Thursday, July 2, 2009

New Imaging Technology Monitors HER2 Protein

Researchers from the National Cancer Institute have devised a new method to watch for the presence of the HER2 protein, a commonly expressed marker of breast cancer. As you can imagine, the implications for this technology could be immense, from doing research on pathophysiology of breast CA to developing protocols for treatment.

From the statement issued by the National Cancer Institute:

... the research team used an imaging compound that consists of a radioactive atom (fluorine-18) attached to an Affibody molecule, a small protein that binds strongly and specifically to HER2. Affibody molecules, developed by Affibody AB, Bromma, Sweden, are much smaller than antibodies and can reach the surface of tumors more easily. The radioactive atom allows the distribution of the Affibody molecules in the body to be analyzed by positron emission tomography (PET) imaging.

The research team first used the radiolabeled Affibody molecule to visualize tumors that expressed HER2 in mice. The mice were injected under the skin with human breast cancer cells that varied in their levels of HER2 expression, from no expression to very high expression. After three to five weeks, when tumors had formed, the mice were injected with the Affibody molecule and PET images were recorded. The levels of HER2 expression as determined by PET were consistent with the levels measured in surgically removed samples of the same tumors using established laboratory techniques.

To determine whether their method could be used to monitor possible changes in HER2 expression in response to treatment, the team next injected the Affibody molecule into mice with tumors that expressed very high or high levels of HER2 and then treated them with the drug 17-DMAG, which is known to decrease HER2 expression. PET scans were performed before and after 17-DMAG treatment. The researchers found that HER2 levels were reduced by 71 percent in mice with tumors that expressed very high levels of HER2 and by 33 percent in mice with tumors that expressed high levels of HER2 in comparison with mice that did not receive 17-DMAG. The researchers confirmed these reductions by using established laboratory techniques to determine the concentrations of HER2 in the tumors after they were removed from the mice.

Press release: Imaging Technique Allows Researchers to Monitor Protein Changes in Mouse Tumors

Article abstract in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine: Changes in HER2 Expression in Breast Cancer Xenografts After Therapy Can Be Quantified Using PET and 18F-Labeled Affibody Molecules....

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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Mysteries of Salamander Regeneration Revealed

A collaborative group of German and American researchers has identified the important biochemical processes involved in the regeneration of limbs of salamanders. Nearly unique in their great ability to replace lost appendages, salamanders were thought to possess pluripotent stem cells with greater abilities to differentiate than those of mammals. Turns out that in salamanders cells located at the location where the damage has occurred keep a memory of what was in the vicinity, providing guidance for regrowth of future cells. The finding opens the possibility that scientists will be able to replicate this phenomenon in humans, leading to treatments for spinal cord injury, loss of arms and legs, and other serious injury.

From the study abstract:

During limb regeneration adult tissue is converted into a zone of undifferentiated progenitors called the blastema that reforms the diverse tissues of the limb. Previous experiments have led to wide acceptance that limb tissues dedifferentiate to form pluripotent cells. Here we have reexamined this question using an integrated GFP transgene to track the major limb tissues during limb regeneration in the salamander Ambystoma mexicanum (the axolotl). Surprisingly, we find that each tissue produces progenitor cells with restricted potential. Therefore, the blastema is a heterogeneous collection of restricted progenitor cells. On the basis of these findings, we further demonstrate that positional identity is a cell-type-specific property of blastema cells, in which cartilage-derived blastema cells harbour positional identity but Schwann-derived cells do not. Our results show that the complex phenomenon of limb regeneration can be achieved without complete dedifferentiation to a pluripotent state, a conclusion with important implications for regenerative medicine.

Full story: Scientists: Salamanders, regenerative wonders, heal like mammals, people....

Abstract in Nature: Cells keep a memory of their tissue origin during axolotl limb regeneration

Images: Top: Axolotl salamander by cataclico; Side: Green nerve cells cluster around a growing nerve in this cross-section of a regenerating limb. D.Knapp/E.Tanaka.

