Scientists decode brain activity of monkeys
July 22nd, 2012 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 22 (IANS) Scientists were able to "see" that two monkeys were planning to tackle the same task differently, even before they moved a muscle, thanks to a decoding ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Gut probe can spot deadly pancreatic cancer
May 22nd, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 22 (IANS) Physicians can now spot pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest ever, by simply shining a tiny light within the small intestine, close to its junction with ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Micro oxygen generators fight cancer faster
September 1st, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 1 (IANS) A tiny oxygen generating device could help kill cancer tissues faster by increasing the influence of radiation and chemotherapy, says a new research.The device, if implanted ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Poisonous shrub Jatropha acts as natural pain killer
July 12th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Cape Town, July 12 (IANS) An extract of the poisonous shrub Jatropha curcas acts as a strong painkiller and may function in a different way than morphine and other pharmaceuticals.Jatropha ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Students invent device to minimise risks in dialysis
June 29th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 29 (IANS) Biomedical engineering students have invented a device to cut down the risk of infection, clotting and narrowing of blood vessels during dialysis.The device, implanted under the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Researchers patch damaged heart with engineered tissue
May 8th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 8 (IANS) Researchers have pioneered a method to patch a damaged heart with an engineered tissue, in a major step forward in combating cardiovascular disease, one of the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Microchip to power first bionic eye
April 4th, 2011 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Syndey, April 4 (IANS) Researchers have unveiled a microchip which is expected to power the first functional bionic eye."This is a remarkable new microchip that has brought a retinal implant ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Brain-controlled prosthetic arm developed
April 3rd, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 03 (ANI): Two Ryerson University undergraduate biomedical engineering students have developed prosthetic arm that is controlled by brain signals.The Artificial Muscle-Operated (AMO) Arm not only enables amputees more range of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Carbon nanotube device can rapidly diagnose cancer, HIV
March 30th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): Engineers have developed a new device that can detect single cancer cells in a blood sample.This breakthrough could potentially allow doctors to determine whether cancer has spread from ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Ill-effect of high-fat meal linked to belly fat
February 18th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 18 (IANS) The effect of a high-fat meal on blood vessel walls can vary among individuals, depending on one's waist size and triglyceride levels, says a new research. The research ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Now, detect esophageal cancer with light
January 5th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 5 (ANI): Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed and successfully tested a device that holds the promise of being a less invasive method for testing patients suspected of having ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
How fat cells respond to mechanical stress
November 23rd, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a new method to look at how fat cells - which produce the fat in our bodies - respond to mechanical loads.This ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New discovery offers hope to sufferers of osteoarthritis
October 24th, 2010 - 12:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 24 (ANI): Lubricin, a synovial fluid glycoprotein, reduces wear to bone cartilage, a team of researchers in North Carolina has discovered.This result has implications for the treatment of sufferers of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Even bacteria exhibit charitable behaviour
September 2nd, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 2 (ANI): In a surprising discovery researchers at Boston University and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard have found that charitable behaviour exists in one of the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New drug delivery patch to treat many more ailments sans painful pricks
September 2nd, 2010 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 2 (ANI): Scientists at Purdue University have developed a new pump for microneedles drug delivery patch to deliver a wider range of medications than now possible with conventional patches."There are ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
How neuroglobin protects against Alzheimer’s
August 3rd, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 3 (ANI): Researchers from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Auckland have found that neuroglobin may protect against Alzheimer's disease by preventing brain neurons from dying in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Boffins make new advance in stem cell research
August 2nd, 2010 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 2 (ANI): Within a day of culturing adult human stem cells on a new type of matrix, researchers at the University of Michigan were able to correctly predict how the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Taiwan surgeons explore effects of electricity on penises
July 30th, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 30 (ANI): A group of surgeons in Taiwan have been studying the effects of electricity on penises by conducting the experiments on themselves.The researchers conducted the study, titled "Determination of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
British cat gets prosthetic paws after accident
June 28th, 2010 - 9:15 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Jun 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Oscar who is a 2 and half-year-old British cat may feel like the luckiest in the world now. In an unfortunate accident in a farm ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Amputee cat gets prosthetic legs
June 27th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 27 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a cat that had its hind feet severed by a harvester has been given two prosthetic limbs by a British vet.
