UC Davis researchers move biotechnology closer to replacing electronic pacemakers
UC Davis researchers have successfully used a custom designed protein and gene delivery system to restore normal heart rhythms in pigs with electronic pacemakers, reducing their dependence on implanted devices. This work suggests that scientists are one step closer to making bioengineering a reality in treating the more than 2.2 million Americans affected by irregular heartbeats. The UC...How brain pacemakers erase diseased messages
Despite the clinical success of the devices, which have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration and can be found in the heads of about 30,000 Americans, the mechanisms by which deep brain...In a fast-paced economy, lawmakers must pick up speed
. - For reasons that may be as innocent as a choked calendar, legislative progress has stalled on a bill that would trade Wisconsin's city-by-city regulation of the cable television industry for statewide video franchises. The bill, which would create jobs, help many consumers and speed new technologies to the market, passed the <a href="http://ww...Eight lawmakers named to Speaker's IT task force
<br...Wisconsin joins price-fixing suit vs. D-RAM makers
States filed the complaint in San Francisco federal court against seven manufacturers of dynamic random access memory microchips (D-RAMs), accusing them of violating federal and Wisconsin antitrust laws from 1998 to 2002. The complaint alleges that...Four ways lawmakers could help Wisconsins high-growth economy
Some might say the legacy of the 2005-2006 session of the Wisconsin Legislature wasn't formed on the Assembly or Senate floor, but in court, where a few former leaders were prosecuted for illegally using state resources for campaigns. Others might say this Legislature will be remembered for debating a steady diet of social issues, from carrying concealed weapons to...Epilepsy Patients Could Benefit From Pacemakers
People with epilepsy might benefit from the implantation of cardiac pacemakers, finds a new study. Researchers arrived at the conclusion // after studying 20 patients with the disease. The results showed a significant occurrence of interrupted heart rhythm during seizures among the group. Interrupted heart rhythms during seizures might be responsible for the higher rate of unexplained dea...Withdrawal Notice Issued For Older Pacemakers Due To Malfunctioning of the Device
Health professionals have been recently notified that some older pacemakers manufactured by Guidant Corporation may malfunction due to a build-up of moisture //in the device. The products include early generation designs that have not been sold or implanted in the past 4 years, some of the names of the affected models include the Pulsar Max, Pulsar, Discovery, Meridian, Pulsar Max II, Dis...Researchers identify the early makers of Neonatal Sepsis
Neonatal sepsis had been one of the dreaded forms of disease with very high mortality even in the best of centers. One of the reason for such a catastrophe is that the condition is diagnosed relatively a bit late. Neonatal sepsis always is both a diagnostic as well as therapeutic challenge to the paediatricians. Dr. Irmeli Nupponen and Finnish colleagues, as a result of an extensive re...Stem Cells Could Replace Electronic Pacemakers
Electronic pacemakers, cannot react to situations like the heart's own can, such as raising the heart rate when a person is scared or about to climb up a hill but researchers say a pacemaker created by // stem cells may bypass this problem. Animal studies have shown that genetically engineered heart cells from human embryonic stem cells could lead to a biological form of pacemaker, acco...Lawmakers alerted on new tobacco control policies by research team
The Smoking ban around the world can be materialized by increasing cigarette taxes, raising the smoking age and adopting new or enforcing current regulations that prevent or delay youth smoking according to a researchers. // This move is expected to improve the lives of billions of people addicted to this habit. It is time that lawmakers quickly adopt the suggestion and act accordingly....