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Airline Routes Predict Pathogen Spread

A team of Canadian researchers analyzed the air traffic patterns during March and April of this year, looking for correlation between departure/arrival cities of passengers and the spread of H1N1 swine-origin influenza. Turns out that the two are closely correlated and confirm that airports are gateways of pathogens as well as vacationing tourists.

Our analysis showed that in March and April 2008, a total of 2.35 million passengers flew from Mexico to 1018 cities in 164 countries. A total of 80.7% of passengers had flight destinations in the United States or Canada; 8.8% in Central America, South America, or the Caribbean Islands; 8.7% in Western Europe; 1.0% in East Asia; and 0.8% elsewhere. These flight patterns were very similar to those during the same months in 2007 (see Fig. 1 in the Supplementary Appendix). We then compared the international destinations of travelers departing from Mexico with confirmed H1N1 importations associated with travel to Mexico, and we found a remarkably strong degree of correlation. Of the 20 countries worldwide with the highest volumes of international passengers arriving from Mexico, 16 had confirmed importations associated with travel to Mexico as of May 25, 2009. A receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC) curve plotting the relationship between international air-traffic flows and H1N1 importation revealed that countries receiving more than 1400 passengers from Mexico were at a significantly elevated risk for importation. With the use of this passenger threshold, international air-traffic volume alone was more than 92% sensitive and more than 92% specific in predicting importation, with an area under the ROC curve of 0.97.

Letter to NEJM: Spread of a Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus via Global Airline Transportation

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Trojan Horse Minicells Sneak On, Destroy Unsuspecting Tumors

Researchers from EnGeneIC, an Australian firm from the suburbs of Sydney, have developed a cancer treatment that so far performed remarkably well in animal tests. By encompassing toxins in "minicells", made off of chunks of bacteria cell membrane harvested during division, they were able to deliver chemicals precisely to neoplasm sites while helping bypass the tumor's natural defenses.

Sydney Morning Herald reports:

In the first step, the mini-cells were filled with tiny pieces of genetic material, called short interfering RNA molecules, and injected into mice with drug resistant colon, breast and uterine tumours.

The molecules switched off the gene in the tumours that made them resistant to chemotherapy.

In a second-wave attack a week later mini-cells filled with the cancer drug were injected, and the tumour cells were killed with much smaller doses of the toxic agent than normal, avoiding harmful side effects.

All the treated mice, which had been transplanted with aggressive human cancers, survived and their tumours shrank or growth was halted.

More from the Sydney Morning Herald...

Abstract in Nature Biotechnology: Sequential treatment of drug-resistant tumors with targeted minicells containing siRNA or a cytotoxic drug

Link: EnGeneIC

Image: Colon cancer cells. Wellcome Images.

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AbioCor Total Artificial Heart Proving Its Mettle

In a rare case of a total artificial heart implantation taking place, the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and New Jersey Medical School powered up a 76 year old male with ABIOMED's AbioCor Total Replacement Heart system. We've covered this device over the years as it's been earning acceptance and positioning itself as a viable option for seriously ill patients, not as a bridge to transplantation but as a life-extending device.

From the announcement:

After extensive training and education, the surgery team, which also included cardiac anesthesiologists, perfusionists and cardiac nurses, conducted the implant on a 76-year-old male patient with congestive heart failure. The patient did not qualify for a heart transplant or other available therapies and was determined to be in severe end-stage heart failure; therefore becoming eligible for this innovative, life-extending procedure.

The AbioCor, developed by Abiomed, Inc., is intended as a permanent heart replacement for end-stage heart failure patients who are not candidates for transplant and cannot be helped by any other available treatment. Candidates for the AbioCor System have severe, biventricular, end-stage heart disease but typically have other vital organs that continue to be functioning well. Generally, they must be younger than 75 years old, require multiple drugs to increase the strength of contractions of their heart muscle to support life, are not treatable by a mechanical device that assists with the pumping action for the lower left chamber of the heart to sustain life for long term therapy , and are not weanable from biventricular support if on such support.