The new custom-made implants, ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Scientists implant regenerated lung tissue in rats
June 25th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 25 (IANS) Scientists have successfully implanted engineered lung tissue in rats, raising hopes of regeneration of entire lungs for humans.
Lung disease accounts for around 400,000 deaths each year in the ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Novel technique detects enzyme implicated in cancer, atherosclerosis
June 2nd, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 2 (ANI): A research team has developed an experiment that reliably detects and quantifies mature cathepsin K - an enzyme implicated in osteoporosis, arthritis, atherosclerosis and cancer metastasis.Researchers at the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists think of new way of creating synthetic tissues
May 17th, 2010 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 17 (IANS) Tissue engineering has long held promise for building new organs to replace damaged livers, blood vessels and other body parts. However, a major obstacle is getting cells grown ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
I feel like a butterfly, says Rose after becoming woman
May 6th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 6 (IANS) "I feel like a butterfly," said Rose Venkatesan, 30, India's first transgender television anchor who underwent a sex change operation to become a woman.
Rose boarded a Bangkok ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Fingertip temperature could reveal cardiovascular disease risk
May 6th, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 6 (ANI): The temperature of your fingertip could reveal the risk of cardiovascular disease, say researchers at the University of Houston.VENDYS, a device mechanical engineering professors Stanley Kleis and Ralph ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New technology can help identify melanoma stage with more accuracy
February 24th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 24 (ANI): Scientists have come up with an important tool in the fight against the most serious type of skin cancer.Being aware of a patient's melanoma stage is crucial when ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Revolutionary miniature ultrasound device for pain relief
February 18th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): A biomedical engineering graduate student at Cornell University has created a miniature ultrasound device that could one day introduce a whole new level of home therapy for arthritis, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New ‘metal foam’ that mimics bone can offer better biomedical implants
February 17th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): American scientists have developed a new "metal foam" that mimics bone and can help create better biomedical implants.Rigid implant materials like titanium often lead to bone rejection, but ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Artificial foot that recycles energy offers hope for amputees
February 17th, 2010 - 11:47 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): Researchers have developed an artificial foot which they claim recycles energy otherwise wasted in between steps.With the discovery, boffins hope walking for amputees would become an easy task."For ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Le Whif: inhaler that lets you taste chocolate sans the calories!
February 13th, 2010 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 13 (ANI): Looking for a chocolate high without the calories? Le Whif is the answer for you.David Edwards, professor of biomedical engineering from Harvard, who previously invented an inhaler that ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Smart coating helps surgical implants bond with bone, ward off infection
February 4th, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): Scientists from North Carolina State University have developed what they call a "smart coating" that will help surgical implants bond more closely with bone and ward off infection.When ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Paper strips that quickly detect toxin in drinking water developed
January 9th, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 9 (ANI): Scientists have come up with paper strips that when impregnated with carbon nanotubes can detect a toxin produced by algae in drinking water.Engineers at the University of Michigan ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Now, Tinkercell computer system to design life components
January 1st, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 1 (ANI): A team led by an Indian-origin researcher has developed Tinkercell-a computer-aided design technology (CAD) that could allow synthetic biologists to redesign artificial life forms much faster and more ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Faster, cheaper DNA sequencing method developed
December 21st, 2009 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 21 (ANI): Researchers at Boston University have devised a method for making future genome sequencing faster and cheaper by dramatically reducing the amount of DNA required.According to the research team, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Researchers develop faster, cheaper DNA sequencing method
December 21st, 2009 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 21 (IANS) Biomedical engineers have hit upon a way of speeding up genome sequencing by cutting down the amount of DNA required in existing methods, which are costly, time-consuming and ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |