Dissect in Medical News

Ochsner 1st in Louisiana to use Robotics in Living-Donor Kidney Transplant for Faster Recovery

... "The high magnification of the robot allows us to better visualize and dissect blood vessels, making an intricate operation even more successful for both ... In 2002, Ochsner surgeons began using a laparoscope to dissect living-donor kidneys, reducing incisions and improving donor recovery, and ...

St. Jude Scientists Discover a New Mechanism Controlling Neuronal Migration

... cell migrations may contribute towards the spread of brain tumors in children. If we can understand how normal neurons migrate, we might be able to dissect the machinery of the migration of brain tumor cells." Other authors of the paper are Niraj Trivedi (St. Jude); and Eve-Ellen Govek and Mary ...

TGen and USC researchers find genetic markers to help fight diabetes

... safeguard against adverse side reactions seen with some members of this drug class,'' she said. Importantly, these findings will enable us to dissect the pharmacogenetics of TZD response, which will expand our understanding of the genetic determinants of insulin resistance and its treatment, ...

PEAK Surgical Announces First Use of PEAK PlasmaBlade(TM) in Europe

... reduction results in significantly less damage to surrounding tissues compared to traditional electrosurgery. The PlasmaBlade is also able to dissect tissue in a completely submerged surgical field, another shortcoming of traditional electrosurgical devices. Preclinical results have ...

Researchers work to boost effectiveness of the flu vaccine

... says Dr. Mellor, the principal investigator on a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to help dissect IDO's role. "I guess the simplest hope we have is that by manipulating IDO, in this case by blocking it, we can get T cell vaccines to work much ...

Mayo researchers help discover genetic cause for primary biliary cirrhosis

... "Although both the HLA region and the IL12 pathway are equally involved with susceptibility to primary biliary cirrhosis, HLA is very complicated to dissect genetically, with multiple pathways," says Dr. Lazaridis. "It will be difficult to modulate with the intention to treat, while IL12 is a single ...

Computer simulation captures immune response to flu

... of the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Department of Energy. "High-speed, accurate computer simulation tools are urgently needed to dissect the relative importance of each attribute of viral strains in their ability to cause disease, and the contribution of each part of the immune system ...

PEAK Surgical Announces Positive Fascia Incision Healing Results From Preclinical Study of PEAK PlasmaBlade(TM) for Gynecologic Surgery

... reduction results in significantly less damage to surrounding tissues compared to traditional electrosurgery. The PlasmaBlade is also able to dissect tissue in a completely submerged surgical field, another shortcoming of traditional electrosurgical devices. Preclinical results have ...

Breakthrough model for human cancer may improve development of cancer drugs; study in PNAS

... tissue. Introduction of different combinations of oncogenes, such as HER2, KRAS, PI3 kinase and p53, into the tissue enabled the researchers to dissect the contribution of each gene to human tumor formation in the model. The authors also demonstrated the utility of the HIM models for drug ...

The brain 'joins the dots' when drawing a cartoon face from memory

... the eye and hand are guided by the retained action plans. Finally their work shows that brain imaging, in combination with eye and hand tracking, can dissect complex visually guided tasks into separate functional stages. This work is an important step towards a full understanding of how sensory ...

Thomson Reuters Study Tracks Impact of Recession on Hospitals

... teaching hospitals and major teaching hospitals. The study tracks two dozen key financial indicators, using proprietary and public data to dissect the balance sheets of more than 400 hospitals nationwide. It evaluates trends in revenue and profit, employment levels, closures, inpatient volume, ...

PEAK Surgical Receives European CE Mark for PEAK(R) Surgery System for Use in General Surgery

... results in significantly less damage to surrounding tissues compared to traditional electrosurgical devices. The PlasmaBlade is also able to dissect tissue in a wet or dry surgical field. PEAK Surgical's pulsed plasma-mediated discharges and electrode insulation techniques were originally ...

Magnetic-anchor-guided endoscopic submucosal dissection shows promise for gastric cancer

... separated from the deeper layers of the intestinal wall under direct vision of the endoscopist. The endoscopist utilizes an electrocautery device to dissect the lesion (overlying the device) from the deeper intestinal layers (below the device). Unlike conventional surgery, where structures in the abdomen ...

Genetic interactions are the key to understanding complex traits

... from North American oak trees and vineyards, where it grows naturally, to find their answer. "This was a test case," Cohen explains. "If we can't dissect a complex genetic trait that occurs naturally in yeast and show how multiple genes interact to produce a particular trait, then there's no hope for ...

Unique U-M Surgery Creates Fully Usable Tongue Following Tongue Cancer

... includes removing a portion of the tongue and reconstructing the new tongue, is long and complex, lasting about 10 hours. It requires surgeons to dissect and reattach the blood vessels, just like with a typical organ transplant. The blood vessels are sewn together with tiny sutures, some smaller than a ...

'Hub' of fear memory formation identified in brain cells

... of memory, such as Alzheimer's disease. Besides lithium, no drugs that target beta-catenin are available. Ressler says his team's next step is to dissect the contribution of beta-catenin's different functions: cell adhesion and developmental signaling. He notes that when over-activated by genetic ...

Innate immune system targets asthma-linked fungus for destruction

... step in our transdisciplinary research collaboration will be to use recombinant fungal proteins and fungal knockout mutants for specific genes to dissect the different molecular steps involved in the development and progression of this acute immune response." Hirohito Kita added: "We have taken an ...

Scientists identify another piece of the weight-control puzzle

... of studies to examine the function of glutamate and GABA release from other groups of neurons are currently underway as investigators continue to dissect the brain's neurocircuitry. "As these new findings demonstrate, GABA release is an important component that mediates the function of AgRP ...

Legal and ethical issues in medical physics

... as minimum education and training standards and licensure requirements vary from state to state. A number of distinguished speakers will help dissect these ethical and regulatory issues at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 50th meeting in Houston, Texas from July 27 to July ...

InsuranceSpecialists.com Looks at the Candidates and Health Reform

... in 1999. In this election year, the site's writers have turned their in-depth understanding of health care issues toward helping Americans dissect the health reforms proposed by the presidential candidates before they go to the polls in November. "This election is just ...

Possession Is Nine-Tenths the Perceived Value

... trigger in certain regions of the brain -- play a big role in driving these sorts of economic decisions." Knutson and his colleagues set out to dissect the endowment effect by subjecting 24 healthy men and women to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans to observe brain activity in three ...

Zebrafish enable scientists to study the migration of neurons that enable sexual maturity

... says Dr. Kozlowski. "Do they go straight there or take the long way? Then we can start asking questions about the signals that direct them and dissect out the genes expressed along the route which may function as road signs." In live embryos, researchers are watching GnRH neurons as they first ...

New Surgical Technology Holds Promise of Painless, Scarless Procedures

... author Dr. Field Willingham, senior fellow in the gastrointestinal unit at MGH, said in a prepared statement. He did mention that tools used to dissect or retract during NOTES procedures may pose some limitations. "It can be challenging to perform complex procedures such as holding traction while ...

Vioxx Disclosure Emphasizes Need for New Web Resource that Answers Questions About Anti-Epileptic Medication Use

... be expanded to include information about other prescription drugs. "It is unrealistic to expect that medical professionals have time to carefully dissect all of the published research on prescription medication," said Cathy Melvin, Principal Investigator and Director of Child Health Services Research ...

Blood pressure enzyme can have tumor-sensing role

... found that manipulating its activity also affects processes such as fertility and the generation of red blood cells in the bone marrow. To dissect out ACE's role in the immune system, they created mice with a genetic alteration in the ACE gene, forcing the gene to be turned on only in ...

Mouse model for mesothelioma reproduces human disease

... describe an excellent model system for investigating the molecular mechanisms that underlie MM. Our mouse models should be suitable to further dissect pathways critically important in mesothelioma development and progression and serve as invaluable tools to test new intervention strategies, ...