Made primarily of titanium and blood-safe plastic, the AbioCor is designed so that a patient can remain mobile and continue a productive lifestyle at home. Equipped with an internal motor, the AbioCor is able to move blood through the lungs and to the rest of the body, simulating the rhythm of a heartbeat. The AbioCor consists of an internal thoracic unit, an internal rechargeable battery, an internal miniaturized electronics package and an external battery pack.

Video explaining the workings of the AbioCor heart:

Press release: Groundbreaking Artificial Heart Implanted at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital...

Product page: AbioCor...

Flashbacks: More on Abiomed's Artificial Heart; First Self-Contained Artificial Heart Receives an FDA Exemption; Paul Winchell and the Artificial Heart

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Electrical Brain Stimulation Helps Post Stroke Brain Recover

Using a technique called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), which has shown to increase brain activity and improve motor performance in humans, researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston have conducted clinical trials testing its efficacy to help speed the rebuilding of the brain's network in post stroke patients. The results seem to indicate great potential for this simple and cheap technology.

MIT Technology Review reports:

The researchers used a simple device--a nine-volt battery connected to large flat sponges that are moistened and then applied to the head--that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for delivering drugs across the skin. (The current encourages the movement of charged drug molecules across the skin.)

A week after the start of the experiment, patients given the real treatment performed much better on a number of motor tests--including tests of strength, range of movement, and practical functions such as grasping a cup--than those who received the fake treatment, improving by about 12 to 15 percent versus about 3 to 5 percent, says Schlaug [Gottfried Schlaug, MD, PhD at Beth Israel Deaconess]. He presented the research at a conference in San Francisco this week sponsored by the Organization for Human Brain Mapping.

More from MIT Technology Review...

Image: fMRI of post stroke patient before (left) and after (right) transcranial direct current stimulation

Flashback: Electric Brain Stimulation May Finally Lead to Uberman

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Urine Test for Appendicitis?

Clinical researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have identified what seems to be an almost perfect marker for appendicitis. The substance, called leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein (LRG), looks like a good candidate to be used for testing as it can be detected with immunoblotting, without a need for expensive mass spectrometers.

In the first phase, they examined 12 urine specimens -- 6 from patients with appendicitis, taken before and after appendectomy, and 6 from patients without appendicitis -- and identified 32 candidate biomarkers, including many proteins associated with immune response and inflammation. To these 32 they added other candidates found through gene expression studies and other means, yielding a total of 57 potential biomarkers. They then sought to validate these markers in 67 children seen at the hospital for suspected appendicitis over an 18-month period, 25 of whom ultimately had proven appendicitis. The laboratory investigators testing for the markers were not told the patients' clinical status, to ensure unbiased assessment of the test performance.

Seven promising urine biomarkers were identified. The best of them was leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein (LRG), which appears to be a specific marker of local inflammation. It had an "area under the curve" value of 0.97, indicating near-perfect sensitivity (with almost no false-negatives) and near-perfect specificity (almost no false-positives). LRG was strongly elevated in diseased appendices, even when those appendices appeared normal on imaging, and the amount of LRG correlated with the severity of the appendicitis as judged by histologic review of the appendix specimens.

Although mass spectrometry isn't widely available clinically, urine LRG elevations were detected by immunoblotting, suggesting that a rapid clinical test, such as a urine dipstick, could be developed through further research.

Children's Hospital Boston statement: A Urine Test for Appendicitis...

Image: estherase

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Collegiate Biomed Engineering Prizes Awarded

The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance has recently issued prizes in the annual Biomedical Engineering Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship Awards (BMEIdea). The contest is designed to motivate young biomedical engineers to design new products that might eventually by commercialized, something the graduates will have to deal with once in the industry. The first place was awarded to a team from Stanford University that developed a "Lab-on-a-Stick" device that can quickly screen for a variety of disease markers.

