Medical in Biological News

All-in-1 nanoparticle: A Swiss Army knife for nanomedicine

... are being developed to perform a wide range of medical uses imaging tumors, carrying drugs, delivering ... creates a multipurpose nanotechnology tool for medical imaging and therapy. The structure is described ... of bioengineering. The current focus is on medical applications, but the researchers said ...

Bioterrorism and disaster preparedness explored in special issue of Medical Decision Making

... 2009) According to a study in a special issue of medical Decision Making , a large-scale, covert anthrax ... Initiative (CRI), a program that recommends the medical countermeasures necessary to minimize the ... and quality of these models, the Society for medical Decision Making convened experts to recommend ...

Common allergy drug reduces obesity and diabetes in mice

... Mass. (July 26, 2009) Crack open the latest medical textbook to the chapter on type 2, or ... Nature Medicine , two of which are from Harvard medical School researchers, have linked type 2 diabetes ... Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard medical School, began to suspect such a connection when, ...

DOE-funded research projects win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009

... will significantly improve the ability of medical scientists and nanoscientists to study use of ... subscellular organelles, which helps develop new medical imaging techniques and therapies. (Jointly with ... Gamma Camera This high-resolution nuclear medical probe can pinpoint the locale of cancer tissue in ...

Early detection and quick response are key to defense against anthrax attack

... appear in the July/August edition of the journal medical Decision Making -- one of two studies by Dr. Nathaniel Hupert of Weill Cornell medical College in the issue. The study can be found at ... of public health and medicine at Weill Cornell medical College. "Crucial to rapidly implementing a ...

Newly discovered gene fusion may lead to improved prostate cancer diagnosis

... from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell medical Center have discovered a new gene fusion that is ... fusions co-discovered by the same Weill Cornell medical College laboratory group, this fusion, called ... chair for experimental pathology at Weill Cornell medical College. "Currently, PSA testing is the standard ...

$20 million NIH grant to transform clinical research at UIC

... program in 2006 to fund a national consortium of medical research institutions that now includes 39 ... with the Urbana-Champaign campus, and the medical campuses at Peoria and Rockford," said Dr. Joseph ... at Advocate Health Care and the Jesse Brown VA medical Center. "The center will capitalize on mature ...

Avoiding hysterectomy: Major interventional radiology E-collection info available

... in the procedure and is a good example of how medical research progresses over time," added Spies, ... Department of Radiology at Georgetown University medical Center in Washington, D.C. Uterine artery ... P. Siskin, M.D., FSIR, and colleagues at Albany medical College, that answers a key technical question ...

$29.4 million grant establishes CTSI at NYU in partnership with Health and Hospitals Corporation

... (HHC). The funding is designed to train medical researchers, more rapidly advance science from ... Translational Science centers based at academic medical centers around the country. "Our CTSI is truly ... critical role in our shared goal of transforming medical research and reducing healthcare disparities in ...

A 'heart healthy' diet and ongoing, moderate physical activity may protect against cognitive decline

... as we age," said William Thies, PhD, Chief medical & Scientific Officer at the Alzheimer's ... a geriatrics researcher at the San Francisco VA medical Center, and colleagues studied changes in levels ... adjusting for age, ethnicity, severe chronic medical illness, lean body mass, and education, aerobic ...

Probiotics help gastric-bypass patients lose weight more quickly, Stanford study shows

... Morton, MD, associate professor of surgery at the medical school, showed that patients who take probiotics ... with lead author Gavitt Woodard, a third-year medical student, and five other medical students at the Surgery Center for Outcomes ...

'Show me the money!' MDA greenlights grants

... Eric Schon, researcher at Columbia University medical Center in New York. MDA has committed over $2 billion to fund medical and scientific research, as well as clinical and ... reviewed by leading experts on the Association's medical Advisory Committee or Scientific Advisory ...

New Report Just Published: World Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers Market Report

... I-4 Industrial Material Processing I-4 medical Applications I-4 Instrumentation I-4 ... Technology Advancements Create New Avenues in medical Sector II-12 3. Competition II-13 Major ... by End-Use - Industrial Material Processing, medical Application, Instrumentation, R & D and ...

