Navigation Links


takes at Biology News

NJIT Presidential Award winner takes stem cell research another step

Treena Arinzeh, a young professor who last year won a Presidential Award, the nation's highest scientific honor, is bringing the promise of stem cell research one step closer to reality. Arinzeh, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at NJIT, is researching the use of stem cells to induce bone repair. Her research will help diabetics whose impaired bones will not properly heal...

Whole-body MRI Takes Less Than 20 Min To Scan A Patient's Entire Body For Cancer Spread To Bone

Whole-body MRI with an automatic moving table is effective for evaluating the entire skeleton in patients with suspected bone metastasis (cancer that has spread to the bone from other parts of the body) in a single imaging scan-and it only takes between 15 and 18 minutes, say two different European studies. For one study, researchers from the Clinica Girona in Catalonia, Spain, performed w...

Unique library of plant genes germinates, takes root at UNC

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's newest "library" is not the kind that will entice an average book lover, but it eventually will please thousands of plant scientists around the world. Through such researchers' work, it will undoubtedly contribute to improving crops that humans around the planet depend on every day, its developers say. Named Phytome, the unique library is a...

New influenza vaccine takes weeks to mass produce

Using cell-based methods researchers have developed a commercially viable method for mass producing effective vaccines against potential pandemic influenza strains in weeks instead of the months required for traditional egg-based vaccines. They report their results today at the 2006 ASM Biodefense Research The next flu pandemic could happen any time," says Keyang Wang, a scientist at Prote...

Oops! Researchers publish new findings on the brain's response to costly mistakes

It happens to all of us, no matter how hard we try. Whether it's deleting a computer file and realizing a split-second later that we can't get it back, or dropping a bag of groceries, or realizing that our gas tank is nearly empty on a lonely stretch of highway, we all make mistakes that aren't just annoying, but potentially costly. Now, a team of University of Michigan researchers has loo...

More>>

takes at Biology Products
takes at Biology Technology

IBM takes one direction, Milwaukee entrepreneurs the other

I spent the morning with Milwaukee entrepreneurs at eForum 2005, where one of the hot topics was the shift from selling services to selling products. The thinking was that it's easier to grow per-employee revenue selling products. Later that day, IBM announced that its year over year earnings were doing...

Milwaukee takes another step in electronic patient data exchange

Metropolitan Milwaukee healthcare providers took an initial step toward providing emergency room physicians with specific patient information with the formal establishment...

Ethics Board site offers welcome contrast to state IT mistakes

There's probably no need to hit the Control Z keys to undo all...

It takes more than money to reach the top

Major search engines continue to update their pay-per click (PPC) infrastructures to increase the...

CATI takes tech transfer model national

If successful at facilitating the launch of new products and companies in De...

More>>

takes at Medicine News

India takes on foot-and-mouth disease by vaccinating animals

While the foot and mouth disease is playing havoc with the economies ofdeveloped countries like the UK, India has been adopting a more conservativeapproach of vaccinating the animals for the past three decades. "Vaccinating the domestic animals against FMD on a regular basis is the bestmeans of preventing the spread of the disease," says Dr S M Lal, the jointdirector of the Banga...

Roller coaster takes brain for a big ride!!

Riding roller coasters may increase the risk of developing potentially harmful blood clots on the brain's surface. The Neurological center reported a case of 25 year old healthy male who developed blood clots on the brains surface, known as subdural haematomas, after riding several roller coasters. The symptoms of blood clot includes difficulty in walking, vomiting, changes in m...

So (y) Good: Soy Meal Takes-Off After Bird-Flu Crisis

Mumbai: Soy meal is finding itself in myriad plates and palates. People are moving on and Soy meal is fast becoming a chosen, safe substitute for protein, after the bird-flu crisis and the resultant fear of tucking into chicken. // Soy exports have never been so good. In March alone, India’s soy meal exports crossed 750,000 tones, breaking past records compared to 225,000 tones duri...

Children! Protecting them from medical mistakes

The rate for potential medical problems, according to earlier studies, is three times higher for children than for adults. The rates for babies in hospitals are even higher. However, a new effort by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) may help prevent medical errors in children.// The effort, an educational campaign is aime...

World Health Organisation Takes a Historic Decision and Approves Treaty to Discourage Smoking

The 192 members of WHO unanimously adopted the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) aimed at curbing tobacco-related deaths and disease on 22nd May 2003. The Convention requires countries to impose restrictions on tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion, establish new labelling and clean indoor air controls and strengthen legislation to clamp down on tobacco smuggling.//...

