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Computer scientists unravel 'language of surgery'

...d a tiny camera into small incisions to complete a medical procedure. The video data from the camera could contribute data to the team's efforts to identify effective surgical methods. Hager's Johns Hopkins collaborators include David D. Yuh, a cardiac surgeon from the School of Medicine. "It is fascinatin...

Powerful genome ID method extended to humans

...man genome. "It carries tremendous benefits for medical applications, specifically for finding genomic abnormalities," he said. The algorithm appears in this week's PNAS Early Edition. Optical mapping was developed at New York University in the late 1990s by David Schwartz, now a professor of chemis...

Scientists win grants to develop $1,000 genome sequencing technology

...incentive to expand the routine use of genomics in medical research and health care. Xiaohua Huang, a professor of bioengineering in UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering, leads the effort at UCSD to develop a promising technology that shrinks what is currently being done in large genome-sequencing laborat...

University of Iowa scientists explore function of 'junk DNA'

...sts to turn that knowledge to their advantage as a medical tool. ...

Drug can quickly mobilize an army of cells to repair injury

...reated - and the drug already has FDA approval for medical use. We want to find out if this treatment will lead to long-lasting improvement in blood flow, heal ulcers, relieve pain and prevent amputations." ...

New study suggests promising drug combinations for sleeping sickness

...ss, carried out by the international humanitarian medical aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), and its research arm, Epicentre, have now been published in the journal PLoS Clinical Trials. African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness affects many tens of thousands of people each year in sub-Sahar...

T for two: Scientists show how immune system chooses best way to fight infection

...m believe that the findings may also answer one of medical research's mysteries: why autoimmune diseases in women commonly go into remission in pregnancy. "We believe that trans-conditioning is less active during pregnancy," says Professor Hayday. "This means that most T cells emerging at that time will ...

First biomarker for human sleepiness identified in fruit flies

...collaborator with Shaw. "Despite the tremendous medical and public health consequences of sleep debt, its measurement in humans relies upon unreliable subjective rating scales and expensive, often impractical sleep laboratory testing," Duntley says. "Simple, easily accessible biomarkers for sleep debt in ...

Telemedicine robots help improve health

...nny of distance and improve delivery of specialist medical care to the bush. Eliza, who began work at Mt Isa Hospital this week, is a creation of the University's Centre for Online Health ?a world leader in telemedicine research. The wireless robots can be wheeled to the bedside of sick children for vi...

Stem cells found in adult hair follicles may provide alternative to embryonic stem cells

...as a source for therapy without the controversy or medical issues of embryonic stem cells. "We see the potential for cell replacement therapy in which patients can be their own donors, which would avoid ethical issues and reduce the possibility of tissue incompatibility," says Dr. Sieber-Blum. The Medic...

Replacing insulin is top-ranked breakthrough foreseen for health in developing world

..., a bone regenerating therapy (Osteocel) and other medical breakthroughs. An eye institute in India (L.V. Pr...ries suffer more than developed countries from the medical problems targeted by regenerative medicine, "there has been no attempt to understand systematically ...

New research shows big improvement in survival after stroke

...spitalisation, brain imaging (CT or MRI scans) and medical attention have all increased dramatically over the period. "In 1981, 64% of patients were admitted to hospital and 13% would have brain imaging. In 2003, 92% of patients were being admitted to hospital with 90% receiving scans. This improved level ...

Amateur boxing linked to brain cell injury

...brospinal fluid may provide a scientific basis for medical counseling of athletes after boxing or head injury." ...

Researchers discover that sheep need retroviruses for reproduction

...scarried, Spencer said. Miscarriage is a serious medical problem for all mammals, including humans. "Our research supports the idea that endogenous retroviruses shaped the evolution of the placenta in mammals and then became indispensable for pregnancy, and thus may be why they are expressed in the place...

An artificial cornea is in sight, thanks to biomimetic hydrogels

...mer Research in Mainz, Germany; and David Myung, a medical student jointly working on a doctorate in chemical engineering in Frank's lab. Myung's project, funded by Stanford's Bio-X interdisciplinary biosciences program, was to design, fabricate and characterize a bioengineered cornea based on the dual-net...

Successful lung cancer surgery not enough to break nicotine dependence in many smokers

...r surgery to quit smoking need assistance from the medical community to help them stay away from cigarettes, ...y accident when they were being examined for other medical conditions, and so was potentially curable by surgery," he said. "More than two-thirds of lung cance...

Engineer ramps up protein production, develops versatile viral spheres

...ss-produce designer proteins for a wide variety of medical uses. At the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Sept. 13 in San Francisco, Stanford engineering Professor James Swartz will discuss advances in such "cell-free" protein synthesis, including production of versatile, nanoscale viral ...

Down syndrome: It's not just the age factor

...isomy 21. Trisomy has been the focus of extensive medical research but the exact mechanism is still not understood. One feature common to most trisomies is an increase in frequency of trisomic pregnancies with increasing maternal age. There is strong evidence for uterine selection against genetically disa...

New tool helps blood specialists improve patient care

...s to conduct a confidential self-evaluation of the medical care that they provide. Through programs jointly sponsored by the ABIM and specialty societies, the diplomate is eligible for Category 1 CME credit for completing each self-evaluation module and preparation for the secure exam. ...

Hope for major advance in fighting world killer disease

... the damage is done. "It's often said that, if a medical intervention costs more than US$½ it's not going to be viable in developing countries. Our test is quick, robust and cheap. At a workshop we held recently at Anna University, more than 30 people, ranging from technicians and students to clinical ...

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