Mount Sinai's Dr. Benjamin tenOever to be honored by White House

... of scores of translational research projects the medical School has made possible through its commitment ... President for Academic Affairs at The Mount Sinai medical Center. "Mount Sinai's ability to secure research ... of Microbiology. About The Mount Sinai medical Center The Mount ...

22nd Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Sept. 12-16, 2009, Turkey

... task to bridge the gap between basic research and medical practice, paving the way for improved ... people back into work through a range of medical and psychosocial measures is essential. Positive ... of basic research, clinical neuroscience and medical practice, which can guide advances in ...

Genetic factors implicated in survival gap for breast, ovarian or prostate cancer

... these cancers, even when they receive identical medical treatment and when socioeconomic factors are ... Dawn Hershman, M.D, M.S., a Columbia University medical Center oncologist whose research is dedicated to ... medicine and epidemiology at Columbia University medical Center and co-director of the breast cancer ...

Gene expression findings a step toward better classification and treatment of juvenile arthritis

... Barnes, Ph.D., of Cincinnati Children's Hospital medical Center used a large data set to compare a number ... program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital medical Center before coming to NIAMS. "Many of the genes ... Ph.D., also at Cincinnati Children's Hospital medical Center, scientists looked more closely at ...

Stanford researchers publish comprehensive model for medical device development

... DCIn an effort to increase understanding of the medical device development process and help companies ... the first comprehensive model representing the medical device development process. Published in the June 2009 issue of the Journal of medical Devices , the model was constructed based on ...

DuoCort: New chronotherapy for adrenal insufficiency

... and safe. Endocrinology Professor and Chief medical Officer of DuoCort, Gudmundur Johannsson says, We ... the best therapy available today. The large unmet medical need is to improve therapy by mimicking the ... biological rhythms (chronobiology) with medical treatment is called chronotherapy . It takes ...

Engineering innovative solutions for 21st century medicine

... funding for four new Centres of Excellence in medical Engineering to transform the future of healthcare. Engineers have been at the forefront of medical innovation throughout the history of medicine, ... older, our bodies need more help to support us. medical engineering will play an important role in ...

NYU Langone Medical Center awarded NIH grants totaling $1,560,000

... New York, NY, June 24, 2009 Two NYU Langone medical Center researchers have received $1,560,000 in ... The studies being conducted at NYU Langone medical Center are two of several projects being conducted through the NIH Roadmap for medical Research as part of the Human Microbiome Project ...

An easy way to find a needle in a haystack by removing the haystack

... Because of its versatile applications, also in medical diagnostics, the invention is protected by ... allows measurements from diverse biological and medical materials. Apart from plant and insect samples ... of human blood, smaller than a micro liter. In medical diagnostics such measurements are still conducted ...

Powerful nutrient cocktail can put kids with Crohn's into remission

... School of Medicine and Schneider Children's medical Centre shows that there is another path to ... Dr. Shamir's quest to educate the international medical community about the benefits of nutrition therapy ... researchers have worked to show the international medical community that nutrition was equal to steroids in ...

GARP makes the difference

... Research in Braunschweig, Germany and the medical School Hannover, Germany have succeeded in ... inhibit immune reactions and are thus of special medical interest. Until now, distinguishing between Tregs ... for scientists. Now, in co-operation with the medical School Hannover, researchers from the Helmholtz ...

Brain-computer interface, developed at Brown, begins new clinical trial

... Hochberg is also affiliated with Harvard medical School and the VA medical Center in Providence. The new trial is taking ... researchers at Brown University and Providence VA medical Center. The BrainGate2 trials will expand on ...

American Society for Microbiology honors Deborah T. Hung

... in the Department of Medicine at Harvard medical School. Sponsored by Merck Research Laboratories, ... to recognize excellence in basic research in medical microbiology and infectious diseases. Dr. ... and her M.D. from Harvard. She completed her medical residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital, ...

American Society for Microbiology honors Lynne S. Garcia

... Santa Monica, and laboratory manager, UCLA medical Center. This award recognizes a distinguished ... has authored five editions of ASM's Diagnostic medical Parasitology and is editor-in-chief of Clinical ... Association of Bioanalysts, American Society for medical Technology, and the National Committee for ...