Lab-on-a-Stick uses Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) devices to detect virtually any infectious disease—from HIV/AIDS to Hepatitis C to tuberculosis—in a rapid wash-free format. Patients in need of a rapid diagnosis (results are available in an average of fifteen minutes) need only to swab the insides of their cheeks with a disposable “stick,” pre-treated with assorted protein receptors, and scan that stick with the handheld GMR device. This cost-effective technology addresses the need for more accessible nanotechnology diagnostics outside the laboratory, and seeks to replace the need for diagnostic labs completely.

Second place prize was given to a team from the University of Cincinnati for the SurgiSIL, a device designed to allow single hole laparoscopic surgeries through the navel.

The SurgiSIL accommodates multiple instruments through one working channel while still providing increased access within the abdominal cavity. Ease of use is further characterized by a simple insertion technique, yet another benefit not offered by current single port products. The SurgiSIL answers the challenges of single port surgery and ultimately presents an improved option for patient care by decreasing trauma, recovery time, and risk for herniation, which is a painful and costly corrective procedure. The end result to the patient is a hidden scar within the belly button. The SurgiSIL redefines the single port approach, enabling surgeons to meet the demands for improved patient care.

And the third place winner was a group from Brown University that created a biosensor to detect the presence of vitamin D in blood's serum.

The Brown University team has proposed a method of measuring vitamin D using electrochemical detection technology similar to a commercial glucose meter. The affordable, hand-held device will use a disposable testing strip inserted into the device along with a sub-microliter blood sample, which will be analyzed for levels of vitamin D present. Results will be displayed qualitatively and quantitatively on a liquid crystal display almost instantly.

Link: BMEIdea awards announcement

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Optogenetics Focuses on Parkinson's Treatment

The Wall Street Journal is featuring an article about the latest efforts in the field of optogenetics, a technique that can activate neurons within the brains of animals that are targeted via light-triggered proteins delivered by genetically engineered viruses. Because a virus can be custom modified to attach to specific groups of nerve cells, the technology may lead to therapies for Parkinson's or the creation of the Borg pseudo-race.

In a 2005 paper, Dr. Deisseroth and another researcher, Ed Boyden, showed how to "infect" certain nerves with a virus that made them light-sensitive. The genetic-engineering technique takes a protein from a kind of pond algae that is attracted to light and places it inside the shell of a kind of virus widely believed to be benign. Then the virus infects certain nerve cells so that they, too, send out electrical spikes when illuminated. But only the infected cells respond to light, affording more precision than using electrical wires.

"There's a lot of things you can do with light that you can't do with electrical and magnetic fields," says Dr. Boyden, now a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Light can be focused. Light can be aimed." He is looking at treatments for epilepsy and blindness using the new technique.

Read on at the Wall Street Journal: Training a Light on Brain Disease

Link: Deisseroth Optogenetics Lab at Stanford...

Flashbacks: Scientists Optically Deconstruct Parkinsonian Neural Circuitry; Fiber Optics Activate Neurons, Axons to Answer Parkinson's Questions

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

New Mass Spectrometry Technology Developed

A team of investigators from Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena and the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague has developed a modified mass spectrometry device that can identify ions below 500 daltons:

Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI), wherein bio-molecules (e.g. proteins) are co-crystallized with a chemical substance called a matrix subsequently irradiated with a laser leads to the formation of protein ions which can be analyzed and detected.

However, matrices used in the MALDI technique have a substantial disadvantage: the laser beam not only forms ions from the substances of interest; it also forms low-mass ions (less than 500 Da) originating from the matrix. "Because of these small interfering ions we were not able to analyze small molecules that play crucial roles in the metabolism of organisms," explains Aleš Svatoš, head of the mass spectrometry/proteomics research group at the Max Planck Institute. "The ions that originated from conventional matrices were like a haystack in which we wanted to find a few and important needles." Therefore the MALDI technique found only limited application in the field of "metabolomics".

Instead of improving the search for the "needles", i.e. metabolites such as sugars, fatty acids, amino acids, and other organic acids, the scientists began to alter the matrices with which the samples were applied so that no more interfering matrix-related ions were generated. In other words: they tried to remove the haystack to make the needles visible. The researchers succeeded with the help of physical and organic chemistry, based on the Brønsted-Lowry acid-base theory, and formulated conditions for rational selection of matrices that did not generate interfering ions but provided rich mass spectra of particular kinds of metabolites in real samples.

With the new experimental protocols they called "Matrix-Assisted Ionization/Laser Desorption - MAILD", the scientists were able to quickly and reliably determine more than 100 different analytes from single and small-sized samples.

The new MAILD method allows measurements from diverse biological and medical materials. Apart from plant and insect samples the scientists also studied a clinical sample: they were able to determine a wide range of blood-specific organic acids in one drop of human blood, smaller than a micro liter. In medical diagnostics such measurements are still conducted with intricate methods. If the scientists succeed in not only identifying, but also quantifying the metabolites, MAILD could develop into a fast method for medical and biological diagnostics.

More from the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science: New mass spectrometric method...

Open access article at PNAS: Acid- base-driven matrix-assisted mass spectrometry for targeted metabolomics...

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Monday, June 22, 2009

"Surgery's Past, Present and Robotic Future"

Catherine Mohr, a surgeon, engineer, and inventor of the LapCap, gave the following TED talk about the history of surgery and where new technology is taking the entire industry, giving a special focus to Da Vinci's robotic surgery technology.

Link @ TED...

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Friday, June 19, 2009

Medtronic's Aggressive Move into Diabetes Market

CNBC recently interviewed the CEO of Medtronic at the American Diabetes Association national meeting in New Orleans, where the executive showed off the company's developments in continuous glucose monitoring and insulin pumping.

(hat tip: Medical Quack)

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Having Jet Lag? New Algorithm Will Take You Through "Model-Based Schedule Design"

Finding an activity cycle that helps overcome jet lag has been a popular search for sleep experts. Now a team from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the University of Michigan has developed a computer program that takes input about your exposure to light and the time shift of the flight, and suggests when to time light exposure to reset the body clock.

From the article abstract in PLoS:

We present an approach to designing interventions that combines an algorithm for optimal placement of countermeasures with a novel mode of schedule representation. With these methods, rapid circadian resynchrony and the resulting improvement in neurobehavioral performance can be quickly achieved even after moderate to large shifts in the sleep–wake schedule. The key schedule design inputs are endogenous circadian period length, desired sleep–wake schedule, length of intervention, background light level, and countermeasure strength. The new schedule representation facilitates schedule design, simulation studies, and experiment design and significantly decreases the amount of time to design an appropriate intervention. The method presented in this paper has direct implications for designing jet lag, shift-work, and non-24-hour schedules, including scheduling for extreme environments, such as in space, undersea, or in polar regions.

Article in PLoS: Taking the Lag out of Jet Lag through Model-Based Schedule Design Dean DA , II, Forger DB, Klerman EB, 2009 Taking the Lag out of Jet Lag through Model-Based Schedule Design. PLoS Comput Biol 5(6): e1000418. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000418

Press release: Using math to take the lag out of jet lag...

Image: Steven Hodges

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Saser, The Sound Laser Developed

A collaboration between Nottingham University and Lashkarev Institute of Semiconductor Physics in Ukraine report the development of an acoustic version of the laser, able to create highly focused beams of sound in the terahertz frequency range. Considering the impact that lasers had on optics and the world as a whole, the possibilities for an acoustic version must be wide ranging as well.

