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Implanting dopamine generators in brain cells obtains improvement in Parkinson's in monkeys

...Hospital and at the other Navarra University-based medical centre, CIMA (the Research Centre for Applied Medicine). The results have been published in the latest issue of the British scientific journal specialising in Neurology, Brain , and have corroborated the conclusions of a previous study, published i...

Growing nerve cells in 3-D dramatically affects gene expression

... faster. Hoffman-Kim, an assistant professor of medical science and engineering at Brown, wants to find a way to repair damaged nerve tissue. To get there, she needs to grow nerve cells that will flourish when placed inside the body. So Hoffman-Kim put 2-D and 3-D cell culture methods to a comparative tes...

Study shows dramatic increase in Caesarean sections

... rates of caesareans. "When we included private medical insurance into the analysis, we found that women who had medical insurance were more than three times as likely to have an elective caesarean section, and 1.34 times...

Fast and slow -- How the spinal cord controls the speed of movement

...ion of spinal cords following injury, for example, medical researchers need a template for a normal spinal cord in order to know if nerves are re-growing normally, Fetcho said. In Parkinson’s disease, researchers believe that a neurotransmitter released by brain cells may contribute to activating a system...

Individuals and populations differ in gene activity levels, not just genes

...he findings could also have major implications for medical research, as differing levels of gene activity may affect one's susceptibility to developing a disease or one's response to a particular drug. The research was conducted at the University of Washington, and was led by Joshua Akey, assistant professor...

Get a whiff of this: Smell test could sniff out serious health problems

A new medical device in development by University of Cincinnati researchers may sniff out olfactory disorders that could be an early warning of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and other problems outside the typical sensory loss associated with aging. The ...

Bones in motion: Brown scientists to create new 3-D X-ray system

...pioneering discoveries in science, engineering and medical research. The system will fill a void in medical and scientific imaging. Right now, researchers trying to understand the complex motions of bones and...

Natural antibiotics yield secrets to atom-level imaging technique

...drugs designed to mimic them could have widespread medical applications, said Ramamoorthy, who is an associate professor of chemistry and an associate research scientist in the Biophysics Research Division. While researchers have identified hundreds of AMPs in recent years, they're still puzzling over exa...

Cure for cancer one step closer

...ely. The Wesley Research Institute is a leading medical research facility with a commitment to patient care, ethical conduct and quality research that aims to improve quality of life through better diagnosis and treatment. ...

Out-of-body experiences may be caused by arousal system disturbances in brain

...paralysis sometime during their life. During a medical crisis, Nelson said muscle paralysis combined with an out-of-body experience could show many of the same prominent features of a near death experience. Near death experiences are responses to a life-threatening crisis, and are characterized by a comb...

Transfusion expert urges wider use of filtered blood

... the practice is still not wholly supported in the medical community, nor recommended by the Food and Drug Ad...year, nationwide. "Rarely do we come up with a medical advance that saves money and is better for patients at the same time. This is as basic as washing yo...

Fascinating spider silk

... would be an ideal material for a large variety of medical and technical applications, and researchers are thus interested in learning the spiders' secrets and imitating their technique. A team lead by Thomas Scheibel at the Technical University of Munich has now made a step in the right direction. As they r...

Horse genome assembled

...s. Comparing the horse and human genomes will help medical researchers learn more about the human genome and will also serve as a tool for veterinary researchers to better understand the diseases that affect equines. A publication analyzing the horse genome sequence and its implications for horse population ...

Study calculates patient time costs associated with cancer care

...write. Several studies have estimated the direct medical costs of cancer care, but few have attempted to in... cancer, cancer patients' net time associated with medical care varied, ranging from 17.8 hours for melanoma to 351.3 hours for gastric cancer and 368.1 hours ...

Study examines risk of soft tissue sarcomas in hereditary retinoblastoma survivors

.... The findings emphasize the importance of regular medical surveillance for these patients, the authors say. ...e patients were diagnosed between 1914 and 1984 at medical centers in New York and Boston and were followed for an average of 25.2 years. More than half of the...

Study finds surfing safer than soccer

...nformation could also help to predict the needs of medical staff support at contests and aid in the design of safer surfboards and protective equipment such as helmets," Nathanson adds. To reduce the risk of injury while surfing, Nathanson suggests good physical fitness, seeking local knowledge before pad...

Drug-resistant bacterial infections serious complication after corrective eye surgery

...nfectious keratitis and need to be advised to seek medical attention immediately if they develop signs or symptoms of infectious keratitis. A high degree of suspicion, coupled with prompt and appropriate treatment, may result in improved visual recovery." ...

Fighting influenza & co. with 40,000 blood samples

...y is developing a database solution to acquire the medical data and analyse the results, which are extensive. In this manner, current respiratory diseases in the EU are to be recorded in coming years using a standardised format. New immune tests which are being developed by the Spanish company INGENASA are i...

Misusing vitamin to foil drug test may be toxic; plus, it doesn't work

...n." Dr. Mittal added that there is a report in the medical literature of a patient who suffered liver failure, requiring a liver transplant, after taking excessive doses of niacin. Many Internet sites promote the misconception that niacin can be used to pass urine drug screening tests, Dr. Mittal said. "W...

Are one-third of costly implanted heart devices unnecessary? New study suggests yes

...,000 lifetime cost of each device compared to best medical therapy. The study, published in the January is...d the data for other heart-rhythm test results and medical issues. Also in 2006, Chan and his colleagues from U-M and the VA Ann Arbor Health Services Resea...

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