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Researchers from the University of Southern California and the Doheny Eye Institute's Doheny Retina Institute will be presenting data on the first six patients implanted with an intraocular retinal prosthesis-more popularly referred to as an artificial retina-developed and manufactured in partnership with Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., of Sylmar, Calif. According to Mark Humayun, pro...Quantum dots reviewed -- Could these nanoparticles hold the cure to cancer?
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'Bigorexic'? No, its not another eating disorder, it's just the name given to bodybuilders who use steroids. Professor Bruce Davies, of the University of Glamorgan //says that muscle men are suffering from the same problems as faced by people suffering from anorexia and bulimia. "Gym-goers are increasingly resorting to steroids and prescription drugs to counteract their altered body i...As these women box on, do they risk becoming mothers?
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Researchers have achieved the world’s first direct electrical link between nerve cells and photovoltaic nanoparticle films. The development opens the door to// applying the unique properties of nanoparticles to the possible development of a nanoparticle-based artificial retina. Nanoparticles are artificially created bits of matter not much bigger than individual atoms. The same force...Hancock® II Mitral Bioprostheses
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