Researchers study new drug and indications for heated chemotherapy treatment
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Studies have shown that surgery combined with Intraperitoneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy (IPHC) can improve survival rates for select patients with peritoneal carcinoma (cancer of the lining of the abdominal cavity) that has spread from colorectal or appendix cancer. Researc...What's New in Electric Blankets and Heated Mattress Pads
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The process is called intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy (IPHC) and is currently //being considered as the new treatment for cancer patients. The patients undergoing this treatment are connected to a series of tubes and a pump that will inject heated chemotherapy drugs inside the abdominal c...What's Lurking in Your Kitchen?
...negar, and placing it inside the microwave. Let the microwave run for five minutes, then wipe down the inside with a clean towel or paper towel. The heated water and vinegar will steam up the microwave walls and make wiping away dried-on food a cinch. "Truly rescuing your kitchen from a...Scottsdale Facility to Be First in U.S. to Showcase True REST Technology
...ater and 800 pounds of Epsom salt - in a specially designed tank with minimal light and sound. Because of the high salt content of the water, which is heated to skin surface temperature, a person is able to float effortlessly. The tanks are completely safe and clients of True REST can customize their experi...ARVO, AOS: Large Study of Lacrisert(R) Dry Eye Insert;
...ye therapies administered before the study. Treatment with Lacrisert also resulted in significant improvement in mean occurrence of discomfort in heated areas ( P < 0.0001) and significant improvements when performing housework ( P = 0.0018). Patients reported significant reductions in mean sever...Clinically Proven Treatment Offers Help to Rosacea Sufferers
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...n a less-invasive option. Transurethral microwave therapy involves using a catheter to place a microwave device within the prostate, which is then heated to destroy excess tissue. Approximately 70,000 such procedures are performed each year, usually in an office setting and typically involving patients ...ENDOlap 25 liter Heated Insufflator
Description: Whether you require high flow rates for critical situations or lower rates for others, this insufflator handles both situations equally well, regulated by the preselected pressure....UC Davis researchers use heated nanoprobes to destroy breast cancer cells in mice
In experiments with laboratory mice that bear aggressive human breast cancers, UC Davis researchers have used hot nanoprobes to slow the growth of tumors -- without damage to surrounding healthy tissue. The researchers describe their work in the March issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. "We...August 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights
...of Hebes and on satellite images and spectra. The authors conclude that a salt and ice-rich regolith at Hebes dissolved and melted when the region was heated early in the planet's history. They suggest that a similar geologic history may apply to other parts of Valles Marineris. The study supports the concl...Medical use for waste television screens
... as possible so we don't simply have to resort to burying and burning them." The researchers have developed a technique where recovered material is heated in water in a microwave and washed in ethanol to produced "expanded PVA". One of this material's key properties is that it does not provoke a resp...Weizmann Institute scientists develop a unique approach for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen
...tal center. This modified version of the complex provides the basis for the next stage of the process: the 'heat stage.' When the water solution is heated to 100?C hydrogen gas is released from the complex a potential source of clean fuel and another OH group is added to the metal center. 'But the m...NIST-Cornell team builds world's first nanofluidic device with complex 3-D surfaces
...oparticles and investigate the behavior of DNA captured in a 3-D nanofluidic environment. In a previous project, the NIST-Cornell researchers used heated air to create nanochannels with curving funnel-shaped entrances in a process they dubbed "nanoglassblowing." Like its new 3-D cousin, the nanoglassblo...Queen's scientists find new way to battle MRSA
...rinkled on food, are salts. They consist entirely of ions - electrically-charged atoms or groups of atoms. Unlike table salt, however, which has to be heated to over 800o C to become a liquid, the ionic liquid antibiofilm agents remain liquid at the ambient temperatures found in hospitals. One of the at...UCR scientists manipulate ripples in graphene, enabling strain-based graphene electronics
...ic ripples," Lau explained. "When these sheets are heated up, they actually contract, so the ripples disappe...e of thin plastic wrap that covers a container and heated in a microwave oven." The unusual thermal cont... enabled them to image graphene while it was being heated and explore the interplay between graphene's mecha...Canadian research team reports major breakthrough in lithium battery technology
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...e the material has no electrical carriers until a magnetic field is applied. The measurements also indicated that layers of graphene grown and then heated on a substrate of silicon-carbide behave as individual, isolated, two-dimensional sheets. On the basis of the results, the researchers suggest that gr...Slimmer, stickier nanorods give boost to 3-D computer chips
...perimental 3-D computer chips are comprised of several layers of stacked components. Wang said these layers can be coated with thin nanorods, and then heated up to 300 degrees Celsius. Around that temperature, the thin nanorods anneal, turn into a continuous thin film, and fuse the layers together. This stu...New organic material may speed Internet access
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...opment of the neutral theory, which may be viewed as an offshoot of the modern evolutionary synthesis . The "neutralist-selectionist" debate A heated debate arose on the initial publication of Kimura's theory, in which discussion largely revolved around the relative percentages of alleles that are "...