuberculosis Vaccine Going on Trial (September 12, 2008)

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» Scientists: Optic Nerve Sheath on MRI Can Be Used to Detect Increased Intracranial Pressure (September 11, 2008)

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» Scientists Develop Thermoresponsive Polymer That Changes Bio-adhesion Properties (September 2, 2008)

» Let The Games Begin (August 29, 2008)

» Forbes Article on New Med Technologies (August 29, 2008)

» No Stem Cells Needed: Adult Cells Turned From One Type to Another (August 28, 2008)

» Scientists: Is Sleep Essential? (August 27, 2008)

» Century Old Overton Rule Shown False (August 27, 2008)

» Bioglass Secrets Revealed With NMR (August 27, 2008)

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» Science Behind Amerithrax Investigation Revealed (August 22, 2008)

» MRI for Detection of Early Arthritis (August 21, 2008)

» Medical Gadget Gossip Provided by Intel, Panasonic (August 20, 2008)

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» Studies Show Benefits of Video Game Playing (August 19, 2008)

» Scientists Make Stable, Highly Pure Helical Peptide Arrays (August 18, 2008)

» Rubblescope for Mighty Tremors (August 18, 2008)

» Occiflex for Neck and Head Pain Reduction (August 18, 2008)

» IBM Manages Your Brain Memory Overflow (August 14, 2008)

» The Large Hadron Collider: A Photo Essay (August 11, 2008)

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» Chinese Medicine in 21st Century (August 5, 2008)

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» Music Used to Analyze Gene Expression (July 21, 2008)

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» Scientists Identify "Exported" Proteins in Malaria (July 15, 2008)

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» Viruses Help Scientists to Track Tooth and Bone Mineralization (July 11, 2008)

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» Personalized Medicine Explained (July 10, 2008)

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» An Important Message for Contact Lens Users in Flooded Areas (June 20, 2008)

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» The Forward Thinking Brain (June 18, 2008)

» Medgadget Legends: Robert Langer Wins World's Biggest Technology Prize (June 16, 2008)

» World's First Petaflop Supercomputer Makes Modeling Neurons Look Easy (June 16, 2008)

» Bacterial Chemical Sensors on the Horizon? (June 13, 2008)

» How Spicy is Your Meatball? (June 12, 2008)

» Elementary Cells Created Artificially (June 12, 2008)

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» Live Cell Imaging on Nano Scale with Multicolor 3D-SIM Technique (June 10, 2008)

» Hello Health: Franchised Healthcare in Web 2.0 (June 10, 2008)

» Rapid Sequencing May Lead to "Personalized" Vitamins (June 9, 2008)

» Mercury Drama: FDA Settles Dental Filling Lawsuit (June 6, 2008)

» Synthetic Turf Safe to Play, Chew on (June 6, 2008)

» Mighty Bubbles for Better Foams (June 6, 2008)

» No Need for Popping Vitamins When You Have Bioactive Glass (June 6, 2008)

» Awards Announced for BMEidea Competition (June 4, 2008)

» Orbiting Sump Pump Update (June 3, 2008)

» Scientists Come Up with Optical Cardiac Pacemaker (June 2, 2008)

» Digital Clubbing Explained (May 30, 2008)

» The Mind is a Difficult Thing to Read (May 30, 2008)

» Scientific Fauxtography Is More Common Than You Think (May 30, 2008)

» First Video of Birth of HIV Virion (May 30, 2008)

» Polio Miracle Woman Dies Due to Electricity Failure (May 29, 2008)

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» Bioluminescence Imaging , a New Technique to Track Tumors (May 29, 2008)

» Utilizing Evolutionary Mechanisms of Human-Bacterial Symbiosis (May 28, 2008)

» Sepsis Microfilter Being Developed (May 23, 2008)

» How Arteries and Veins Self-Organize In Parallel (May 23, 2008)

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» Scientists Developing Transfusable Blood from Stem Cells (May 23, 2008)

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» Researchers Determine Structure of Protein in an "Environmentally Friendly" Bacterium (May 21, 2008)

» Scientists Pinpoint Source Cells of Antibodies (May 20, 2008)

» First Transgenic Monkey Model of Huntington's Disease (May 19, 2008)

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» Scientists Discover Heat Sensing Regulator (May 14, 2008)

» Successful Gene Expression Profiling Performed on Embryos (May 14, 2008)

» Blow Up Love Dolls Recruited in Fight Against Genital Mutilation (May 12, 2008)

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» Chew This Over: Mechanical Mouth Unveiled in France (May 7, 2008)

» The SolarAid Revisited (May 7, 2008)

» Study Shows Incubators Change Babies' Heartbeat (May 6, 2008)

» Medical Pixie Dust: Is It Finally Here? (May 6, 2008)

» Cellular Quality Control via Organelle Autophagy (May 5, 2008)

» MIT Tech Review Talks to Systems Biologist Leroy Hood (May 5, 2008)

» Cheaper Methods for Remote Medical Imaging (May 5, 2008)

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» Salvia Divinorum's Mysteries Being Studied (April 29, 2008)

» The Human Speechome Project (April 28, 2008)

» Possible Link Between Viruses and Lung Cancer Shown (April 25, 2008)

» The Social Ladder Is Really In Your Head (April 25, 2008)

» Trigger in Heparin Deaths Identified (April 25, 2008)

» Claim: Mother's Diet May Determine Child's Gender (April 23, 2008)

» fMRI Scanners Used to Detect Wandering Mind (April 23, 2008)

» Defense Department Sponsors Aggressive Stem Cell Research (April 23, 2008)

» The Search for Breast Cancer Biomarkers (April 22, 2008)

» Up in Flames: Nanobacteria Found to Be Abiotic (April 21, 2008)

» What Is The Most Common Life-Like Form on Earth? (April 21, 2008)

» Dust Mites Resistant to High Power Killing Methods (April 17, 2008)

» Blood Vessels Guide Development of Nerves (April 16, 2008)

» How Endogenous Steroids Rule on the Trading Floor (April 15, 2008)

» Not Free Will After All? (April 15, 2008)

» Rhino Horns as Aphrodisiacs? Not These Ones (April 15, 2008)

» The Kanzius Machine (April 15, 2008)

» A Survey of Biomimetics (April 14, 2008)

» Clinicians Perform Six-way Donor Kidney Swap (April 10, 2008)

» Lubricant Found to Oil Micromechanical Systems (April 8, 2008)

» Thoughts on a Mobile Medical Future (April 8, 2008)

» Paper: "Death By Blogging" (April 7, 2008)

» Rapid Peptoid Screening Method Developed (April 4, 2008)

» IBM's Blue Gene Drafted Into War On HIV (April 4, 2008)

» Viruses May be Vital for Life on Earth (April 4, 2008)

