Ritalin Could Help In Focussing The Mind

The scientists from US have found that an amphetamine-like stimulant has a calming effect on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) // . A new study undertaken on rats, seemingly suggests that Ritalin, a drug that is widely used to treat ADHD, appears to work by tweakin...

The navel: A single, safe surgical access route for kidney extraction

...ms. Today is World Kidney Day, an initiative promoted by the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the National Kidney Foundation, which is focussing its message this year on early detection of chronic kidney cancer and arterial hypertension, one of the most important factors in developing this canc...

New website empowers colorectal cancer patients when discussing critical treatment decisions - DiagnoCure launches www.mypersonalcancerdiagnosis.com

...vailable to patients and physicians. In the past year, we have worked on educating the healthcare providers about our new test; this year, we are also focussing on patients, who are the first ones to benefit from the potential of these innovations", concluded John Schafer, President and CEO of DiagnoCure. ...

Growth in the Functional Food Sector Gives a Hearty Boost to the Heart Health Ingredients Market

...uropean manufacturers have submitted their dossiers to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for the usage of health claims for their ingredients, focussing more on scientific and research back up to establish the effects of the ingredients on the human heart. "Manufacturers, with the help of industry...

15 human genomes each week

...ratton and Dr Andy Futreal, has searched for genes that are mutated in common cancers for eight years. Until now, that has meant a piecemeal approach, focussing either on a few samples or only a few hundred regions from the genome. While this is a hugely successful method, next-generation sequencing means that...

A life 'lens' ordinary

...research from Cardiff University. The Cardiff School of Optometry and Vision Sciences Downs Syndrome Research Unit has studied the reasons for poor focussing among children with Downs syndrome. They found that a third of the children in the study who adopted bifocals to ease difficulties in focusing on near...

Research for a better old age

...esearch at the University of Wales, Swansea led by Professor Judith Philips focussing on how older people respond to unfamiliar spaces when using different types...o Barrientos will be leading a comparative study of Brazil and South Africa focussing on the relationships between ageing, well-being and development. Using...

Prostate cancer increases hip fracture risk by eight times in 50 to 65 year-olds

...gists from Danish hospitals attached to the University of Southern Denmark and Copenhagen University - now plan to establish a multi-centre initiative focussing on the early diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in men with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is now the cancer that men are most likely to de...

Life Insurers in India to Launch Health Insurance Policies

...dable and cost-effective," adds Roy. Even the private sector major ICICI Prudential has more health insurance forays on the anvil. "We will be focussing on health insurance this year," says Shikha Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director of ICICI Prudential Life. At present, life insurance compa...

World Wine Sales Brisk, but French Producers Hungover

...ce at Vinexpo this year included India, South Korea, Japan and Russia. "We have had great interest from Uruguay and Brazil, two markets we are focussing on," said Axel Vallet of Bordeaux wine wholesaler Ginestet. Apart from the importance of exports, particularly to emerging markets, to produce...

Focussing in Medical Technology

Stem Cell Sciences Announces the Creation of the World's First Authentic Rat Embryonic Stem Cells from its Exclusively Licensed Technology

...using on the commercial application of stem cell biology technologies for drug discovery and regenerative medicine research. Stem Cell Sciences is now focussing on building revenues through the sale of products, collaborative research and licensing deals with international biotechnology and pharmaceutical comp...

Focussing in Medical Products

OES BF-P60 Fiberoptic Bronchoscope

Description:... High performance fiberoptic imaging from the latest 60 series bronchoscopes. Olympus has improved its fiberscope range, focussing on providing clinicians with superior specifications and enhanced image performance. Olympus has a impressive range of fiberoptic instruments for diag...
Company:Olympus America Medical

OES BF-XP60 Fiberoptic Bronchoscope

Description:... High performance fiberoptic imaging from the latest 60 series bronchoscopes. Olympus has improved its fiberscope range, focussing on providing clinicians with superior specifications and enhanced image performance. Olympus has a impressive range of fiberoptic instruments for diag...
Company:Olympus America Medical

OES BF-MP60 Fiberoptic Bronchoscope

Description:... High performance fiberoptic imaging from the latest 60 series bronchoscopes. Olympus has improved its fiberscope range, focussing on providing clinicians with superior specifications and enhanced image performance. Olympus has a impressive range of fiberoptic instruments for diag...
Company:Olympus America Medical

OES BF-1T60 Fiberoptic Bronchoscope

Description:... High performance fiberoptic imaging from the latest 60 series bronchoscopes. Olympus has improved its fiberscope range, focussing on providing clinicians with superior specifications and enhanced image performance. Olympus has a impressive range of fiberoptic instruments for diag...
Company:Olympus America Medical

Ophthalmometer OM 900

Description:...measurements are independent of the distance between the Ophthalmometer and the measured object; 3. The measurements are independent of the quality of focussing and are not negatively affected by the accommodation of the user....
Company:Haag-Streit International

Miniflexoscopes

Features:... Plastic outer coating or tungsten sheath Eyepiece focussing Temperature resistance up to 80 (176F) Delivery in a robust case for storage and transport ...
Company:Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG.

Focussing in Medical Dictionary

Protein electrophoresis

...n, protein electrophoresis happens automatically and ... A Basic Primer to Protein . Electrophoresis . Roger Biringer. 1D- IEF. Isoelectric. focussing (IEF) ... to 1 mg of total protein is. dissolved in a fixed amount ... In this experiment, total protein extracts from several bacterial sou...

Focussing in Biological News

Enhanced quality of 'LIFE' through Nordic food

...nation of DKK 100 million (EUR 13.3 million) from the Nordea Foundation to fund a wide-reaching research project that will strengthen public health by focussing on child health, well-being and welfare. The project includes a large school-based interventions study covering 1600 children. The five-year researc...

More freedom to take risks: DFG funds the first Reinhart Koselleck Projects

...tablish a high-calibre network of leading researchers and stimulate intense debate between younger researchers by means of a special funding programme focussing on the field. Prof. Dr. Reiner Kirchheim (65), materials science, professor at the Institute of Material Physics at the University of Gttingen ...

EPSRC Science and Innovation Awards 2008

...rector of Research, Innovation and Skills, HEFCE, said: "HEFCE is pleased to partner the EPSRC in this round of the Science and Innovation Awards focussing on emerging areas of expertise in science and engineering. We are committed to building capacity in excellent research and these awards will play the...

£20 million to fight virtual crime and treat our aging population

... can mix at an early stage with business and, in some cases, the customer to provide a clear commercial strategy for accelerating its exploitation. focussing on exciting and emerging research areas, fast-tracking sophisticated technologies will bring a 'first-mover' advantage in an area of already proven co...

£20 million to fight virtual crime and treat our ageing population

... can mix at an early stage with business and, in some cases, the customer to provide a clear commercial strategy for accelerating its exploitation. focussing on exciting and emerging research areas, fast-tracking sophisticated technologies will bring a 'first-mover' advantage in an area of already proven co...

Researchers find animal with ability to survive climate change

...ack the current change in habitat. The effect of global climate change on the planet's ecosystems is one of the key issues scientists are currently focussing on and the research has been published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B , a publication of the national academy of science of the UK and the Com...

Report -- adapting farming to climate change

...he Farm Writers Association of NSW in Sydney today, co-editor of the report, CSIRO scientist Dr Mark Howden, said it was time for agriculture to start focussing on proactive solutions. "Adapting to climate change will involve everything from changes in crop varieties, through to improved seasonal forecasting...

Understanding the functions of diversity

...erately. A project based in Bayreuth, on the other hand, is looking at the distribution of species in various elevation zones of a mountainous region, focussing on the biodiversity on Mount Kilimanjaro. The fact that maintaining the species diversity always needs to be achieved in harmony with a regions ec...

Major scientific push to tackle agricultural productivity and food security in developing world

...ced by the developing world including poverty and starvation. The research announced today is the first from this initiative. A second grant round, focussing on animal health will be announced later in 2008. ...

1 person out of every 1,000 has synaesthesia, in which an individual can smell a sound

...on at an international level, and it is probably the first doctoral thesis on this topic in Europe. Her study covers the various forms of synaesthesia focussing on the most common one: the grapheme-colour type (for people with this form of synaesthesia, letters, words and numbers evoke colours in an automatic ...

Focussing in Biological Technology

The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health London has Joined the MetaMiner CNS Partnership Program

... The provision of integrated adult services enables the Trust to address both people's mental health and social care needs. In particular the Trust is focussing on early intervention, getting help to people sooner in the course of illnesses such as psychosis and dementia, and in supporting people with mental h...

Technique for Creating Authentic Rat Embryonic Stem Cells Published in Cell

...using on the commercial application of stem cell biology technologies for drug discovery and regenerative medicine research. Stem Cell Sciences is now focussing on building revenues through the sale of products, collaborative research and licensing deals with international biotechnology and pharmaceutical comp...

Stem Cell Sciences Signs Service Agreement With Pfizer to Provide Access to Proprietary Technologies and Methods

...using on the commercial application of stem cell biology technologies for drug discovery and regenerative medicine research. Stem Cell Sciences is now focussing on building revenues through the sale of products, collaborative research and licensing deals with international biotechnology and pharmaceutical comp...

Stem Cell Sciences Licenses Stem Cell Technology to Leading Provider of Genetically Modified Models for Pharmaceutical Research

...using on the commercial application of stem cell biology technologies for drug discovery and regenerative medicine research. Stem Cell Sciences is now focussing on building revenues through the sale of products, collaborative research and licensing deals with international biotechnology and pharmaceutical comp...

Stem Cell Sciences Enters into Services Agreement with Huntingdon's Disease Research Group, CHDI Foundation Inc.

...using on the commercial application of stem cell biology technologies for drug discovery and regenerative medicine research. Stem Cell Sciences is now focussing on building revenues through the sale of products, collaborative research and licensing deals with international biotechnology and pharmaceutical comp...

Gerresheimer Substantially Increases Quarterly Operating Profit

...). The same applies for adjusted earnings per share, which were substantially higher in the third quarter of 2008 at EUR0.52 (Q3 2007: EUR0.22). "By focussing on the markets of pharma & life science we have again realised above-average growth this quarter. Gerresheimer is bucking the current negative trend i...

'Racetrack' for fast electrons in semiconductor structures

...evelopment of semicon-ductor single-electron pumps. Furthermore, the universality of electrical quantum Hall resistance metrology will be investigated focussing on measurements of the fractional quantum Hall effect. ...

Indivumed Appoints Annette Kassen as Vice President Clinical Research

...eceiving her Ph.D. from Ruhr-Universitat Bochum in 1994, Annette Kassen was a post-doctoral fellow at Northwestern-University Medical School, Chicago, focussing on the androgen regulation of human prostate cancer cells. She continued her career as Head of Research Laboratories at the University Hospital Depart...

Rapid PCR* Using Active Tube Temperature Control On Thermo's PCR Machines

...day. Whilst many manufacturers of thermal cyclers focus on pushing the limits of ramp rates, in this article we highlight how Thermo's approach of focussing on achieving accurate sample temperatures can yield PCR results in less than 1 hour. Abstract The Active Tube Control feature of Therm...