Researcher develops biodegradable stent for hearts patients
November 25th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 25 (IANS) Stents that keep weakened arteries from collapsing have been true life-savers, but are no longer needed once the arteries are strengthened. Now, a researcher has developed a biodegradable ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Bone implant raises hopes for kids with skull deformities
November 20th, 2009 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, scientists have found that a synthetic bone matrix could offer hope for babies born with craniosynostosis- a condition that causes the plates in the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Now, dissolving dressing for wounds to speed up healing
November 18th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): A revolutionary new wound dressing, developed at Tel Aviv University, can not only speed up the healing process of antibiotics but can dissolve when its job is done.Prof. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Revolutionary dressing heals wound
November 18th, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 18 (IANS) People with 70 percent burns die from related and secondary infections despite the best efforts of doctors and nurses and advances in medicine. But a revolutionary dressing developed ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Antioxidant enzyme-containing particles may help repair injured heart
November 16th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 16 (ANI): A new study has shown that microscopic polymer beads, developed by researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, can help deliver an antioxidant enzyme made ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Zoo tests a gorilla’s blood pressure for the first time
November 11th, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 11 (IANS) Zoo Atlanta conducted the world's first ever blood pressure (BP) test on Ozzie, a 150-kg 48-year-old male gorilla.
This breakthrough was made possible by the Gorilla Tough Cuff, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
New device may minimise loss of lives in disaster zones
November 9th, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) Researchers have developed a device that could become a godsend for paramedics and may help save many lives in disaster zones.
The very first task of paramedics at ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Nanomedicine shows promise for treating spinal cord injuries
November 9th, 2009 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 9 (ANI): A new approach using nano-spheres shows promise in repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries, according to researchers.Experts from Purdue University found that the synthetic "copolymer micelles" ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Now, broken knees can be mended by growing cartilage from stem cells
October 22nd, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 22 (ANI): People who have damaged their knee joints can get them repaired with new cartilage grown from stem cells in a laboratory, according to a study at the UC ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists develop ’scaffold’ to regenerate lost or damaged bones, tissues
October 20th, 2009 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 20 (ANI): Lizard has a unique ability to regrow body tissue that is damaged or torn. If its tail is pulled off, it grows right back. It's an impressive feat, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Novel bio-technique can help regenerate bones too
October 20th, 2009 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) Nature has provided the lizard with a unique ability to regrow body tissue that is damaged or torn; if its tail is pulled off, it grows right back. ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Soon, cheap sanitary pads made from banana stems
October 6th, 2009 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 6 (ANI): The lack of affordable, quality sanitary pads in developing nations often makes monthly periods difficult for women. Now, researchers are helping to combat the problem by designing affordable ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Retinal implant could help restore part of vision
September 24th, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a retinal implant for people who have lost their vision.
The retinal prosthesis may help restore some vision ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Soon, improved prosthetic legs to prevent amputees from tripping
September 16th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 16 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Rhode Island are conducting a study to develop improved prosthetic legs that could prevent amputees from tripping.The study is aimed at improving the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Researchers work on artificial legs that don’t slip
September 16th, 2009 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) Marjorie Brasier, on an instrumented prosthetic leg, repeatedly tripped or slipped on the treadmill. Sometimes she recovered on her own and kept walking, while at other times the ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Nanodiamond-insulin clusters hold promise for wound healing
July 28th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 28 (ANI): Previous studies have identified insulin as an important new weapon for fighting infection and healing wounds. Now, using tiny nanodiamonds, researchers at Northwestern University have shown an innovative ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists move closer to making replacement bones using stem cell technology
July 27th, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 27 (ANI): Imperial College London scientists claim that they have moved a step closer to making replacement bones for patients with damaged or fractured bones using stem cell technology.The researchers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Stem cells can be embedded in sutures to promote healing
July 21st, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 21 (ANI): Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students have shown that it is possible to embed surgical thread with a patient's own adult stem cells to promote healing, and reduce the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New finding holds hope for muscle movements in paralysed people
April 21st, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 21 (ANI): Grasping a glass or throwing a baseball could be an arduous task for the arm with over 30 muscles working in tandem. But now, researchers have found that ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Genes don’t make us fat, insulin does
April 15th, 2009 - 11:53 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 15 (ANI): Purdue University scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that factors other than genes could be involved in the development of obesity.Researchers say they have uncovered evidence that genetically ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists look for ways to make food tastier for cancer patients
April 1st, 2009 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 1 (IANS) Chemotherapy and radiotherapy leave a lingering bad taste in the mouth of cancer patients and possibly causes malnutrition, according to a compilation of existing studies.