More>>

takes at Medicine Products
takes at Medicine Technology
Other Tagscoupledcoupledslaughteradoptadopt
(Date:12/2/2008)...PRNewswire/ -- Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI...g technique for the diagnosis of,invasive lobular...ancer. BSGI,is a molecular breast imaging techniq...sity and discover very early stage cancers. When c...esonance imaging (MRI), BSGI has the,greatest sen...
(Date:12/2/2008)...PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today a group of health...cted officials and other community leaders from mo...roit/Wayne County to solidify participants, unders...conomic successes and challenges play a role in de...opening session of a three-day discussion to consi...
(Date:12/2/2008)... were as effective, despite editorials urging oppo...ws) -- Brand-name drugs used to treat cardiovascul...ew of available evidence shows. , Yet a number ...ialists, have urged against substituting the less .... , "We found no evidence that brand-name drugs...
(Date:12/2/2008)...ists from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering ha...s for operating rooms at three California safety n... surgery per year." Because of the success of the ...e more hospitals. , A team from the Viterbi Scho...Engineering began work in January, 2008 at Childre...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:Molecular Breast Imaging Has Greater Sensitivity Over Mammography, Ultrasound and MRI for Invasive Lobular Carcinoma 2Health News:Think Tank Investigates the Environmental Conditions Surrounding Health Inequities 2Health News:Think Tank Investigates the Environmental Conditions Surrounding Health Inequities 3Health News:Generic Heart Drugs as Good as Brand-Name Counterparts 2Health News:Generic Heart Drugs as Good as Brand-Name Counterparts 3Health News:Operations engineering for more efficient operating rooms 2Health News:Operations engineering for more efficient operating rooms 3
(Date:12/1/2008)... Capital Projecta collaboration of Stanford Univer...ture Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fundhas be...e Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop a s...nomic benefits provided by temperate marine ecosys...on of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs), the propo...
(Date:12/1/2008)..., Fla. The University of Florida, keeper of the w...g a national records collection for another toothy...y a long rostrum or "saw" that makes it a popular ...become a historical and cultural icon that is rapi...ologist and curator of both the International Shar...
(Date:12/1/2008)...: The Missouri Botanical Garden Press (MBG Press)... the species of vascular plants for the Southern C...a. Catlogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur ...a taxonomic checklist of the plants of Argentina, ... database is essentially a dictionary to the names...
(Date:12/1/2008)...l. (December 1, 2008) The basic molecules that ma...lity or "handedness," similar to the way people ar...ound influence on the chemistry and molecular inte...rality from the elementary building blocks of matt...life. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Natural Capital Project to develop conservation software 2Endangered sawfish focus of national collection and recovery efforts 2Missouri Botanical Garden publishes first catalogue of plants of the Southern Cone 2Argonne scientists discover possible mechanism for creating 'handedness' in biological molecules 2TVM Capital Signet Healthcare Partners and Paul Capital Healthcare Enter into euro 26 Million Financing of SpePharm 7260 1TVM Capital Signet Healthcare Partners and Paul Capital Healthcare Enter into euro 26 Million Financing of SpePharm 7260 2TVM Capital Signet Healthcare Partners and Paul Capital Healthcare Enter into euro 26 Million Financing of SpePharm 7260 3TVM Capital Signet Healthcare Partners and Paul Capital Healthcare Enter into euro 26 Million Financing of SpePharm 7260 4TVM Capital Signet Healthcare Partners and Paul Capital Healthcare Enter into euro 26 Million Financing of SpePharm 7260 5Clear 28R 29 Secures 2444 4 Million in Venture Funding 4555 1Clear 28R 29 Secures 2444 4 Million in Venture Funding 4555 2Clear 28R 29 Secures 2444 4 Million in Venture Funding 4555 3PTC124 shows activity in cystic fibrosis 3B Phase 2 proof of concept data published in Lancet 4554 1PTC124 shows activity in cystic fibrosis 3B Phase 2 proof of concept data published in Lancet 4554 2PTC124 shows activity in cystic fibrosis 3B Phase 2 proof of concept data published in Lancet 4554 3Slogan Contest Educates Young Baseball Players About the Dangers of Tobacco Use 25636 1Slogan Contest Educates Young Baseball Players About the Dangers of Tobacco Use 25636 2
Other Contentsubiquitinubiquitinubiquitinubiquitinulnaulnacordcordcordcordcordcordcordcordcordumbilicalumbilicalumbilicalumbilicalumbilicalumbilicalunicellularunicellularunicellularregionregionregionregionregionregionregionregionregion