Jefferson receives $1.7 million grant to study stem cells in intervertebral discs of the spine

... (PHILADELPHIA) Scientists at Jefferson medical College have received a five-year, $1.7 million ... Tissue Engineering Graduate Program at Jefferson medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. "As a ... professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Jefferson medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. "However, ...

Seventy-three scientists elected to the American Academy of Microbiology

... Scotland Bryan R. Cullen, Duke University medical Center, Durham, NC Melanie T. Cushion, ... OH Victor J. DiRita, University of Michigan medical School, Ann Arbor Gordon Dougan, The Wellcome ... L. Drusano, Ordway Research Institute, Albany medical College, NY Jaquelin P. Dudley, University of ...

Olympus broadens portfolio with new biliary metallic stent

... 1, 2009 Olympus America Inc. today expanded its medical portfolio by introducing the X-Suit NIR, a ... said Eric Halvorson, chief marketing officer, medical Systems Group, Olympus America, Inc. "X-Suit is a ... its offerings and working with the world's top medical experts to provide solutions that best suit the ...

Five outstanding young gastroenterologists receive AGA Foundation 2009 Research Scholars Award

... gastric emptying in obesity Michele Battle, PhD, medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: Determining the ... Study Iryna Pinchuk, PhD, University of Texas medical Branch, Galveston: Colonic CD90+ ... on to hold distinguished appointments in major medical institutions in the U.S. and Canada. Since ...

Triage technology with a Star Trek twist

... Directorate (DHS S&T). Determining who needs medical care at the scene of a disaster is still pretty ... fans will recognize for its resemblance to the medical diagnostic tool known as the tricorder . ... those data points into measurements emergency medical responders can use in their rapid assessment of a ...

Protective footwear for diabetics at a high-street price

... stores, pharmacies and orthotic shops selling medical devices, marketed under the brand name MEDI. ... The footwear is also officially accredited as a medical product, so a customer may also be able to reclaim the cost from their medical insurers." Manufactured in Europe MEDI ...

Genetic testing for breast or ovarian cancer risk may be greatly underutilized

... genetic testing is making its way into regular medical practice," says Douglas Levy, PhD, of the MGH ... the promise of personalized, genetically-tailored medical care." Most women's lifetime risk of breast ... of decision support tools based on electronic medical records. "Right now we can stress that women ...

Gene therapy could expand stem cells' promise

... at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell medical Center published in a recent issue of the journal ... at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell medical Center, and the Bruce Webster Professor of ... Professor of Genetic Medicine at Weill Cornell medical College. Stem cells have the capacity to ...

Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation awards $191,000 in grants

... designed to benefit researchers at all levelsfrom medical students to established practitionersand the ... research project conducted by an undergraduate medical student in an area identified by SIR Foundation ... Ill."; Lydia Kuo, Georgetown University medical Center, "Biochemical Markers of Recurrence of ...

Genetic factors may predict depression in heart disease patients

... as the general population, an association the medical community has largely been unable to explain. ... in the April issue of the American Journal of medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics , the ... or their prior association with depression in medical literature. The genes include those related to ...

Genes that influence start of menstruation identified for first time

... Researchers from the Peninsula medical School, along with collaborators from research ... variants. Dr Anna Murray from the Peninsula medical School, commented: "This study provides the first ... Fellow author John Perry, also from the Peninsula medical School, added: "Understanding the biological ...

Interventional radiology: From sidelines to mainstream for patients

... advanced treatment options for a wide variety of medical conditions, offering less risk, less pain and ... an interventional radiologist at Roger Williams medical Center in Providence, R.I. Reaffirmation of that ... working behind the scenes to solve the toughest medical problems, explained Stainken. "Interventional ...

Study reveals conflict between doctors, midwives over homebirth

... in addition to being an assistant professor of medical anthropology and reproductive biology, said she ... politicized," she said. Last year the American medical Association passed Resolution 205, which states: ... a patient who is unknown to them, and who has a medical chart provided by a midwife which may not include ...