One of the ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Spun-sugar fibres spawn easy nerve repair technique
February 27th, 2009 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) Researchers are relying on spun-sugar filaments to create a scaffold of tiny synthetic tubes to help regenerate nerves severed in accidents or blood vessels damaged by disease.
The ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Novel mind-reading technique developed
February 11th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): Canadian researchers have developed a new technique that uses infrared light brain imaging to decode a persons preference.The tool might ultimately open the world of choice to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Remote drug delivery devices may be hacked, warn researchers
February 8th, 2009 - 11:19 am ICT by ANI
Washington, February 8 (ANI): While scientists are trying to develop electronic implants that dispense medicines automatically or via a wireless medical network, a group of Aussie and American researchers have warned ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New technique to predict breast cancer chemotherapy outcome developed
February 2nd, 2009 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have described a new technique for determining the "leakiness" of tumour blood vessels using a simple digital mammography unit, which can predict ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Astronauts in space lose greater rate of bone strength than previously believed
January 27th, 2009 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): A study has found that astronauts spending months in space lose greater rate of bone strength than previously believed, making them increasingly at risk for fractures later ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Months in space erode astronauts’ bone strength
January 27th, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Washington Jan 27 (IANS) Astronauts who spend months in space tend to lose bone strength, making them increasingly vulnerable to fractures in later life.Universities of California (UC) Irvine and San Francisco evaluated ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Indian-origin research seeks to treat the heart from the outside
January 25th, 2009 - 11:15 am ICT by ANI
Washington, January 25 (ANI): An Indian-origin researcher has developed novel epicardial ablation techniques that may help treat the heart from the outside, without breaking through the organ''s tissue.
"The heart is ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Researchers grow new spine discs for bad backs
January 20th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) Researchers are growing new spine discs for those who suffer from severe degenerative disc disease.Neurosurgeons can now remove the affected intervertebral discs (IVDs) after which they fuse the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Scientists identify ”control knobs” for stem cells
December 4th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 4 (ANI): By discovering that voltage changes across the membrane of adult human stem cells can control their differentiation, scientists have found what they call as ''control knobs'' for ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Brains of vision loss patients reorganise their neural connections
November 21st, 2008 - 12:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 21 (ANI): Georgia Tech researchers have found that the brain of a patient with macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, reorganises its neural connections in ... Read more...
Posted in National |
How do bacteria swim
November 20th, 2008 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): A new study from Brown University has shed light on the swimming patterns of bacteria, suggesting that the tiny microbes speed and direction are subjected to the ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Gold nanostars may revolutionise medical diagnoses
November 7th, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 7 (ANI): Duke University bioengineers say that gold nanostars may revolutionise medical diagnoses, and testing for environmental contaminants.
The researchers have revealed that their proposition is based on a comparison ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Scientists successfully use nanoparticles to treat brain, spinal cord injuries
October 2nd, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 2 (ANI): Purdue University researchers have shown that it is possible to use nanoparticles for delivering treatments to injured brains and spinal cord cells.
Richard Borgens, a researcher at the ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Study reveals how a tiny protein senses all the communications in a cell
August 1st, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 1 (ANI): New research by Johns Hopkins scientists shed light on how the calcium sensor protein calmodulin can gauge both the local flow of calcium, in through the closest ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |