Termites feed through good vibrations
...fence Force Academy, Dr Evans investigated how the blind insects measured pieces of wood. They recorded the vibrations of worker drywood termites as they fed on large and small wood blocks. Dr Evans then broadcast the recorded vibrations made by termites from the large blocks into small blocks and found t...Artifical cornea lets woman blind 20 years see
...e treatment and care of patients like her. "I was blind for twenty years in both my eyes," Phifer says. "A regular cornea wouldn't work because of the severity of damage to my corneas. But now my life is more like normal and I can do more things on my own and finally read the things that I want to read." ...Brain May Be Less Plastic Than Hoped
...tinas of four monkeys with a laser, creating small blind spots on the same sides of the field of vision. Th..., the cortical area corresponding to each monkey's blind spot fell silent, generating no activity. The team measured the size and shape of each of these cor...Atmosphere may cleanse itself better than previously thought
...les absorb ?a portion that has been something of a blind spot for scientists, who often detect chemical reactions by perceiving the telltale light frequencies that certain reactions are known to emit or absorb. Many sources of OH radicals strongly absorb UV light, making them easily detectable. However, th...Six previously blind patients detect light, motion, identify objects with retinal prostheses
...stigator on the project, all six of the previously blind patients have been able to detect light, identify objects in their environment, and even perceive motion after implantation with the epiretinal device. Data collected as of November of 2004 showed that the six patients-who had been implanted with a ...Of private equity, research, and drug development
... us. Like the famous Indian legend of the three blind men and the elephant, we have glimpses of the fundamental process of molecular interaction but by no means a full view. There has been much turmoil in the pharmaceutical industry, as Michael Rosen has also commented on in his column . Many of us, m...Avolte Venture Partners reaches capital goal
... much the fund has raised, saying it operates as a blind pool for dozens of limited partners and that it has found it more advantageous not to disclose that information. When we promote how much we have, it actually takes away investment opportunities from us, he said. He reaffirmed that the fund intends...Business leaders can learn from historical insights
...d of this column. Quotation : "Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, [and] until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact." Who said it? Jesse Jackson Sr.? Malcolm X? Chris Rock? Henry Ford? Martin Lut...Can we prevent Web 2.0 from being a bubble?
... will consumers click through? When will we become blind to a right-hand column full of advertising, no matter how relevant to the content at hand? In fact, the more we are exposed to these advertising techniques, the less effective the techniques become and the less viable the business model overall. La...Animal testing: Beyond the protests, instances of mistreatment are rare
...in the summer for fear of contracting polio, to go blind or deaf because of infections, or to expect that any cancer diagnosis was a death sentence. Animal-based research has helped provide cures and treatments in those case and many more. Biotechnology companies have depended on animal research to develo...Developmental, neurologic problems common in extremely preterm infants
...were cerebral palsy. Also, 2% of the children were blind or only perceived light, and 3% had hearing loss. Overall, 49% of the children had a disability, according to the investigators, and 23% were classified as severely disabled....Ranbaxy joins hand with Cipla to co-market ciprofloxacin
... Hence, Ciproflxacin is being extensively used for blind therapy of infections. According to the company, the alliance with Cipla for ciprofloxacin will be a win-win situation for both companies, enabling to leverage its combined marketing prowess and extensive distribution network. Ranbaxy official said ......nts.Retinal cell transplants can restore vision in blind rats, thereby opening up new possibilities for them. Researchers at the University of Texas, have transplanted human retinal cells into rats born with a predisposition to blindness.// Experiments showed that the rats were then able to distinguish pat......ficantly worsening vision and an expanding central blind spot. Researchers used photodynamic therapy to treat the detached retinas and shrink the tumors. Photodynamic therapy includes a light-sensitive dye that produces blood clots to terminate the growth of abnormal new blood vessels. In all three cases......s smokers are up to four-times as likely to become blind later in life from age-related macular degeneration. The study showed quitting smoking slows the development of the blinding condition. On the other hand, continued smoking can affect the long-term response to treatments such as laser therapy. One ...Appendicitis: Evolving Tools to Diagnose a Classic Disease
... lives. The condition occurs when the appendix, a blind pouch of intestine at the proximal colon, becomes obstructed by mucus, stool, or lymphatic tissue. Infection ensues, which can rapidly evolve to perforation and sepsis. The risk of these complications, already elevated for children and those over 5...Optimizing Quality Control Data Management
...ratories additional confidence that they will pass blind proficiency surveys offered by external quality assessment programs. References Fraser Callum, Biological Variation: From Principles to Practice, AACC Press, Washington DC, 2001 (available at www.aacc.org) Ricos Carmen et al., Current databases o......on. In the placebo controlled, randomized, double blind trial 120patients in 8 sites in South Africa were treated with a 200mgtablet, 4 times per day for 3 days. The trial assessednon-inferiority versus Normix® (rifaximin) and the primaryendpoint was the time from first ingestion of tablet to the last...HepaLife's PBS-1 Cells for Influenza Vaccine Production Prove Superior at International Conference
...c testing. According to researchfindings, nineteen blind influenza virus received from humanrespiratory samples were successfully identified as type-Ainfluenza using PBS-1 cells. Entitled "High titer growth of human and avian influenza virusesin an immortalized chick embryo cell line without the need fore......ose patients randomizedto pagoclone in the double- blind phase, the mean reduction inpercent syllables stut...t. For patients receiving placeboduring the double blind phase, 36% were rated as improved, whilefollowing three months of open label treatment, 80% were rat...