» AEDs for the Home: A Good Idea, But Not Better than CPR (April 3, 2008)

» Molecular Gastronomy or The Science of Cooking (April 2, 2008)

» Moody's: Future for Medgadgets Bright (April 2, 2008)

» Recruiting Viruses to Fight MRSA (April 2, 2008)

» Scientists Spot Amino Acetonitrile in the Middle of Milky Way (April 2, 2008)

» Watching Brain Repair Live on MRI (March 31, 2008)

» 28th Annual AMA Medical Communications Conference (March 27, 2008)

» Under Development: Patch for Monitoring Transplant Organ Health (March 27, 2008)

» Researchers Explain Severity of Ionizing Radiation Damage (March 24, 2008)

» 3D Imaging of Bleomycin-DNA Binding (March 21, 2008)

» Assessing Heat Related Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms (March 20, 2008)

» Stroke of Insight: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor at TED 2008 (March 19, 2008)

» Metagenomics Bioinformatics Technology Offers Better Understanding of Microbes (March 17, 2008)

» Femtosecond Lazers: Killing Cancer & Fusing Metal to Bone (March 14, 2008)

» Medgadget Goes to 2008 Frost & Sullivan Excellence in Med Tech Awards (March 14, 2008)

» Handheld Biosensor Uses Stickly Nanotech to Capture DNA (March 14, 2008)

» Synthetic Superheroes Battle Superbugs (March 12, 2008)

» Microscopy Breakthrough: Scientists See Virus in Great Detail (March 11, 2008)

» Epocrates on iPhone: A Presentation at SDK Event (March 10, 2008)

» Scientists Zero In on Cell Envelope of Tuberculosis Bacterium (March 7, 2008)

» Another Strep Vaccine in the Works (March 7, 2008)

» Study Explains Winter Flu Season (March 6, 2008)

» How to Make a Better Placebo (March 5, 2008)

» Frog Secretions Offer Hope to Diabetic Patients (March 4, 2008)

» New Technique Images Small Brainstem Nuclei (March 3, 2008)

» TechCrunch Posts 23andMe Results (March 3, 2008)

» Scientists Automate Alzheimer's Identification (March 3, 2008)

» This Is Your Brain on Jazz (February 28, 2008)

» MIT Student Invents Effective Bacteriophage (February 28, 2008)

» Collagen Revealed at Unprecedented Level of Detail (February 26, 2008)

» Mammalian Taste Perception (February 26, 2008)

» Virus Recruited to Fight Brain Tumors (February 25, 2008)

» Project Aims to Develop Smart Hospital Beds of The Future (February 25, 2008)

» Mathematics of Tomography and Radiotherapy (February 25, 2008)

» Rubber With Heal Thyself Properties (February 22, 2008)

» Another Piece in Spanish Flu Puzzle (February 22, 2008)

» FINCHSCOPE Offers 3-D Holographic Microscopy Imaging (February 20, 2008)

» Engineering The Living World: Perspective From a Synthetic Biologist (February 20, 2008)

» Scientists Explain Long-Distance Signaling in Developing Neurons (February 20, 2008)

» Lenseless X-ray Microscopy (February 20, 2008)

» Gecko Tech for In Vivo Bandages (February 19, 2008)

» Graphics Cards, Algorithms, Faster MRI (February 14, 2008)

» Scientists Reprogram Human Skin Cells into Embryonic Stem Cells (February 12, 2008)

» Scientists Develop Tearless Onion (February 8, 2008)

» Knee Brace Generates Electricity (February 8, 2008)

» Transparent Fish for Cancer Research (February 7, 2008)

» Future of Scratch-Free Travel (February 6, 2008)

» Gecko Glue (February 4, 2008)

» Fœtuses as Medgadgets for Tumor Reduction (February 4, 2008)

» iPods and Pacemakers (February 1, 2008)

» Holography for Tissue Transparency (January 30, 2008)

» Total Recall (January 30, 2008)

» On Telepathy of DNA Molecules (January 28, 2008)

» Stem Cell Division and Hair Loss Link (January 25, 2008)

» Synthetic DNA in The Lab (January 24, 2008)

» Out of Body Out of Mind (January 24, 2008)

» Nanomechanical Analysis Reveals Cancer Cells Are Soft (January 24, 2008)

» Scientists Create "Safe Ebola" Virus (January 22, 2008)

» Google: Free Database Storage for Scientists (January 21, 2008)

» Wii for Surgical Training (January 18, 2008)

» Morgellons Disease: A New Skin Infection? CDC Wants to Know (January 16, 2008)

» NASA Astronomy Book for the Blind (January 16, 2008)

» Researchers Create Beating Heart In Lab (January 15, 2008)

» How Avian Flu May Become Human (January 15, 2008)

» Calcium Rich Carrots Engineered at TAMU; Tested at Baylor (January 14, 2008)

» How Culture Forms the Brain (January 14, 2008)

» "Proton Powered Pooping" (January 11, 2008)

» When Stomach Speaks But Brain Won't Listen (January 11, 2008)

» Life Machines (January 11, 2008)

» Tiny, Portable Chemical Analysis (January 11, 2008)

» Bears vs Osteoporosis (January 10, 2008)

» Scientists Claim Discovery Explaining Healing Effects of Magnets (January 4, 2008)

» Bio Glue from Sea Stars Offers Hope for Future Applications (January 4, 2008)

» Shape-Memory Polymers for BioMed Applications (January 4, 2008)

» LISA: Life Science Assistant Robot (January 4, 2008)

» Sound Science Through Sound Waves (January 3, 2008)

» Skin From Hair (January 3, 2008)

» Mushroom vs. Prostate CA (January 2, 2008)

» Futuristic Designs for Diabetes (December 27, 2007)

» Detecting Sequence-specific DNA Problems (December 21, 2007)

» Scientists Identify Genes Responsible for Fat Storage (December 19, 2007)

» Acetylcholine-like Polymers Stimulate, Guide Damaged Neurons (December 12, 2007)

» Does Time Slow in a Crisis? Scientists Measure Time Perception by Dropping Patients 150 Feet (December 12, 2007)

» From Spark Plugs to Valve Stents (December 11, 2007)

» Making The Medical Future (December 11, 2007)

» Scientists Cure Sickle Cell Anemia in Mouse Model (December 7, 2007)

» Sculpted 3-D Particles with Medical Potential (December 6, 2007)

» The Big Case (December 5, 2007)

» Segways as Medgadgets (December 5, 2007)

» BioScapes 2007 Winners Announced (November 28, 2007)

» Scientists ID Proteins Key to Brain Function (November 20, 2007)

» Antimicrobial Plastics from HeiQ (November 19, 2007)

» System on a Chip for Embedded Medical Devices (November 16, 2007)

» My iPod, My Cell, My Insulin Pump (November 12, 2007)

» Virtual Crack That's Not World of Warcraft (November 7, 2007)

» How The Heart Ages (November 5, 2007)

» A Sneaky Virus: Scientists Discover Hepatitis C Spreads Directly from Cell to Cell (November 5, 2007)

» Virus Killing Laser System (November 2, 2007)

» Archon X PRIZE for Genomics Video (October 29, 2007)

» Scientists Alter Sexual Orientation in Worms, Create In-Petri Dish Homosexuals (October 26, 2007)

» Scientists Capture Rolling Cells (October 25, 2007)

» Oliver Sacks on the Intrinsic Power of Music (October 19, 2007)

» Virtual Anatomy Course for Medical Students (October 17, 2007)

» Medtronic Suspends Distribution of Sprint Fidelis® Defibrillation Leads (October 15, 2007)

» A Look at the Complex Biochemistry of Breast and Colon CAs (October 15, 2007)

» Depletion of Nitric Oxide in Bank Blood Spells Trouble (October 10, 2007)

» Hexasaccharide Promise as a Novel Antibiotic (October 8, 2007)

» The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007: A Knockout Decision (October 8, 2007)

» Studying the Folding of Brains (October 4, 2007)

» A Theory Advanced: Alzheimer's Disease as Form of Diabetes (October 3, 2007)

» New Computational Biology Method Promises Better Drugs (October 1, 2007)

» Evolutionary Age of Smallpox Older Than Thought (September 28, 2007)

» New Electro-Magnetic Interference Force Discovered (September 26, 2007)

» Hints of Vanilla: Not Just for Whisky Anymore (September 18, 2007)

» Scientists Synthesize Intracellular Memory (September 17, 2007)

» Lasker Awards Announcement (September 17, 2007)

» Why Most Research Findings Are False (September 14, 2007)

» iPods vs Pacemakers and the Art of Medical Scaremongering (September 12, 2007)

» Old News New Again (September 10, 2007)

» Strength of Bones Investigated (September 7, 2007)

» Real Muscles for Artificial Machines (September 7, 2007)

» Cell Phones in Hospitals Debate Update (September 6, 2007)

» DocintheTV (September 6, 2007)

» Organs May Multiply Mutations (September 4, 2007)

» Supersize My Mouse (August 31, 2007)

» Store Stem Cells from Excess IVF Embryos (August 30, 2007)

» Scientists Report New Blood Pressure Control Mechanism (August 27, 2007)

» Scientists Discover Light-accentuated Bacterial Virulence (August 24, 2007)

» Virtual Reality for Virtual Unreality (August 24, 2007)

» Body Heat as Power Source (August 24, 2007)

» The Slow Pace of Memory Building (August 22, 2007)

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» Nanoparticle That Detects Hydrogen Peroxide (August 20, 2007)

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» OneTouch UltraMini Giveaway (August 17, 2007)

» Counterfeit Glucose Tests Tracked by J&J to China (August 16, 2007)

» Tiny, Flexible Batteries for Future Implants (August 15, 2007)

» Boston Scientific Dumps Advanced Bionics (August 10, 2007)

» Syneron's Vela Now for Thigh Reductions (August 8, 2007)

» Technology to Eliminate Drunk Driving (August 6, 2007)

» Solved: An Important Protein Involved in Asthma (August 3, 2007)

» New York City to Build Medical Technology Tower, Showroom (August 2, 2007)

» Music Helps Understand Neural Dynamics (August 2, 2007)

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» Who's Minding the Mind? (August 1, 2007)

» The Leftie Gene (July 31, 2007)

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» Jerky Insurance Guys Deny Hearing Aid for Girl without Ears (July 27, 2007)

» Oscar the Cat Sends Grandmas to Heaven (July 27, 2007)

» Claim: Scientists Create Allergy-free Peanuts (July 27, 2007)

» Scheduling Doctor Appointments via TV in UK (July 25, 2007)

» From UTIs to Brain: Scientists Discover Biochemical Model of Amyloid Formation (July 24, 2007)

» Geckos and Mussels Scrub Up for Surgery (July 20, 2007)

» New Theory for the Standing Human (July 18, 2007)

» Study: Toothpaste A Major Source Of Dental Damage (July 18, 2007)

» Siemens CT Scanner Reveals Contents of Bust of Nefertiti (July 17, 2007)

» The Fear Molecule? (July 16, 2007)

» Got Moles? They Might Be Good for You! (July 12, 2007)

» Unraveling How DNA Replicates (July 10, 2007)

» Scientists Achieve First Bacterial Genome Transplantation; Promise to Develop First Synthetic Organism (June 29, 2007)

» Urine is Useful! (June 29, 2007)

» Google Picks Experts for New Advisory Council; The World Complains (June 29, 2007)

» Buy an iPhone and Save African Children (June 27, 2007)

» A Really Close Look at Dirty Diaper (June 26, 2007)

» Humans As Medgadgets: Microsoft Edition (June 22, 2007)

» Make It Hot at TechCrunch20 (June 21, 2007)

» Skeleton 2.0: Bones Transmitting Data (June 18, 2007)

» Scientists Observe Live Cell Migration (June 11, 2007)

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» National Spelling Bee: A Spawning Ground for Future Physicians and Obscure Diseases (June 1, 2007)

» Hacking My Kid's Brain: A Report at Wired (May 31, 2007)

» Glowing Caps Raise Compliance, Send Coupons (May 29, 2007)

» Visual Language Discrimination in Infancy (May 25, 2007)

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» Invent Now 2007 Winners: X-Finger (May 16, 2007)

» UC Irvine Announces Project to Develop Patient-specific Stem Cell Lines (May 15, 2007)

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» Encyclopedia of Life: 300 million pages of easy reading (May 10, 2007)

» Home Spit Test for Pre-eclampsia (May 7, 2007)

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» Scientists Discover New Virus Responsible For Post Transplant Deaths (April 24, 2007)

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» How the Brain Analyzes Surface Appearance and Its Implications for Robotics (April 23, 2007)

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» Regulatory Group Tells Healthcare Technologies to Play Nice (April 4, 2007)

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» Medical Robotics: Robots Driven Through Your Arteries (March 20, 2007)

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» The First Commercially Available Brain Computer Interface (March 12, 2007)

» The Y2K7-DST Bug: Spring Forward, to Your Doom! (March 9, 2007)

» Fits Caused by Brushing Your Teeth (March 7, 2007)

» Hypercharging Tomatos with Folate (March 6, 2007)

» Rx: Oxygen, Morphine, Aspirin, and... Viagra? (March 5, 2007)

» Misleading Headline of the Week (March 2, 2007)

» Organ Regeneration via an Electric Switch (March 1, 2007)