VBI, Mayo Clinic investigate link between fungal proteins, innate immunity and asthma

... by Alternaria that are triggers of innate immune responses that shape the adaptive immune system. Recombinant fungal proteins will be used to dissect the different molecular steps involved in the development and progression of inflammation and asthma. He added: We will create a series of fungal ...

Arizona State bioethicist says mental illness is subject to biological and sociocultural factors

... factors, such that isolating any of these as core elements will almost always miss the mark at the expense of patient care, he says. Robert will dissect the notion that personalized medicine is the wave of the future. In many peoples minds, personalized medicine means medicine tailored to an ...

Transparent fish to make human biology clearer

... laboratory of Leonard Zon, PhD. The classic method for studying human diseases in animals is to allow the animal to get the disease, kill and dissect the animal, then ask, "what happened?" But in cancer and other fast-changing processes that traverse the body, this method is bound to miss ...

Transparent Fish Gives New Window on Disease

... 7 issue of Cell Stem Cell . Currently, researchers studying human diseases in animals induce the illness and allow it to progress, then kill and dissect the animals. But that approach is bound to miss something in cancer and other rapidly changing processes, according to the team that developed the ...

Scientists identify genes linked to lupus in women

... and other autoimmune diseases. The scientists are now focusing their attention on specific pathways and genes identified in this study, trying to dissect the precise molecular mechanisms by which these genes contribute to the risk for lupus. Genetic factors likely predict specific complications or ...

Lupus in women: New genetic risk factors identified

... and non-genetic triggers. Thanks to this discovery, we can now focus our research on the specific biological pathways and genes identified and dissect the precise molecular mechanisms by which these genes contribute to the risk for lupus, added Dr. Rioux. This latest find comes weeks following ...

2008 Presidential Campaign on the Couch

... Westen, author of The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation. In a multimedia presentation that will clinically dissect video clips of current and former Presidential candidates from a psychoanalytic perspective, Dr. Westen will address the following topics: -- The ...

Area Around Breast Tumor May Predict Cancer's Spread

... could be a new type of [cancer] biomarker, p53 in the stroma," she added. In addition, the findings may one day eliminate the need to remove and dissect the lymph nodes which, as Eng points out, is a "nuisance" to patients. Even further down the line, the stroma might provide a new target for drug ...

Campbell Alliance Business Development Practice Leader to Co-Chair and Keynote at SRI Pharma Licensing Summit

... balanced. Making this decision is difficult because the characteristics and risk profiles of each asset vary. In addition, Mr. Bonifant will dissect other common problems facing licensing executives and outline an approach that decision-makers can apply to answer the question, "When should we do ...

UC Davis researchers find evidence of mature heart cell potential in embryonic stem cells

... others had not. The UC Davis group also looked at a smaller number of cells during various stages of development, enabling them to more accurately dissect the different population subsets. The authors said that differences in cell culture and experimental conditions could also account for the results ...

SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Launch 'Doctor Radio,' a Groundbreaking, 24/7 Health and Wellness Channel, in Partnership With NYU Medical Center

... that Viagra pill on your way to the bedroom. Speaking candidly to address real-life medical matters and scenarios, doctors on the channel will even dissect sports injuries from the past weekend's big games. "Doctor Radio Powered by NYU Medical Center will be among the most definitive health, medical and ...

Better Lupus Treatments on the Horizon

... for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "We are now in a period of time when the development of molecular technology has given us the tools to dissect and tease out some aspects of the disease and identify biomarkers. That means that where previously we tended to treat the symptoms of patients, now ...

The First Incisionless Transoral Fundoplication for Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux is Performed in the U.S. at Ohio State University and Oregon Health & Science University Medical Centers

... significant advantage over open surgery, which involves a long incision on the abdomen, but both are still very invasive. Internal incisions to dissect organs and to perform procedures are similar between open surgery and laparoscopy. With EsophyX(TM) and StomaphyX(TM), external and internal ...

British Council and Los Angeles Area Universities Partner to Host Transatlantic Dialogues

... Trauma: Writers Responding to War," sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, faculty and students from the three countries will dissect the Anglo-American literary response to current and past conflicts, including the relationship between history, fiction and performance. The ...