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Study Shows Hope for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's

...ethods are enabling us to take EEG, an 80-year-old technique for measuring brain activity, and turn it into a cutting-edge tool for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease," Kounios added. The team members hope that eventually they or other researchers will develop a hand-held device that can be used to conduct simil...

Scientists Receive Patent for Development of "combination" Proteins to Produce Vaccines for Lyme Disease

...-produced in E. coli bacteria, a common laboratory technique for making proteins, and easily purified for possible use in vaccines or diagnostic assays. "This could lead to a vaccine that is effective at different stages of the organism’s life cycle," said Dunn. Moreover, by incorporating unique protein frag...

100,000 Bird Flu Vaccine Doses to Be Destroyed

...d only once." HSADL, which is equipped with the technique of identifying the avian influenza virus among poultry, tested thousands of bird samples including droppings of migratory birds last year after the first strains of the deadly H5N1 virus were detected in western Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtr...

Biofeedback Treats One Type Of Chronic Constipation

...the condition either," Rao said. The biofeedback technique involves making people more aware of unconscious o...ntary bodily functions involved in defecation. The technique includes placing a pencil-thin probe into the rectum to provide feedback information about how the b...

Novel Airway Bypass Treatment Assists Emphysema Sufferers

...al Pulmonology at Penn, states, "This experimental technique could be revolutionary as it is the only approach ...he lung -- and not just the upper lung zones. This technique would help those who do not appear to benefit from lung volume reduction surgery." Sterman adds, "...

Genetic Technology and Eugenics

...away, its implications loom larger than life. This technique is endorsed by the co-discoverer of the DNA, Dr. James Watson , who expressed pleasure in the possibility of making better humans by adding or taking a few genes. However, he has also expressed a profound hatred for ugliness in women and stupidity...

It's Never too Late to Get It Back! Aging Interrupted

...sing this knowledge to establish a novel screening technique to find drugs which mimic this longevity effect. “...e of extending the lifespan of healthy people. The technique we have developed allows us to screen a relatively large number of drugs in months rather than years...

1-visit Screening, Prevention for Cervical Cancer Holds Promise

...Stanford University School of Medicine. If this technique can be scaled up effectively, it could help preven...fatal reproductive health issue they face. The technique used in this study is one that has been known for many years. A doctor or nurse applies acetic acid,...

A Sweet Step Toward New Cancer Therapies

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—By recognizing sugars, a technique developed by University of Michigan analytical che...nsson's research group has demonstrated that their technique can be used to identify and structurally characterize glycans. Their work is described in the April ...

Cryoablation: A New Treatment Option for Some Kidney Tumor Patients

...ts. Mayo researchers report that not only can this technique be an alternative to surgery, but that in some cases, it has benefits over RFA. Previous experience in percutaneous RFA led the researchers to recognize that it has two important limitations. Tumors larger than 3 centimeters are difficult to treat ...

Multiple Regions of the Brain Locate Pain

...ith functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a technique that shows brain activity while a task is being performed. The study involved 12 healthy volunteers from ages 22 to 39. Two thermal stimulators were placed between 1.5 and 6 inches apart on each participant’s lower leg. While participants were underg...

Stem Cells Speed Growth of Healthy Liver Tissue

...d the results of portal vein embolization (PVE), a technique currently used to help regenerate liver tissue, to a combination of PVE and an injection of bone marrow stem cells into the liver. PVE blocks blood flow to the diseased portion of the liver and diverts blood to the organ’s healthy tissue, promoting...

Detection of Malignant Breast Tumors Made Simpler and More Effective

...ated in the research, described details of the new technique today at the 233rd national meeting of the America...ngioni says. For screening applications, the new technique most likely would be used to supplement, not replace, mammography, according to Frangioni. But the t...

Stem Cells to Treat Liver Cancer

...d the results of portal vein embolization (PVE), a technique currently used to help regenerate liver tissue, to a combination of PVE and an injection of bone marrow stem cells into the liver. PVE blocks blood flow to the diseased portion of the liver and diverts blood to the organ’s healthy tissue, promoting...

Motivational Interviewing Could Reduce Excessive Drinking by Students

...as drinking, Kirkley and others decided to try the technique in a group setting. College students’ drinking b...tudent. They used the motivational interviewing technique with students in the university’s Freshman Seminar program. During two 75-minute class sessions, the...

Heartbeats on IPods - Being ‘cool’ can Help Doctors to

...sounds on their iPods, Barrett set out to test the technique on practicing physicians. During a single 90-mi...rcent. Barrett offers the clue as to why this technique worked. Listening to the heart, known as cardiac auscultation, is a technical skill and therefore be...

Scientists Re-grow Dental Enamel from Cultured Cells

... the University of Tokyo (Japan), reports on a new technique for culturing cells that have the capacity to prod...ropriate environment. The idea for the culturing technique originates from 1975, when Dr. J.G. Rheinwald and Dr. H. Green of Harvard Medical School reported th...

Small Implant To Check On Cancer

...cancer cells// and will show up during scans. This technique is yet to be tested on humans. These implants could let the doctor know about the extent of spread of cancer cells and the effect of drugs on them. The current procedure of scans and blood test do not highlight the extent of drug penetration in to ...

Osteoporosis to Be Detected During Routine Dental X-rays

... thickness at the femur, hip, and spine, using the technique that is common for this kind of expensive examinat...me on the part of the dentist. The newly developed technique means that patients who are identified as being at risk can be referred for more thorough appropriat...

Computer Imaging Assists With Facial Reconstructive Surgery

A new calibration technique that involves measuring the distance between the u...ce comparisons are possible with a new calibration technique using the constant facial landmarks, the porion and the pupil. The porion-pogonion distance is a sim...

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