» Telekinetic Video Games (March 1, 2007)

» The Left Tilt in Bacterial Hydrodynamics (February 26, 2007)

» New Findings in Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes (February 13, 2007)

» Scientists Achieve Tertiary Helical Bundles with β-Peptides (February 8, 2007)

» Pros and Cons of Nanofoods (February 8, 2007)

» Punch Counting Software May Predict Boxing Fatality (February 7, 2007)

» Link Fest / Link-O-Rama / Link-O-Tastic / Link-Mania (February 7, 2007)

» Action Video Games Sharpen Vision 20 Percent (February 6, 2007)

» Cancer and Aging: FISH-ing for Links (February 6, 2007)

» We're Professionals (February 1, 2007)

» Cancer Therapy Based on Missile Detection (January 31, 2007)

» Human Metabolism Through A Computational Approach (January 31, 2007)

» Inflammation and Cancer: A Link Established? (January 30, 2007)

» Wrinkled Polymer 'Skin' (January 30, 2007)

» Microwaving Sponges: The Aftermath (January 30, 2007)

» Bacteria Harnessed As Micro-Robot Motors (January 29, 2007)

» Productivity of the Pudgy to Skyrocket: Caffeinated Donuts on the Horizon (January 29, 2007)

» Contest Seeks Perfect 'Beware of Nanotechnology' Warning (January 29, 2007)

» Large-Scale Molecular Memory Chip, the Size of a RBC (January 26, 2007)

» Pearly White... Beetles? (January 26, 2007)

» Diving for Medicines (January 25, 2007)

» The Mystery of Consciousness (January 22, 2007)

» Telemedicine to Track Super-Athlete's Swim Down the Amazon (January 22, 2007)

» Nurse Bots by 2010: Bringing Sexy Back (January 22, 2007)

» Lethal Secrets of Spanish Flu Revealed (January 19, 2007)

» Lancet Announces Paper of the Year (January 19, 2007)

» Copying Wrinkles for Better Prosthetics (January 17, 2007)

» Ancient Book of Herbs Used in the War on Bacteria (January 17, 2007)

» Beating Heart Tissue and Blood Vessels Grown from Stem Cells (January 16, 2007)

» Medical Devices Piggybacking on Gaming Industry (January 15, 2007)

» Anti-Obesity Gum on The 'Weigh'? (January 15, 2007)

» A New One: 21U-RNA (January 12, 2007)

» Man Kills Dog (January 12, 2007)

» Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine "Flumist" Gets FDA Ok (January 12, 2007)

» "Father of Biomechanics" Y.C. Fung Wins Award (January 12, 2007)

» Medical Device Rep Turned Thief Sentenced to 6 Months in Jail (January 11, 2007)

» Apple introduces "iPhone" medical device (January 10, 2007)

» Amniotic Fluid-Derived Stem (AFS) Cells (January 8, 2007)

» 3-D Images of a Flu Virus (January 3, 2007)

» Imaging Pinpoints Brain Regions That 'See the Future' (January 3, 2007)

» The Science of Human Enhancement (January 2, 2007)

» The Vaccine to Prevent Every Strain of Flu (January 2, 2007)

» Medgadget Legend: Mark Knudson (December 29, 2006)

» Insanely Small Bacteria Discovered (December 27, 2006)

» Five New Technologies that Promise to Transform Medicine (December 26, 2006)

» Brain Wave Game Championship (December 26, 2006)

» iPod Access to Health Records Launched in US (December 26, 2006)

» Forisome Protein, a Key to Biomimetic Materials (December 21, 2006)

» Nasal Spray to Fight Obesity (December 20, 2006)

» Berkeley to Regulate Nanotech; Hippies Rejoice, Flowers Bloom (December 18, 2006)

» Diabetes, A Neurological Disorder? (December 18, 2006)

» Botulinum Neurotoxin's Deadly Grip (December 15, 2006)

» Radiation-proof RFID (December 14, 2006)

» Don't Bother Stenting Yesterday's Heart Attack (December 13, 2006)

» Ink-Jet Printing Muscle, Bone Tissues (December 12, 2006)

» Ultrastrong Carbon-Nanotube Muscles (December 11, 2006)

» Lab-on-a-Chip Does Rapid Analysis of Breast Milk (December 8, 2006)

» Treat Cystic Fibrosis with DNA Laced Spray (December 7, 2006)

» Taste test to Dx Depression? (December 5, 2006)

» Aching Back? Don't Sit Straight, Stupid! (November 29, 2006)

» How Vioxx and Other Arthritis Drugs Pose Danger (November 29, 2006)

» New Device Points Way to Artificial Kidney Implants (November 29, 2006)

» YouTube for Science (November 28, 2006)

» Welcome to Flaccid City. Population: You (November 28, 2006)

» Spleen Cells Offer Hope in Brittle Diabetes (November 27, 2006)

» Bad Memory Linked to MI Outcomes (November 27, 2006)

» Cottonseed Protein: From Farmers to Your Family Table (November 22, 2006)

» The Deceptive Smell of Metal (November 22, 2006)

» Antisense RNA Found to Regulate Gene Expression (November 22, 2006)

» Improving Blood Stem Cell Transplants via Magnetic Nanoparticles (November 21, 2006)

» Stem Cells as Progenitors of Neoplasms (November 20, 2006)

» Nanothreads to Aid Tissue Regeneration (November 20, 2006)

» And like that... in 25 femtoseconds... it's gone (November 16, 2006)

» Math Model of Collagen (November 16, 2006)

» Human Opiorphin: A Potent Analgesic Peptide (November 16, 2006)

» Vaccine for Breast Cancer (November 15, 2006)

» Vaccine for Kidney Cancer (November 15, 2006)

» iGEM 2006 Winners (November 13, 2006)

» Happy, Healthy People (November 13, 2006)

» Neurology of "Speaking in Tongues" (November 9, 2006)

» Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2007 by Cleveland Clinic (November 9, 2006)

» "Millisecond After" Brain Injury (November 9, 2006)

» How Stem Cells Do the Talking (November 7, 2006)

» PCMag: Ten Most Harmful Health Gadgets (November 7, 2006)

» Israeli Researchers Claim Novel Swimming Robot (November 7, 2006)

» Jet Lag Kills Older Mice (November 7, 2006)

» 20 Things You Didn't Know about Lab Accidents (November 6, 2006)

» 20 Things You Didn't Know About Death (November 6, 2006)

» Bringing T-Rays Under Control (November 3, 2006)

» Researchers Grow a Lung from Stem Cells (November 3, 2006)

» Cord Blood + British Scientists = New Liver (October 31, 2006)

» Multidetector Computed Tomography May Save Lives (October 31, 2006)

» Using Stem Cells For Breast Reconstruction (October 30, 2006)

