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Producing medicines in plant seeds

...at these kinds of antibody variants can be used in medical applications and that it is possible to produce them in the seeds of plants, which can have enormous advantages over conventional production methods. Production of biotech medicines A large number of today's medicines are made with the aid of bi...

New research says winning a Nobel Prize adds nearly 2 years to your lifespan

...answer a long-standing question for economists and medical researchers as to whether social status alone can affect people's well being and lifespan. Although the existence of some kind of effect is known from studies of monkey packs, in humans it has been difficult up till now to separate any perceived posi...

Einstein's tea leaves inspire new blood separation technique

...opic particles is an essential step in many common medical tests, including those for cholesterol levels, drugs in athletes, blood types in donors and glucose levels in diabetics. Current testing requires samples to be taken in a doctor's office and sent off to a laboratory and analyzed with a large centrifu...

No-scalpel vasectomies by skilled surgeons may speed recovery

...atic reviews draw evidence-based conclusions about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing trials on a topic. The larger study, conducted in 1999, included 1,429 men in five countries: Brazil, Guatemala, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. All eight physicians ?general s...

Elderly spinal cord injuries increase five-fold in 30 years, Jefferson neurosurgeons find

...ncreased risk of mortality due to their concurrent medical illnesses, as well as their limited ability to overcome traumatic injuries, they said. Mortality, both during hospitalization and the first year after injury, was much higher in the geriatric population-- approximately eight times highe...

Stem cells decrease ischemic injury and restore brain function

...s), stroke still represents a major and unresolved medical issue. "Stroke causes the death of many nervous cells that, in theory, could be substituted by stem cells. A few studies have shown that these cells can be effective, although various issues about their use and the mechanisms of their protective ...

New cigarette designs don't offer lower predicted cancer risks

...Bagby, M.D., professor of medicine (hematology and medical oncology) and director of the OHSU Cancer Institute, said "the tobacco industry would have us believe that the health risks of tobacco use can be reduced by using new tobacco products. Dr. Pankow and his colleagues have challenged that idea in a stro...

Napoleon's mysterious death unmasked, UT Southwestern researcher says

.... Genta and the other researchers combined current medical knowledge and autopsy reports, memoirs of the phys...ed Napoleon on the island, eyewitness accounts and medical histories of family members. Autopsy and physician descriptions revealed no telltale signs of ars...

Nanotechnology shows promise as next wrinkle fighter

...nt further wrinkling. He also sees applications in medical procedures ?such as artificial skins for surgery. The ideas are in the early stages with health and safety concerns to be worked through. Already Ilsoon's lab, with collaborators, is testing polymer films, by applying various cells and proteins to ...

Computer imaging assists with facial reconstructive surgery

...er, Sacramento performed a photograph analysis and medical record review of 14 patients (average age 32, 12 f... (nose surgery) and chin correction at an academic medical center between 1999 and 2004. Six of the patients received implants in their chins, while eight und...

Susceptibility to Crohn's disease -- an important new clue

... is one of the most important objectives of modern medical genetics, potentially paving the way towards personalized medicine and drug target identification. ...

Health Canada approves cold and flu medicine

...linical trials. “This is our strongest point of medical recognition to date, and coming from the government authority whose responsibility it is to help Canadians maintain and improve their health, this approval should give great confidence to consumers,?said Dr. Jacqueline Shan, co-founder of CV Technolo...

Like salty food? Chances are you had low blood sodium when you were born

...rum sodium measurements of each infant's postnatal medical record, and selecting the lowest. Each child underwent a pediatric physical examination. To estimate current sodium appetite, participants were tested for their preferred concentration of salt in soup and sugar in tea, followed by orally administ...

NIH announces phase III clinical trial of creatine for Parkinson's disease

... will enroll 1720 people with early-stage PD at 51 medical centers in the United States and Canada. "This study is an important step toward developing a therapy that could change the course of this devastating disease," says Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., director of the NIH. "The goal is to improve the qualit...

Mother knows best: Plant knowledge key to childhood health in remote Amazon

...om local resources, but without providing adequate medical treatment substitutes," said Reyes-García. "In a s...owledge is not adequately substituted by access to medical facilities, the consequences of this lost knowledge can translate into poorer childhood health." ...

Stanford scientists make major breakthrough in regenerative medicine

...ainst injury, deformity, and disease. The ultimate medical treatment would be to change an abnormal organ or tissue back to its vibrant, normal state," said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal. "This study is a landmark in regenerative medicine; the Stanford group has accomplished th...

Natural polyester makes new sutures stronger, safer

...he same material to produce an array of absorbable medical devices, including stents, surgical meshes and pos...so a victory for society because this leads to new medical devices that can help people in new and novel ways," said Sinskey, who is one of the founders of Tep...

Pregnancy hormone key to repairing nerve cell damage

...with MS today," said Dr. William McIlroy, national medical advisor for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. "It represents a new insight of how we might be able to reverse some of the effects of the disease and improve the quality of life for those who live under its influence." ...

Pacific Rim researchers to collaborate on distributed bioinformatics analysis of avian flu

...lace the infrastructure to replicate data, support medical informatics, and even assist in remote diagnosis."...AMRMC). TATRC invests in telemedicine and advanced medical technologies in order to deliver world-class health care to military personnel. The increasing frequ...

Ultrasound upgrade produces images that work like 3-D movies

...urgeons' depth perception during ultrasound-guided medical procedures, including tumor biopsies and robot-assisted surgeries done through tiny "keyhole" incisions. The Duke team, which also includes Joanna Noble, an undergraduate student, and Matthew Fronheiser, a graduate student in Smith's laboratory, r...

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