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Rare Tibetan antelope listed as endangered

...uments, called trocars, that surgeons use to allow easy exchange of laparoscopic tools. By comparison, most two-dimensional ultrasound probes use just 64 cables. "It's a feat of technology and craftsmanship to build these devices," Smith said. "More cables translate into better image quality. The scanner...

3D ultrasound device poised to advance minimally invasive surgery

...uments, called trocars, that surgeons use to allow easy exchange of laparoscopic tools. By comparison, most two-dimensional ultrasound probes use just 64 cables. "It's a feat of technology and craftsmanship to build these devices," Smith said. "More cables translate into better image quality. The scanner...

Common molecular 'signature' identified in solid tumors

... appeared to be non-functional. They may have been easy to overlook: miRNAs are usually only 22 or so nucleotides in length ?miniscule in size when compared to their cousins, messenger RNA, which can be several hundred to a thousand times that long. But several years ago, researchers studying roundworms...

Human trial proves ricin vaccine safe, induces neutralizing antibodies; further tests planned

...B" biological agent, which means it is "relatively easy to disseminate." DOR BioPharma has received an exclusive license for RiVax and is developing large scale manufacturing processes. DOR officials hope to produce a large stockpile for more advanced human clinical testing, product licensing and potenti...

Bees solve complex colour puzzles

...the global illumination changes is in principle an easy problem to solve, since all vision needs to do is adapt itself to the scene's average colour, a bit like adapting to the darkness of a cinema. Far more difficult is to recognise the surface or object under multiple lights simultaneously, since adapti...

Should doctors tell patients about expensive, unfunded drugs?

... The issue of accessing new expensive drugs has no easy solution, they say. Nevertheless, it seems unreasonable to withhold information from a patient about any potentially beneficial treatment because of concerns about capacity to pay, even if these discussions cause distress for some patients. Society...

Johns Hopkins flu expert calls for mandatory vaccination of health care workers

... her recommendations are free shots for all staff, easy access to flu shot clinics on site, flexible vaccination hours, emphasis on patient safety aspects of the program, education to counter beliefs that the shots can make you sick and encouragement from hospital leaders to get the vaccine. The next ste...

The bioweapon is in the post

...varies widely. But email addresses are notoriously easy to fake. And even orders from legitimate institutions may not be what they seem. Alfred Lasher, who manages Picoscript in Houston, Texas, says that he turned down one orderplaced by an individual at a US biotech firm, after Picoscript's enquiries rev...

DNA technique measures suitability of soil for onion crops

...nds. This database, together with a method for the easy extraction of DNA from nematodes, forms the basis for the technique developed to detect harmful nematodes. The Technology Foundation STW filed a patent for this technology, and this patent was recently transferred to Blgg. In close cooperation with...

Polio vaccination strategies assessed as eradication nears

...ve virus strains. The vaccine is highly effective, easy to administer, relatively inexpensive, and has been used for more than 40 years. Those given the vaccine excrete, or "shed," virus in their stool. There is some concern over the use of OPV, however, because vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) can occas...

Jefferson biologist coaxing human embryonic stem cells to make dopamine with simpler, faster method

... reactions in the body that would otherwise not be easy to see. If you test blood, for example, it may not tell you what's going on in the liver or the spleen. With this technique, the sensitivity for monitoring the immune system is incredible because you're seeing the whole body." That global perspectiv...

PET imaging reveals the immune system at work

... reactions in the body that would otherwise not be easy to see. If you test blood, for example, it may not tell you what's going on in the liver or the spleen. With this technique, the sensitivity for monitoring the immune system is incredible because you're seeing the whole body." That global perspectiv...

Is it Possible to Change Prescribing Habits?

...owever, changing prescriber practice at all is not easy to achieve and this approach thus warrants further research. ...

Software might revolutionize glucose monitoring in critically ill patients

...and that was due to human error. Nurses found GRIP easy touse and all agreed that it is an improvement over the paper-basedmethod. Because they only have to control patients six times a daywith GRIP, they can monitor more patients and they do not have tocall a physician as often as with the current method...

Scientists map one of biology's critical light-sensing structures

...ne the structure of a phytochrome, as bacteria are easy to grow in the lab and their proteins are easier to purify and manipulate than plant proteins. Once isolated, the phytochrome was crystallized and its molecular structure was mapped using a beam of X-rays to develop a three-dimensional picture of th...

Tsunami + 1 year: Reviving exhausted fisheries should trump replacing boats, gear, experts say

...d region, infrastructure replacement is relatively easy to achieve compared with reformulating fisheries p...n to the complexities involved and is dominated by easy and ill-considered options for replacing lost boats and gear. "It would be a dangerous over-simplif...

Zebrafish may hold key to improved cancer research

...afish we have an animal model that is inexpensive, easy to work with and extremely useful for study of human cancers," said Jan Spitsbergen, a fish pathologist in OSU's Center for Fish Disease Research. "We've now proven that most of the carcinogens that affect humans are also active in zebrafish and can ...

Living anti-HIV gel shows early promise

... Health, point out that modified bacteria would be easy to produce, store and distribute. But they add that before human trials can begin, researchers will need to ensure that the microbes are better able to colonise the reproductive and intestinal tracts. Other issues that will need to be addressed inc...

Researcher says flu responders can learn from 1918 epidemic

...lled the 'old man's friend' because it provided an easy passage. Others weren't so lucky." Many others ?ironically, the typically healthy younger patients -- fell victim to acute respiratory distress syndrome, which replicated the sense of a chemical burn searing the lungs. "It wasn't always that qui...

Researchers use brain scans to predict behavior

... only for one-fifth of a second and therefore were easy to miss if a subject was not paying attention to the right area. After the hint and prior to the appearance of the moving dots, researchers scanned the volunteers with functional brain imaging, which reveals increases in blood flow to different bra...

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