» A Better (Scarless) Way to Build a Face (October 30, 2006)

» Japanese Government Fighting for Technology for the Hearing and Visually Impaired (October 30, 2006)

» Researchers Unlock the Shape of the Na/K Pump (October 26, 2006)

» Eyelash Transplants (October 25, 2006)

» Limb to Crotch: Deferred Transitory Heterotopic Implant (October 20, 2006)

» DNA Ligase at Work (October 20, 2006)

» Microfluidic Model of Blood Clotting (October 18, 2006)

» Prototype Device Enables Untrained Bystanders to Save Lives (October 18, 2006)

» Virtual Colonoscopy as Good as Actual Colonoscopy (October 18, 2006)

» For the Love of $$ (October 17, 2006)

» First Quantum Grant Designated (October 16, 2006)

» Gold Nano-Ruler Provides DNA-Protein Insights, New Ways to Make Fun of Friends (October 16, 2006)

» Natural Remedies of Arabia (October 13, 2006)

» 4 Senior Physicians Arrested for Illegal Human Experiments (October 11, 2006)

» A New Breast Cancer Risk Gene (October 9, 2006)

» "Chemo Brain" Visualized, Confirmed (October 6, 2006)

» The Archon X PRIZE for Genomics (October 5, 2006)

» Research Looks at Organisation of Cell Membranes (October 5, 2006)

» Nobel for Biochemical Mechanisms of Transcription (October 5, 2006)

» Shining a Light on Origins of DNA (October 4, 2006)

» Milestone: Fully Differentiated Cells Yield Clones (October 4, 2006)

» NYTimes on Fish Oil (October 4, 2006)

» Nobel for RNA Interference (October 3, 2006)

» New System for Texas Advanced Computing Center (October 3, 2006)

» Food as a Drug (October 3, 2006)

» Salmonella Under the Microscope of Proteomics (October 2, 2006)

» Connecting Biology and Electronics (September 29, 2006)

» Spanish H1N1 Analysed (September 28, 2006)

» Flow of Copper and the Learning Process (September 27, 2006)

» Bionics @ Wired (September 27, 2006)

» New Diabetes Treatment Possible (September 25, 2006)

» DIY Prosthetics (September 22, 2006)

» Goal: Better Drug Delivery (September 22, 2006)

» Linkage Galore (September 21, 2006)

» Cellular Sculptures and Their Uses (September 13, 2006)

» The Wall Street Journal's 2006 Technology Innovation Awards (September 12, 2006)

» On Stuttering (September 12, 2006)

» Preventing Slimy Biofilms (September 11, 2006)

» Robot to Analyze Thousands of Alzheimer's Blood Samples (September 8, 2006)

» Coma Tennis (September 8, 2006)

» Sarcoma Subtype Shown to Come from Mature Muscle Cells (September 6, 2006)

» Does Carbon Monoxide Prevent Pre-eclampsia? (September 6, 2006)

» Hearing Kandinsky Through an Unconscious Synesthesia (September 6, 2006)

» Bugs Take a Bite Out of Inflammation (September 5, 2006)

» Bits and Pieces (September 1, 2006)

» It's All in the (Microbial) Family (August 30, 2006)

» "Study" Says FDA Advisors Typically Recommend Approval, Medgadget.com Disapproves of AP's Choices in Science Coverage (August 29, 2006)

» UCLA Neuroscientist to Halt Research After Animal Rights Group Harrassment (August 28, 2006)

» Parietal Neurons That Categorize Images (August 28, 2006)

» Old Remedy Investigated; Has a Future (August 25, 2006)

» On Mechanisms of Roughage (August 25, 2006)

» How to Build Trust in a Tenth of a Second (August 24, 2006)

» Flipping Off the Programmed Death Switch (August 22, 2006)

» First Phase of HIV Vaccine Trials Successful (August 21, 2006)

» Math in Tiny Heads (August 18, 2006)

» Common Brain Cells Show Stem Cell Properties; Morphed into Other Types (August 18, 2006)

» Time of Surgery and Anesthesia Risk (August 15, 2006)

» New Light Microscope with Insane Resolution (August 11, 2006)

» Hypertrophied Hearts Shy Away from Fats (August 10, 2006)

» Concerns Over Fetal Ultrasound (August 9, 2006)

» Peritoneal Perfusion for Support of Patients in Respiratory Failure (August 9, 2006)

» Positional Identity of Skin Cells (August 7, 2006)

» Anti-Obesity Vaccine Explained (August 7, 2006)

» Fibrin Fibers: Numero Uno in Stretchability (August 4, 2006)

» Why Do Steroids Cause Osteoporosis ? (August 1, 2006)

» A Window Into the Brain (August 1, 2006)

» Scorpion Venom Shows Promise for Treatment of Malignant Gliomas (July 31, 2006)

» Organic Foods Report (July 31, 2006)

» How to Tire a Heart (July 31, 2006)

» The Bandwidth of the Human Eye (July 28, 2006)

» The Earliest Cortical Neurons Identified (July 27, 2006)

» Charite Artificial Disc Generating Controversy (July 27, 2006)

» Virtual Reality:"There's Body Parts Everywhere" (July 26, 2006)

» Analog Acoustic Expression: How You Say It Matters (July 25, 2006)

» Is Carotid Stenting the New Anti-Depressant? (July 25, 2006)

» Call for Macro-Research on Nano-Dangers (July 24, 2006)

» 'LifeChips': Traning to Think Big about Little Things (July 21, 2006)

» Kosher Insulin (July 21, 2006)

» Long Distance Ultrasound (July 17, 2006)

» 3M Wins Frost and Sullivan Award (July 13, 2006)

» Bacterial Live Wires (July 11, 2006)

» Stem Cell Derived Sperm: It Works! (July 10, 2006)

» Quantum Effect to Power Artificial Muscles? (July 7, 2006)

» GE Healthcare Sets Up Shop in Bangalore (June 30, 2006)

» FDA to Modernize Clinical Trials and Bioresearch Monitoring (June 29, 2006)

» Boston Scientific Issues Recall on Some Cardiac Devices; Competitors: "Haw Haw!" (June 28, 2006)

» Orthopedics Industry to Receive Thorough Antitrust Probing (June 28, 2006)

» NASA Joins the Diabetes Fight (June 27, 2006)

» Taking a Close Look at Hep B (June 26, 2006)

» The Largest DNA Database to Be Launched (June 21, 2006)

» Why Does a Coroner Need Lubricating Jelly? (June 21, 2006)

» Breeding Controversy Through Human-Animal Hybridization (June 20, 2006)

» Uaser: An Ultrasonic Laser (June 19, 2006)

» Novel Nanomaterial for Diagnostic Devices (June 19, 2006)

