Live Healthier ... ZAP Those Germs!

New portable UV-C Light Sterilizer kills 99 percent of germs and bacteria TOLEDO, Ohio, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Uncomfortable using a public restroom? Don't want to touch the comforter in your hotel room? Wonder what's on the pillow in the airplane? (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prn...

Electric Field Therapy to Zap Cancerous Tumours

Boffins have made a new device, Novo-TTF (Tumor-Treating Fields), for treating brain cancer patients using electrical field therapy, which could more than double the survival rates for people with one of the most common types of brain tumour. The device uses low intensity electrical fields...

Researchers effectively treat tumors with use of nanotubes

... WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. By injecting man-made, microscopic tubes into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second zap of a laser, scientists have discovered a way to effectively kill kidney tumors in nearly 80 percent of mice. Researchers say that the finding suggests...

'Red-Eye' Rescue to Help Keep Air Travel From Ruining Your Image

...er tips to keep you from looking disheveled when you need to look sharp: -- "Whiten" Up: The same pressurized air that dries out your skin will also zap the moisture from your eyes, causing them to become irritated and bloodshot. A tiny bottle of eye drops will keep you in the clear. "A long flight wil...

Fletcher Martin Creates Interactive Game-Ad for BioLab(R) UV for BioGuard(R)

... 'The Sanitizer' Game Allows Consumers to zap Germs in the Water Just Like BioLab UV ATLANTA, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for Memorial Day, integrated marke...

AMA Foundation Honors Compassionate Physicians With Excellence in Medicine Awards

...iabetes. She is co-author of The Public Health Competency Handbook - Optimizing Individual and Organizational Performance for the Public's Health. The zap Asthma Consortium, Inc., co- founded by Dr. Essien, is a community health worker model for community based asthma intervention, and this program is th...

AMA Foundation Honors Atlanta Physician for Increasing Access to Health Care in the U.S.

... Dr. Essien is co-author of The Public Health Competency Handbook - Optimizing Individual and Organizational Performance for the Public's Health. The zap Asthma Consortium, Inc., co- founded by Dr. Essien, is a community health worker model for community-based asthma intervention, and this program is th...

Bestselling Author Dr. Timothy Brantley Explains the Connection of Food and Mood

...foods" to avoid and which to incorporate into your diet. BAD MOOD FOODS Greasy Fast Food Burgers can linger in your stomach for a long time and can zap your energy for hours to come. Caffeine Caffeine can be addictive, altering brain chemistry in a way similar to amphetamines, often triggering irrit...

Potential Of Epilepsy Surgeries Are Not Fully Harnessed Say Brain Specialists

...ns are: Deep-brain stimulation Major studies are beginning to see if implanting an electrode that emits a low-level electrical current could zap the bad brain tissue and stop seizures as they form. It is already used to control tremors in Parkinson's disease. Vagus nerve stimulator Do...

‘Delayed Reaction’ to Radiation Therapy Takes the Life of a Woman After 30 Yeas

...ay in which radiotherapy was approached has now been refined. In 1971 the world was a different place and doctors felt that the important thing was to zap the cancer without much thought for the consequences for the patient afterwards.' According to Mr. Jean McFarlane, who belongs to the Radiothera...

ZAP in Biological News

Mechanism for memory revealed in neurons of electric fish

...and memory formation and neural disorders like epilepsy in humans. Dr. Harold Zakon, Dr. Jörg Oestreich and colleagues show that when electric fish zap each other in dark waters, their neurons store a memory of the sizzling communiqué by turning on special cell membrane channels. The channels give ...

ZAP in Biological Technology

Brown Deer start-up wants to serve up foreign film through broadband box

... program designs could stream high-quality digital traffic, boost market control and cut costs to the client, he said. "With our service, you could zap the movie all over the world and get it for three bucks without the questionable quality," Gupte said. "Essentially what we do is, instead of fighting...

A New Lambda Vector for Mammalian Expression

... The Lambda zap -CMV vector for efficient library construction ... Stratagenes new lambda cloning vector, the Lambda zap -CMV vector,* contains the left and right arms of the Lambda zap II vector and the pCMV-Script -EX phagemid ve...