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British Healthcare Mission Explores Partnership Possibilities With Indian Healthcare Sector

...also spoke and impressed about the partnerships in technology transfer and clinical trials. David Hawkins said: “India today has the same cardiac, diabetes and oncology profile as developed countries”...

Vical Biotech and NIH jointly develops HIV vaccine

...overnment is using the Vical Biotechs DNA delivery technology to inserting the HIV genes//. Vical Inc. is a Bi...eed to grant Merck to use its gene delivery system technology for cancer vaccines in exchange for rights to use the technology for vaccines against HIV. The Phas...

Microscopic Nanobombs Blow Apart Breast Cancer Cells

...gineering at UD. The report says that the nanobomb technology is still in its infancy and that it would be many years before it became an actual reality. Panchapakesan says that the nanobombs were a byproduct of extensive work with carbon nanotubes for the last two years. The main aim of the project was to se...

HIIP- A Novel Inhaled Insulin Delivery System As An Alternative To Injectable Insulin Therapy

... inhalation powder (HIIP) -- based on AIR particle technology and its relative biopotency compared with subcutaneous (SC) insulin lispro. The researchers enrolled 20 healthy, nonsmoking, male or female subjects (aged 29.6 years, BMI 23.2 kg/m2) with normal forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in...

Seeing Is Believing Does Not Hold Good For Color Perception

... perceive color. The researchers have exploited a technology known as adaptive optics that was originally used by astronomers. This laser-based system maps out the topography of the inner eye in exquisite detail that would not have been possible otherwise. The pigment that allows each cone in the human eye t...

And now candy that is good for your teeth!

...y's School of Dental Medicine have developed a new technology that can be incorporated into candy and confection...alizing features normally found in the saliva. The technology was created and patented by researchers in the Department of Oral Biology and Pathology at Stony Bro...

Anonymous Sperm Donor Traced On Internet

...genious investigation using the latest in Internet technology has massive implications for thousands of people who were conceived using donor sperm. There is an explosion of information of genetic inheritance, which will make unknown fathers visible. Anyone who has donated his sperm can potentially be traced b...

Three In One Ultrasound Probe For 3-D Imaging Of Heart And Tissue Destruction Developed

Engineers at the Duke University are working on a technology that may someday enable physicians to use high frequency ultrasound waves both to visualize the heart's interior in three dimensions and then selectively destroy heart tissue with heat to correct arrhythmias.// This is the first time a three in one...

Embryonic Genetic Testing Is Boosting IVF Pregnancies

...tment Authority symposium on assisted reproductive technology this week discussed the scientific, ethical and legal implications. Agnes Bankier, director of Genetic Health Services Victoria, which conducts pre-natal testing, said it was unlikely parents would be allowed to use PGD to choose their child's phys...

Crusade Against Cancer: Collaborations On The Anvil

...e success rates. Funded by a $3 million grant of technology and services from IBM, MSKCC will include a comprehensive system to integrate its hospital data with text mining and related analytical capabilities into a unified information management environment to facilitate predictive analysis and research. I...

Co-infection of Two genetic diseases makes them susceptible to malaria

...d unless there are scientists equipped with modern technology working directly with people in the areas of Afric... exposed to malaria and employing a relatively new technology that allows scientists to quickly screen the genetic profile of a large number of people. "This is...

British medical education suffers shortage of bodies

...that medical schools were increasingly able to use technology instead. -(IANS)...

Prostate Cancer Can Be Treated By Application Of LASER Technology

A revolutionary technology for prostate cancer is being used in a leading pri...ospital board, said with the adoption of KTP laser technology to remove benign prostatic hyperplasia (BHP), the facility had become India's first private hospital...

India's Hospitals Among The Best, Says Renuka Chowdhury

...ise lines, airlines, other transport operators and technology companies from 202 representative countries and regions are participating at WTM 2005. --IANS...

Effective family control measures and stem cell research focus of Indian Government

...nment is also willing to offer money, training and technology and also buy back 100 per cent of the produce of farmers who plant medicinal plants in such zones. He also expressed keen interest in establishing a link between India and China in the traditional medicine sector, particularly in testing and scient...

Epilepsy Medicine May Result In Sexual Dysfunction

...urgeons are gaining experience in using brain scan technology to locate the source of the dysfunction, enabling them to better estimate the success of an operation. Epilepsy can be caused by an injury or by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. People who have epilepsy can guard against seizures by avoidi...

India Needs To Pay More Attention To Detecting Cancer

...amme will provide the basis for utilizing low cost technology tools for down staging cervix and breast cancers in societies that have limited financial resources,' he added. Janak McGilligan, Director, Barli Development Institute For Rural Women, Indore, also emphasized on creating healthcare awareness among w...

Unpasteurised juices found to be potential health hazards

...ral part of a healthy diet. But with the advent of technology lots has been found unhealthy with untreated juice. Consumers today have numerous choices when it comes to drinking juice // . One thing that is overlooked is whether juices have undergone safety treatments from microbes. Though illness due to juice...

DNA Vaccine Trials Against HIV Virus In Sweden Nurture Hope

...the virus once it enters the living system. 'The technology is highly promising for producing simple, inexpensive and heat-stable vaccines,' according to health experts at International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). Although the study is not yet over, the researchers are very positive about the outcome of...

Men Use Their Brain Differently From Women

...e the functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) technology was used to monitor their brain activity. The study also revealed that there were some areas where there was uniformity in brain activity in the case of both men and women. This discovery has large implications for several clinical situations. Th...

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