» Study Shows Device Doesn't Improve CPR Survival (June 16, 2006)

» Nepal's First Chest Pacemaker (June 14, 2006)

» Raiders Helmet Saves Life (June 14, 2006)

» Shoe Induced Blisters Lead to Toxic Shock Syndrome (June 13, 2006)

» Identification of Pseudomonas Protein May Lead to New Drugs (June 12, 2006)

» Nanotech Way to Manipulate Proteins (June 12, 2006)

» A Thunderous Round Of Applause! (June 9, 2006)

» Nuns, Cows and the Cervical Cancer Vaccine (June 9, 2006)

» Cell-Death Protein and Its Role in Neurodegeneration (June 9, 2006)

» RH on Continua Health Alliance, Intel (June 7, 2006)

» Centrosomes Contain Own RNA (June 7, 2006)

» Robots Keep Sick Kids in the Classroom (June 6, 2006)

» Scientists Brew Menopause Beer (June 5, 2006)

» Bird Flu On Your Cellphone (June 2, 2006)

» Fashion vs. Mosquito (May 30, 2006)

» Happy Birthday! (May 26, 2006)

» Brain Waves Control Robot (May 26, 2006)

» Addicted to Video Games? Be A Surgeon (May 26, 2006)

» Limb Regeneration: Not Just for X-Men Anymore (May 26, 2006)

» Taiwan Hosting Medical Device Conference June 1st (May 25, 2006)

» Seeing Proteins Patrol DNA (May 24, 2006)

» Tissue Engineering Solution for Impotence (May 24, 2006)

» UCLA Researchers Take on Drunks (May 23, 2006)

» The Future of Neurotechnology Discussed (May 23, 2006)

» Standards of Excellence of the MSM (May 23, 2006)

» Market Analysis of Healthcare IT (May 22, 2006)

» Free Kicks and the Case of the Visual System (May 22, 2006)

» Understanding Protein Interactions: A Novel Approach (May 22, 2006)

» Boston Scientific to Dissolve Guidant Brand (May 18, 2006)

» Autistic Brains Don't Daydream (May 15, 2006)

» 'Brits have a screw loose when it comes to flossing' (May 15, 2006)

» Coffee with a Llama Dipstick (May 12, 2006)

» World's Smallest, Smelliest Fuel Cell (May 11, 2006)

» Endothelial Cells' Angiogenesis Mechanism Studied (May 9, 2006)

» Three-Stage Brain Operation for Intractable Seizures in Peds (May 9, 2006)

» The Neurobiology of Dread (May 8, 2006)

» Cilia on Algae Shed Light on Human Cell Communication (May 8, 2006)

» Natural Allergy-free Soybeans Isolated (May 5, 2006)

» Epstein-Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis: A Molecular Connection Revealed (May 4, 2006)

» JAMA Study: Older Americans Are Less Healthy Than British (May 3, 2006)

» Synthetic Biology Delivers Super Bugs (May 2, 2006)

» Artificial Compound Eye for Future Medical Scopes (April 28, 2006)

» The Mol Switch Project (April 28, 2006)

» New Mechanism on How Nature Differentiates Left from Right (April 24, 2006)

» Lactic Acid: An Underestimated Energy Source (April 24, 2006)

» Nuclear Pores and Cell Division (April 24, 2006)

» The Science of Drool (April 20, 2006)

» Did You Get Forearm Support? (April 19, 2006)

» Lung's Unique Immune System Studied (April 19, 2006)

» Poisons Get Atomic Level Exam (April 17, 2006)

» Bacterial Glue Could Become Medical Adhesive (April 13, 2006)

» NIH Offering "Medicine in the Media" Course (April 13, 2006)

» AMA from Down Under: Ban Boxing Before Next Games (April 10, 2006)

» New Test for Pernicious Anemia (April 7, 2006)

» Magic Research (April 7, 2006)

» And the Answer Is: The Egg Was First (April 5, 2006)

» Atomic Force Microscope Sees, Senses Cystic Fibrosis Physiology (April 4, 2006)

» Breakthrough: First Human Recipients of Laboratory-Grown Organs Reported (April 4, 2006)

» Medgadgets Energize Investors (April 3, 2006)

» Gum Benefits to be Studied (March 31, 2006)

» Cortex Matures Differently in More Intelligent People (March 30, 2006)

» Review Panel Shocker: Guidant's Disclosure System Needs Work (March 30, 2006)

» Guinness World Record Request: Show Your Skin! (March 29, 2006)

» Temperature-Sensitive Drug Delivery Technology (March 29, 2006)

» Bio-artificial Liver Machine (March 29, 2006)

» Top Ten from MIT's Technology Review (March 28, 2006)

» Supercomputer Maps Virtual Virus (March 27, 2006)

» When the Pen is Mightier than the Keyboard (March 24, 2006)

» Breast Asymmetry Predicts Breast CA (March 21, 2006)

» In Gut We Trust (March 21, 2006)

» The DNA Smiley (March 20, 2006)

» She Blinded Me With Science (March 15, 2006)

» Paying for Recalls (March 15, 2006)

» Cooperation and Its Breakdown (March 14, 2006)

» 100 MHz for Clinical Ultrasound (March 14, 2006)

» Evaluation of Bioabsorbable Drug Eluting Coronary Stent Underway (March 10, 2006)

» Light Scattering Technology for Early Cancer Detection (March 10, 2006)

» Targeting Huntington's, Parkinson's from a Different Angle (March 9, 2006)

» New Algorithm for Sudoku Puzzles, X-Ray Microscopy (March 7, 2006)

» Biochemistry of Caffeine on Stress Response (March 6, 2006)

» Driving While Irradiated (March 3, 2006)

» Hit List Of Dangerous Bugs (March 2, 2006)

» Stable Networks of Blood Vessels Created (March 2, 2006)

» New Clinical Symptom of Chagas Disease (March 1, 2006)

» News from Obesity Epidemic Front (March 1, 2006)

» "Virus Chip" Detects Virus in Prostate Tumors: A Possible Etiologic Link? (February 27, 2006)

» Portable Cocaine Sensor Developed (February 27, 2006)

» A Better Tool to Study Role of Iron in Neurodegeneration (February 23, 2006)

» Sweaty Socks: Some Socks Are Better than Others (February 23, 2006)

» Clinical Efficacy of EECP Questioned (February 22, 2006)

» Olympic Short Track Speedskaters Examined by Ultraportable Ultrasounds (February 17, 2006)

» Chemical Sensors, Neural Network for Human Breath Analysis (February 17, 2006)

» Drastic, Conscious Decision (February 16, 2006)

» "High Efficiency" Vacuum Cleaners: No Benefits to Allergy Sufferers (February 15, 2006)

» When Hackers Attack Hospital (February 14, 2006)

