Brighter future for giant panda?
Scientists at Cardiff University, using a novel method to estimate population, have found that there may be many more giant pandas remaining in the wild than previously thought. The giant panda is one of the world's most endangered and elusive species. It is found only in a restricted mountainous region in China with an unusual dietary dependence on bamboos found only in these mountains. T...UI anthropologist, colleagues discover remains of earliest giant panda
The ancestor of today's giant panda really was a pygmy giant panda, says Russell Ciochon, UI professor of anthropolo...Expandable metal stents used in digestive cancers
Dr. Todd H. Baron from Mayo Foundation in Rochester, Minnesota has created a break through of sorts by using expandable metal stents in the digestive tract of people afflicted with gastrointestinal cancers. These patients commonly suffer from obstructions and they present with symptoms like difficulty in swallowing, if the block is in the esophagus; they might present wi...B-Twin Expandable Spinal System
Description:The innovative B-Twin Expandable Spinal System is intended for use in lumbar spinal fusion procedures. The Implant - preloaded on its Delivery System - is introduced into the prepared intervertebral space in a reduced configuration of 5 mm diameter. It is then EXPANDED up to 15mm (depending on the size selected) once it is ideally positioned within the intervertebral space. The B-Twin Exp...