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Reservoirs may accelerate the spread of invasive aquatic species, researchers say

Just as disturbance makes a landscape susceptible to invasion by alien plant species, the construction of reservoirs around the globe could be contributing to the accelerating spread of exotic aquatic species, according to a Forum article in the June 2005 issue of BioScience. John A. Havel of Southwest Missouri State University and Carol Eunmi Lee and M. Jake Vander Zanden of the University of Wi...

Undesirable expatriates: Preventing the spread of invasive animals

Reconsider relocating aquarium fish into your backyard pond. Restrain yourself from ordering exotic pets off the Internet, no matter how interesting they might look in the pictures. And vote for politicians that encourage sound port inspection. Because, according to recent Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences article by Drs. Jonathan M. Jeschke and David L. Strayer, our best defense in...

Internet viruses help ecologists control invasive species

Studying how computer viruses spread through the internet is helping ecologists to prevent invasions of non-native species. New research published today in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, describes the use of network theory to predict how the spiny water flea - a native of Russia - will spread through the Canadian lake system. Ecologists Jim Muirhead and Profe...

Invasive parasite destroying fish species

Assistant Professor Mark Pagani in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale and his colleagues mapped the first detailed history of atmospheric carbon dioxide between 45 - 25 million years ago based on stable isotopes of carbon in a National Science Foundation study reported in Science Express. "Through the energy we consume, each of us makes a contribution to increasing greenhouse...

Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatments Highlighted

Clinicians and basic scientists from academia, private practice, government and industry are coming together for a week-long multi-disciplinary symposium in interventional oncology, a rapidly growing area of medicine involving minimally invasive interventional radiology treatments for cancer. The first two days of the meeting focus on treatments for liver, kidney, bone and lung tumors. The...

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Noninvasive Blood Pressure Software from IITC Life Science

Description:The software records analyzes and reports the data from any one of IITC NIBP amplifiers. The software replaces the a chart recorder. The final data is sent from the amplifier to the software program. The end-point selection is automatic for Systolic, Mean, Heart Rate while the Diastolic values are automatically computed. The user is always in the position to override the automatic process by the...
Company:IITC Life Science

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DGGE Analysis for Non-Invasive Studies of Primate Diet

Jodi A. Irwin, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, NorthwesternUniversity Medical School, 303 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Il 60611-3008j-irwin@nwu.edu; Cristin Orrego, Conservation Genetics Laboratory,Department of Biology, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco State University,San Francisco, CA 94132 cob@sfsu.edu Introduction <br...

Radiology advance points way to non-invasive brain-cancer treatment

Glioblastoma Multiforme, GBM, is a brain cancer death sentence. Of the approximately 12,000 people who are diagnosed with GBM annually in the U.S., half will die within a year, and the rest within 3 years. The only treatments that stretch survival limits are exceptionally invasive surgeries to remove the tumor and radiation treatment with the maximum tolerated dose - all of which leads t...

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Pancreatitis: Minimially Invasive Procedure Offers Long-Term Pain Relief

Many more patients with chronic pancreatitis can safely turn to a minimally invasive operation for long-term pain relief, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins University physicians. Endoscopic therapy is an effective alternative to more invasive surgery or drugs, says Anthony N. Kalloo, MD, director of GI endoscopy at Hopkins and lead author of the study that appeared in the July...

Brain aneurysms can now be treated with a less invasive procedure

Brain aneurysm is a weakness in one of the blood vessels in the brain, causing the vessel to bulge, ultimately resulting in a brain hemorrhage. Around thirty thousand Americans, on an average, suffer a brain hemorrhage in a year and they are treated surgically or non-surgically depending on the size of the neck of the bulge. A bulge with a narrow neck is treated non-surgically by filling it with...

Preventing Strokes Using Less Invasive Techniques

A new study suggests techniques used to clear arteries blocked by heart disease can also be used on the carotid artery to prevent stroke.// Three years after studying 180 patients researchers say their results show angioplasty and stenting are as effective as surgery. During the procedure, physicians insert a catheter through a hole in an artery in the groin and thread it through to the...

New Non – invasive Test To Detect Colon Cance

A colonoscopy is the gold standard for detecting colon cancer. But many patients try to avoid the test as it is a very invasive test.// Recently, a fecal occult blood stool test has been used. This test looks for blood hidden in the stool. However, the test misses a majority of cancers. The new test looks for DNA mutations in the stool. Researchers say the results are encouraging. “A sim...

Survival rate not improved by invasive procedures

According to a new study, invasive procedures such as catheterization, performed on heart patients as soon as they // are admitted to the hospital may not improve survival rates. Researchers have conducted studies on a statistically significant group of patient population who were admitted to a hospital (cardiac catheterization facilities) after suffering from suspected acute coronary s...

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Sonotom 110 for minimal invasive surgery

Description:Multifunctional instrumentation, capable of comminution, aspiration and irrigation of tissue by means of ultra-sonic energy. Allows for preservative operations on organs, and, in particular, parenchymatous organs, offering the specific advantages of tissue-selection and non-traumatic preparation with a low level of bleeding....
Company:Berchtold Corporation

Stereotactic Relocatable Frame (Non-Invasive Frame)

Description:The stereotactic frame has been specifically designed for a radiosurgery procedure and can be used instead of traditional expensive frames....
Company:3D Line USA Inc.

Relocatable Non-Invasive Frame (for fractionation)

Description:Relocatable frame has been designed specifically for fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy treatments. It provides a fast, non-invasive and reproducible fixation of the patient....
Company:3D Line USA Inc.

Stereotactic Invasive Frame

Description:The stereotactic frame has been specifically designed for a radiosurgery procedure and can be used instead of traditional expensive frames....
Company:3D Line USA Inc.

Minimally Invasive Hip Instruments

Description:The Minimally Invasive Hip Instruments are specifically designed to facilitate THA through a mini-incision using a posterior-lateral incision. The comprehensive set of instruments helps reduce the complexity of a minimally invasive THA by optimizing exposure and access to the hip while protecting the delicate soft tissue structures....
Company:Zimmer, Inc.

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Non-Invasive Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the small intestine that is triggered in genetically susceptible persons by the ingestion of the gluten-containing grains wheat, rye, barley, and possibly oats. The condition is thought to result from the activation of both a T-cell and B-cell immune respons...

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