» Cardiosecurity (February 13, 2006)

» An Early Step in Dengue Infection Visualized (February 13, 2006)

» Mice Subjected to Bullying, Viruses, Antidepressants (February 13, 2006)

» Medicine's Strangest (February 10, 2006)

» Electrical Activity of Sperm Recorded (February 10, 2006)

» Lingering Babies' Cells May Be Protective for Mothers (February 9, 2006)

» The Diet Spud (February 7, 2006)

» 510(k) Decisions for January 2006 (February 7, 2006)

» Blackberry Shut Down and the Doctors/Patients That May Suffer (February 7, 2006)

» Epidermal Dendritic Cells' Precursor Identified (February 2, 2006)

» With New Software, Biologists See Virus Details (February 2, 2006)

» In the Works: A New Diagnosis! (February 1, 2006)

» All Placebos Not Created Equal (February 1, 2006)

» Stem Cells Located in Bone Marrow (January 31, 2006)

» Obesity: An Infectious Disease? (January 31, 2006)

» Mobile Phones Reduce Error Rate in Hospitals (January 31, 2006)

» A Second Look on Deja Vu (January 31, 2006)

» New Use for an Ancient Molecule? (January 27, 2006)

» HiDef 3D HIV (January 25, 2006)

» Done! (January 25, 2006)

» Synthetic Biology : Custom-Made Microbes and More (January 20, 2006)

» Series on Prosthetic Recipients to Debut on Discovery Health Channel (January 17, 2006)

» Plant-derived Vaccine to Prevent the Deadly Plague (January 17, 2006)

» Scent of a Woman (January 17, 2006)

» The Courtship of Guidant (cont.) (January 13, 2006)

» The Courtship of Guidant (January 12, 2006)

» Laser Technique Sheds Light on Microstrokes (January 11, 2006)

» Face Perception Is Modulated by Sexual Orientation (January 11, 2006)

» You Like Campari? Now We Know Why (January 10, 2006)

» Porous Liquid Thought (January 4, 2006)

» Little Known DNA Repair Enzyme May Be A Tumor Suppressor Gene (January 4, 2006)

» Video of de Grey on 60 Minutes (January 3, 2006)

» Ophthalmologists Prove Existence of CLANs (January 3, 2006)

» Bariatric Surgeries Compared (January 3, 2006)

» Researchers Discover How a High-Fat Diet Causes Type 2 Diabetes (December 29, 2005)

» Human Difficulties with Mirrors (December 29, 2005)

» No Rest for the Weary (December 28, 2005)

» Cell Scaffolding Gets a Close Look (December 28, 2005)

» Functional Plasticity in Living Brain (December 28, 2005)

» Gyroscopes to Detect Cancer (December 28, 2005)

» Riboswitches Touted as New Anti-Bacterial Targets (December 22, 2005)

» Thermal Sensitivity and Gustatory Experiences (December 22, 2005)

» Mammography: Now the Files Are Compressed, Too (December 21, 2005)

» French Defeat Blamed on Louse-Borne Infectious Diseases (December 19, 2005)

» Potential Mechanism for Tumor Growth Discovered (December 19, 2005)

» "Medical Device" Mistaken for Pipe Bomb Prompts Evacuations (December 16, 2005)

» Drug-Delivering Cells for the Brain (December 15, 2005)

» Mapping CA's DNA (December 14, 2005)

» Neurological Biosensor Developed? (December 14, 2005)

» Controlling Pain with Thoughts (December 14, 2005)

» "Cellular Bookmarks" Used by Cancer for Metastasis Pathogenesis (December 13, 2005)

» How the Neuron Sprouts Its Branches (December 12, 2005)

» Living Bacteria Used to Create Photographs (December 12, 2005)

» Visualizing Head Bangs (December 9, 2005)

» Imaginations Running Wild (December 9, 2005)

» The Doctor's Choice Awards (December 9, 2005)

» Gene Expression Profiling Shows Promise for CA Treatment (December 8, 2005)

» Novel Treatment for Pancreatic CA Opens the Door to Life-Saving Surgery (December 8, 2005)

» Super Broccoli Fights Cancer (December 8, 2005)

» Boston Scientific Butts in on Guidant Deal (December 8, 2005)

» Plumbism: The Cause of Beethoven's Illness (December 7, 2005)

» Preventing Biofilms in TB, Leprosy (December 5, 2005)

» Nanotech News from NCI (December 5, 2005)

» The Passion Molecule? (December 1, 2005)

» Nose Cells May Help The Paralysed Walk Again (December 1, 2005)

» Keep Fat In Mind (November 30, 2005)

» Placebo Effect Links Expectations to Results (November 29, 2005)

» War on Terror Meets War on Cancer (November 29, 2005)

» Biotechnology's Newest Chemical Tool (November 29, 2005)

» Pandemic News (November 29, 2005)

» Cranberry Juice: Not Just For UTI's Anymore (November 28, 2005)

» Psychological Stress Visualized (November 28, 2005)

» David Blaine: 25% Body Weight Loss (November 28, 2005)

» New Bacterial Identification Technology Shows Promise (November 23, 2005)

» New Gene Silencing Therapy for Cervical Cancer (November 22, 2005)

» Seeing Cellular Machinery (November 17, 2005)

» PET Visualizes Functioning Immune System (November 16, 2005)

» LCD Monitors With Eye Protection (November 16, 2005)

» New Microscope Allows Scientists to Watch a Functioning Protein (November 15, 2005)

» Successful Nutritional Treatment for Cancer Reported (November 15, 2005)

» Chilling Can Cause Colds (November 15, 2005)

» Award Winning Tuberculosis Test (November 14, 2005)

» Bacteria Fighting Chewing Gum For Soldiers (November 14, 2005)

» Guidant Medical Chief to be Probed by SEC (November 11, 2005)

» F.D.A.: Condoms Reduce Risks of Pregnancy, Disease (November 11, 2005)

» Nuchal Translucency, Blood Tests Show Effectiveness of Screening for Down's in the 1st Trimester (November 11, 2005)

» Non-corrective Contact Lenses to Require Prescription (November 11, 2005)

» And Now They Attack Organic Milk! (November 10, 2005)

» Worm Research May Help Autoimmune Disorders (November 9, 2005)

» Dangerous Thoughts (November 8, 2005)

» Insight: Sleep (November 8, 2005)

» J&J and Guidant, Round II: Things Get Litigious (November 8, 2005)

» Governor's Medal For Science And Technology (November 7, 2005)

» High-Res Bacterial Ribosome Images Captured (November 7, 2005)

» The Death of the Hospital (November 7, 2005)

» Will J&J Actually Buy Guidant? (November 4, 2005)

» Color Perception Is Not in the Eye of the Beholder: It's in the Brain (October 28, 2005)

