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Six previously blind patients detect light, motion, identify objects with retinal prostheses

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?

The worlds of medical and biological research are abuzz with the promises offered by nanoparticles known as semiconductor quantum dots. These Quantum Dots (QDs) have unique optical and electronic properties that make them suitable for breakthrough treatments such as the detection and destruction of cancer cells. Just released on the nanotechnology website AZoNano, is a comprehensive r...
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"Bigorexic": These Are Steroid-Using Bodybuilders

'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?

Most women boxers gathered here for the ongoing World Championships seem to be too keen to excel, ignoring the fact that they stand a chance //of rupturing their womb muscles that could prevent them from conceiving. While some are simply after medals, for others, mostly foreign boxers, marriage is not on their radar at all. The married Indian pugilists - M.C. Mary Kom, 24,...

Nanoparticle Research Offers Hope of Artificial Retinas, Prostheses

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...
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Hancock® II Mitral Bioprostheses

Description:The Hancock® II bioprosthesis from Medtronic has more than 15 years of proven clinical experience. Worldwide clinical studies demonstrate that the freedom from structural valve deterioration with Hancock® II aortic and mitral bioprostheses is substantially better than results reported for other valves....
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Hancock® II Aortic Bioprostheses

Description:The Hancock® II bioprosthesis from Medtronic has more than 15 years of proven clinical experience. Worldwide clinical studies demonstrate that the freedom from structural valve deterioration with Hancock® II aortic and mitral bioprostheses is substantially better than results reported for other valves....
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Hancock II Aortic Bioprostheses with CINCH Advanced Implant System

Description:The Hancock II bioprosthesis from Medtronic has more than 15 years of proven clinical experience. Worldwide clinical studies demonstrate that the freedom from structural valve deterioration with Hancock II aortic and mitral bioprostheses is substantially better than results reported for other valves. For more than 20 years, Medtronics mitral valves have incorporated a ratchet mechanism to ease im...
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