From Nottingham University:

The Saser mimics this technology but using sound, to produce a sonic beam of ‘phonons’ which travels, not through an optical cavity like a laser, but through a tiny manmade structure called a ‘superlattice’. This is made out of around 50 super-thin sheets of two alternating semiconductor materials, Gallium Arsenide and Aluminium Arsenide, each layer just a few atoms thick. When stimulated by a power source (a light beam), the phonons multiply, bouncing back and forth between the layers of the lattice, until they escape out of the structure in the form of an ultra-high frequency phonon beam.

A key factor in this new science is that the Saser is the first device to emit sound waves in the terahertz frequency range… the beam of coherent acoustic waves it produces has nanometre wavelengths (billionths of a metre). Crucially the ‘superlattice’ device can be used to generate, manipulate and detect these soundwaves making the Saser capable of widespread scientific and technological applications. One example of its potential is as a sonogram, to look for defects in nanometre scale objects like micro-electric circuits. Another idea is to convert the Saser beam to THz electromagnetic waves, which may be used for medical imaging and security screening. High intensity sound waves can also change the electronic properties of nanostructures so a Saser could be used as a high-speed terahertz clock to make the computers of the future a thousand times faster.

Press release from Nottingham University: A sonic boom in the world of lasers...

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Synthetic/Natural Hybrid Material to Help With Nerve Repair

Researchers from the University of Washington have developed a new hybrid material that may end up serving as a scaffold for regenerative nerve repairs. The material combines the benefits of chitosan, a chemical found in the shells of crab and shrimp, with industrial polyester. Investigators believe that ability of the material to be shaped into tiny tubes that are strong, do not trigger an immune response, and work well in the moist environment of the body, will set the material apart.

From the University of Washington:

The first component of their material, polycaprolactone, is a strong, flexible, biodegradable polyester commonly used in sutures. It is not suitable on its own for use as a nerve guide because water-based cells don't like to grow on the polyester's water-repelling surface.

The second component, chitosan, is found in the shells of crustaceans. It's cheap, readily available, biodegradable and biocompatible, meaning that it won't trigger an immune response. Chitosan has a rough surface similar to the surfaces found inside the body that cells can attach to. The problem is chitosan swells in water, making it weak in wet environments.

Researchers combined the fibers at the nanometer scale by first using a technique called electrospinning to draw the materials into nanometer-scale fibers, and then weaving the fibers together. The resulting material has a texture similar to that of the nanosized fibers of the connective tissue that surrrounds human cells.

The two materials are different and are difficult to blend, but proper mixing is crucial because imperfectly blended fibers have weak points.

Zhang [Miqin Zhang, UW professor of material science and engineering] and colleagues built prototype nerve guides measuring 1.5 millimeters (0.06 inches) in diameter, and between five and 15 centimeters (two to six inches) long. They tested a guide made from the chitosan-polyester blend against another biomaterial under study, polylacticcoglycolic acid, and a commercially available collagen guide.

Of the three materials, the chitosan-polyester weave showed the most consistent performance for strength, flexibility and resistance to compression under both dry and wet conditions. Under wet conditions, which the researchers say best mimics those in the body, the chitosan-polyester blend required twice as much force to push the tube halfway shut as the other biomaterial, and eight times as much force as the collagen tube.

The new material showed promise for nerve guides but would also work well for wound dressings, heart grafts, tendons, ligament, cartilage, muscle repair and other biomedical applications, Zhang said.

Press release: Crustacean shell with polyester creates mixed-fiber material for nerve repair

Image: Upper panel shows a closeup of chitosan and polyester fibers woven at the nanometer scale. The middle panel shows a nerve cell growing on the resulting mesh, which has a texture similar to the body's fibrous connective tissue. The lower panel shows a cross-section of the synthetic nerve guide. Arrows point to nerve cells that have attached to the inner and outer surfaces of the tube.

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Telemedicine Helps Local Nurseries Get Experienced Specialist Assistance

Today's example of the practical use of telemedicine comes from Kentucky where clinicians are using robots equipped with monitors and video cameras to consult with neonatologists at the University of Louisville about the condition of their little patients.