» Tiny Worms Paving Way for Better Anesthetics (October 26, 2005)

» Medtronic, St. Jude Receive DoJ Subpoenas (October 26, 2005)

» Functional MRI Reveals Women's Brain Activity During Menstrual Cycle (October 26, 2005)

» Judge Rules Against FDA in Utah Medical Case (October 25, 2005)

» Smith & Nephew Part Numbers used to ID NOLA Dead (October 25, 2005)

» Radical Approach to Cardiac Resynchronization Shows Promise (October 19, 2005)

» Just Asking (October 19, 2005)

» Novel Neuro Biomarker Identified? (October 18, 2005)

» Nature: Magnetic fields set senses tingling (October 18, 2005)

» The Healing Power of Atriums (October 17, 2005)

» Behind Closed Doors in Washington... (October 17, 2005)

» Your Pillow: A Hot Bed of Fungal Spores (October 17, 2005)

» Double Trouble: Cells With Duplicate Genomes and CA (October 17, 2005)

» Tissue Engineering in Shorter Time (October 17, 2005)

» NIH Launches Program to Improve Clinical and Translational Science (October 13, 2005)

» NIAID Awards $47 Million in New Effort to Develop Medical Countermeasures Against Radiological and Nuclear Threats (October 13, 2005)

» Cell Phones vs Hospital Equipment: Less Interference, Still Annoying (October 12, 2005)

» No Embryo Needed: Hunting for Ways Out of an Impasse (October 12, 2005)

» Gadgets All Look Alike (October 6, 2005)

» Free-Energy Theory Borne Out in Large-Scale Protein Folding (October 5, 2005)

» The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005 (October 3, 2005)

» Say What? Bacterial Conversation-Stoppers (September 30, 2005)

» Yet Another Sour Turn (September 30, 2005)

» Radioactive Tracer Reveals Ischemic Memory (September 28, 2005)

» Computers Increase Detection Rate Of Breast Cancer (September 26, 2005)

» Nanowires To Detect Cancer (September 26, 2005)

» HairMax: Low Level Therapy, Indeed (September 22, 2005)

» The Glowing Green Sperm (September 22, 2005)

» Discovering the Real Baby Einsteins (September 22, 2005)

» Pharmacogenetics Still Decades Away (September 22, 2005)

» Digital Mammography Finds More Breast CA; Better for Younger Women (September 20, 2005)

» Computers Make Big Strides in Predicting Protein Structure (September 19, 2005)

» Setting Up a Trap to Capture Metastatic Cells (September 15, 2005)

» Microtubules May Be Linked to Mental Disorders (September 15, 2005)

» Frozen Ovaries Transplanted; Yield Embryos (September 15, 2005)

» Medical Device Manufacturers To Aid Healthcare Facilities Affected By Katrina (September 14, 2005)

» "Smart" drug coatings (September 13, 2005)

» Insights into Bad Science Reporting (September 12, 2005)

» Exubera Inhaled Insulin Follow Up (September 9, 2005)

» Nano-Molecule Moves 'Large' Size Objects (September 8, 2005)

» Does a Bed Count as a Medgadget? (September 8, 2005)

» One Shot Deal: A Sperm's Single Opportunity (September 7, 2005)

» Leeches Receiving Accolades (September 7, 2005)

» Sicko? (September 6, 2005)

» Study Finds Specific Brain Structures Link Asthma and Emotions (September 6, 2005)

» Toluidine Blue ID's Oral Lesions Likely to Become Cancer (September 6, 2005)

» The Rape Trap (September 2, 2005)

» 10,000 Patients and Staff Members in New Orleans Await Evacuation (September 2, 2005)

» Modified Collagen Shows Amazing New Properties (September 1, 2005)

» Katrina Relief (August 31, 2005)

» Scientists Describe New Way to Peer Inside Bacteria (August 31, 2005)

» ACS: "Coffee is number one source of antioxidants" (August 30, 2005)

» Device Industry Increasing Hiring (August 30, 2005)

» Mitochondrial Protein Vital for Immune Response (August 30, 2005)

» Microscopic Brain Imaging in the Palm of Your Hand (August 30, 2005)

» Portable Shipment Container (August 29, 2005)

» Scientists Find that Protein Controls Aging by Controlling Insulin (August 29, 2005)

» Our Favorite Medgadgets Get a Hearing (August 25, 2005)

» The Differential Effect of the Pill (August 25, 2005)

» UCL Boosts Hospital Aura (August 25, 2005)

» Mini-Me: Guts Have BrainsToo (August 24, 2005)

» To Play or Not to Play? (August 24, 2005)

» The Homemade Endoscope (August 24, 2005)

» Program Note (August 24, 2005)

» Researchers Discover a New Way for Infectious Bacteria to Enter Cells (August 22, 2005)

» Fake Blood Hope for Transfusions (August 22, 2005)

» Why the Preventive Services Task Force Refuses to Endorse Screening of Lung CA? (August 18, 2005)

» Ten Tips for Singers (August 15, 2005)

» Structure of Bacterial Microcompartments Described (August 12, 2005)

» Erotic Images, Gore Cause Temporary "Blindness" (August 12, 2005)

» Gene Chip for Rapid Detection of Neuroblastoma (August 10, 2005)

» Thought Reading with fMRI (August 9, 2005)

» Shortage of Patients for Medical Device Clinical Trials (August 8, 2005)

» Old-fashioned Head Lice Treatment Beats Chemicals (August 5, 2005)

» Wired on "Cognitive Fitness" (August 4, 2005)

» Indwelling Catheters Reminded Not to Overstay Welcome (August 1, 2005)

» Study: Echinacea Has No Effect on Colds (July 28, 2005)

» Vision: In the Blink of an Eye (July 27, 2005)

» Molecular Bone Glue Discovered (July 20, 2005)

» BREAKING NEWS: Guidant Issues Warning on 28,000 Pacemakers (July 18, 2005)

» Preferring a Taste and Recognizing It May Involve Separate Brain Areas (July 18, 2005)

» VNS for Depression (July 18, 2005)

» Male and Female Voices Affect Brain Differently (July 14, 2005)

» NYT on Musical Hallucinations (July 12, 2005)

» Retina Adapts To Seek The Unexpected, Ignore The Commonplace (July 11, 2005)

» FDA Updates Labeling for Erectile Dysfunction Drugs (July 11, 2005)

» Bacteria Take the Path of Least Resistance (July 8, 2005)

» Women Feel More Pain than Men (July 7, 2005)

» Research Shows Reduction in AIDS Risk with Circumcision (July 6, 2005)

» Cornell Study: Mental Processing Is a Continuous Process (July 5, 2005)

» Zombie Dogs, or Hypoxic Journalism? (July 5, 2005)