Here's a video report from Kentucky's WFIE:

More from WFIE...

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Artificially Grown Microlungs to Improve Pulmonary Therapy Development

Testing drugs on real breathing lungs can be difficult and expensive when dealing with live animals. To overcome this, researchers have been looking for a viable way to grow lung cells externally and a team from Cardiff University seem to have come up with a "lung-on-a-chip" solution.

The New Scientist reports:

Cell biologist Kelly BéruBé at the University of Cardiff, UK, has managed to grow human lung cells into flat differentiated layers that resemble the inner lining of the lungs. Her method is already being used for drug testing by companies such as Unilever and AstraZeneca. But when allowed to grow in three dimensions, as in the body, cells arrange themselves very differently, and this can change how they respond to chemical stimuli. "We need to move from something flat to 3D structures," says BéruBé.

A popular approach is to seed plastic scaffolds with stem cells to grow artificial "organs", but BéruBé and her colleagues have found an alternative which could allow thousands of drugs to be screened at once.

Instead of large scaffolds, BéruBé has grown lung cells on the surface of plastic spheres half a millimetre in diameter, essentially producing a tiny inside-out lung around each bead.

More from New Scientist...

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The Bio-Engineering Feedback Loop

Robert Full, a UC Berkeley biologist, has been studying how geckos run and climb walls. Equipped with such a knowledge, Dr. Full has been collaborating with a variety of engineers to help them design new gadgets. In this TED talk, Dr. Full demonstrates how biophysics research can help engineering, and, surprisingly, how engineering feedback can help uncover knowledge about the living world.

Link @ Ted...

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

The Latest from The Big Brains of Neuroscience

Last winter, Carl Zimmer, a blogger and a columnist for Discover magazine, sat down with four NSF sponsored neuroscientists at Franklin Institute in Philadelphia to discuss the latest in the field and what the latest theories are. Today NSF released sixteen videos of the event, each focusing on a unique topic like "The impact of neuroscience and the legal system", " What can music tell us about memory?", and"Pre-dispositions and Subliminal Messaging".

Featured speakers:

Daniel J. Levitin, James McGill Professor of Psychology at McGill University and author of the bestselling book "Your Brain on Music"

Michael Gazzaniga, director of the Sage Center for the Study of Mind at the University of California and author of the new book "Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique"

Rebecca Saxe, Carole Middleton Career Development Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT

Samuel Wang, associate professor of neuroscience at Princeton University and author of "Welcome to Your Brain"

In addition to presenting insights from their work, the experts also provide a unique perspective into the advances being made in the field of neuroscience and the many exciting and challenging implications they hold. For example, if brain scans can tell whether a person is lying or if types of violence and criminal behavior can be traced to specific abnormalities in the brain, what does that mean for our justice system? As Gazzaniga puts it in one of the videos, "Is neuroscience painting a picture of the nature of the human condition in such a way that concepts of punishment take on new meaning?"

Link to the videos: Unlocking the Secrets and Powers of the Brain

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» First Cancer Genome Sequenced (November 6, 2008)

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

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» 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)

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» Watching The Gurgling of The Gut (October 23, 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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» Stem Cells From Skin Cells...Phew! (October 14, 2008)

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

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

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

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

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

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» euHeart Computer Modeling Project Aims to Build a Virtual Heart (August 22, 2008)

» Protein Markers Signal True Biological Age (August 22, 2008)

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

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» 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)

» Noses, Penises, Bicycle Saddles, and The Police (August 8, 2008)

» The Science of Herding Bacteria (August 8, 2008)

» Anthrax Investigation Highlights Modern Biomolecular Forensic Technology (August 7, 2008)

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» Immunoregulatory Macrophage May End Need for Anti-Rejection Drugs (August 7, 2008)

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

» Nonwoven Material May Lead to Novel Medical Fabrics and Devices (August 4, 2008)

» Nature Insight: Inflammation (August 1, 2008)

» Marriage of Innovative Graphic Hardware and Software Technologies Makes for Powerful Spinal Simulation (August 1, 2008)

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

» Artificial Liver Culture as Platform for Hep C Research (July 18, 2008)

» Mosquitos Provide Design Inspiration for Next Generation Microneedles (July 18, 2008)

» Feeling The Feet for Balance Problems (July 17, 2008)

» Better Neural Implants Through Conductive Polymers (July 17, 2008)

» Scientists Force Cells to Self-Assemble into Tissue-like Stuctures (July 17, 2008)

» Demo Call for World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (July 15, 2008)

» MitoCarta, An Online Mitochondrial Inventory, Goes Clinical (July 15, 2008)

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

» Intramuscular Endoscopy Offers a Novel Look at Muscle Machinery (July 11, 2008)

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

» Infrared Device to Test IVF Embryo Viability (July 11, 2008)

» Personalized Medicine Explained (July 10, 2008)

» 'Optical Tweezers' Used to Measure Protein Bonds (July 8, 2008)

» Scientists Report A New Method of Biological Radiolabeling (July 8, 2008)

» Killing Bugs With E&M (July 2, 2008)

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» Wormgadget: Hookworm Allergy Treatment (July 1, 2008)

» Nerve Cells Made from Stem Cells Successfully Transplanted (June 30, 2008)

» Genome Synthesis Technique for Virus Vaccine Development (June 30, 2008)

» Should FDA Approval Waive Liability? (June 25, 2008)

» First Full Female Genome Sequenced (June 23, 2008)

» Monitoring Crystal Structure of Manufactured Drugs (June 23, 2008)

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

» T Cell Cloning as Potential Cancer Treatment (June 19, 2008)

» 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)

» Pressure as Tool for Cartilage Growth (June 12, 2008)

» Shocking Court Decision in Taser Wrongful Death Case (June 12, 2008)

» Bright Lights Help Dementia Sufferers (June 11, 2008)

» 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)

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» 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)

» The Loo is Buggered, Visit The One Down Below (May 29, 2008)

» 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)

» To Live and To Blog (May 23, 2008)

» 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)

» Novel Bacteria-Resistant Films Developed (May 19, 2008)

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» How Bacteria Grow Their Surface Pili (May 16, 2008)

» Using Lasers for Aligning Bio Molecules (May 15, 2008)

» 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)

» Cell Phone Network for Ghana's Doctors (May 12, 2008)

» 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)

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» Absinthe Is Just Booze (April 29, 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)

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» 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)

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» 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)

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» 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)

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» 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)

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» iPods and Pacemakers (February 1, 2008)

» Holography for Tissue Transparency (January 30, 2008)

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» 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)

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» 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)

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

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» 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)

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» 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)

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» Israeli Researchers Claim Novel Swimming Robot (November 7, 2006)

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» Researchers Grow a Lung from Stem Cells (November 3, 2006)

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» 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)

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» 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)

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» 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)

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» 3M Wins Frost and Sullivan Award (July 13, 2006)

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» 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)

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» The Largest DNA Database to Be Launched (June 21, 2006)

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» Breeding Controversy Through Human-Animal Hybridization (June 20, 2006)

» Uaser: An Ultrasonic Laser (June 19, 2006)

» Novel Nanomaterial for Diagnostic Devices (June 19, 2006)

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» 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)

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» Review Panel Shocker: Guidant's Disclosure System Needs Work (March 30, 2006)

» Guinness World Record Request: Show Your Skin! (March 29, 2006)

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» Light Scattering Technology for Early Cancer Detection (March 10, 2006)

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» Chemical Sensors, Neural Network for Human Breath Analysis (February 17, 2006)

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» Blackberry Shut Down and the Doctors/Patients That May Suffer (February 7, 2006)

» Epidermal Dendritic Cells' Precursor Identified (February 2, 2006)

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» 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)

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» 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)