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Bioengineers develop brain sensor technique to understand cocaine addiction in adolescent mind

Several studies have provided strong evidence that adolescents--people in their teens to early twenties--have a higher vulnerability than adults to addictive substances like cocaine.

1 Nov 2017

Molecular tests to detect Zika virus should be repeated more than once in pregnant women

Molecular tests to detect Zika virus, which enable identification of the pathogen's genetic material in body fluids, such as blood, urine, semen and saliva during the acute phase of infection, have been used routinely in prenatal checkups for pregnant women with symptoms of the disease.

1 Nov 2017

Short-term exposure to western diet can put individuals at risk for vascular damage and prediabetes

Could short-term exposure to the average American diet increase one’s risk for developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease? According to a recent study funded by the American Heart Association (AHA), researchers from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) provide compelling evidence to support this hypothesis.

1 Nov 2017

Pioneering heart device found to be safe and effective

A new study has found that a pioneering device to repair heart valves is safe and effective, and can reduce the invasiveness and side effects of conventional mitral valve surgery.

1 Nov 2017

Livecyte™ Cell Imaging and Analysis system adopted by the Translational Research Institute, Australia

The Translational Research Institute (TRI), Brisbane has become the first centre in Australia and the Asia Pacific region to adopt the Livecyte™ Cell Imaging and Analysis system.

From Phase Focus Limited 1 Nov 2017

Cleveland Clinic selects Paxman Scalp Cooling System as one of top medical innovations for 2018

Paxman Scalp Cooling System has been named as one of Cleveland Clinic’s Top 10 Medical Innovations of 2018. The list of up-and-coming technologies was selected by a panel of Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists and was announced at a presentation at the 2017 Medical Innovation Summit.

From Paxman 1 Nov 2017

Shear shock waves may explain why some head knocks cause more harm than others

Veteran sailors know that rogue waves can rise suddenly in mid-ocean to capsize even the largest vessels. Now it appears that a similar phenomenon called shear shock wave occurs in the concussed brain. It may help explain why some head knocks cause so much more harm than others.

1 Nov 2017

Scientists make breakthrough by suppressing aflatoxin-producing fungus in groundnut

Scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, in St. Louis, MO and their collaborators at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in Hyderabad, India, United States Department of Agriculture and Louisiana State University have made a significant research breakthrough by suppressing the aflatoxin-producing fungus in groundnut.

1 Nov 2017

Tiny microscopes give researchers a peek into neural circuitry of social behavior

Tiny microscopes mounted on mice's heads have given researchers a peek into the neural circuitry of social behavior.

1 Nov 2017

Median Technologies announces expansion of its Patient Care business with release of MediScan

Median Technologies, The Imaging Phenomics Company announces today that it is expanding its Patient Care business with the release of MediScan, a comprehensive portfolio of advanced clinical applications for the automated detection, quantification, and monitoring of cancerous or suspicious lesions diagnosed in CT scans.

31 Oct 2017

Vedantra and Neon Therapeutics extend research alliance to develop impactful cancer therapies

Vedantra Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an immunotherapy company focused on developing products to treat cancer and infectious disease, and Neon Therapeutics, an immuno-oncology company developing neoantigen-based therapeutic vaccines and T-cell therapies to treat cancer, announced today that the companies have extended their non-exclusive research alliance.

31 Oct 2017

Cleveland Clinic researcher awarded $2.6 million grant to create innovative models of colorectal cancer

Cleveland Clinic researcher Emina Huang, M.D., a colorectal surgeon in the Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute and a staff member in the Lerner Research Institute's Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, has been awarded a collaborative five-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to create innovative models of colorectal cancer that will enhance understanding of how the disease develops and spreads.

31 Oct 2017

GHIT Fund announces US$16.7 million to support development of new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund, a unique Japanese public-private partnership formed to battle infectious diseases around the globe, today announced US$16.7 million to support development of new compounds for fighting malaria and tuberculosis, a leishmaniasis vaccine and drug, and a treatment for a long-ignored flesh-eating infection.

31 Oct 2017

Low-cost upgrade of 2D ultrasound machines into 3D imaging devices

Technology that keeps track of how your smartphone is oriented can now give $50,000 ultrasound machines many of the 3-D imaging abilities of their $250,000 counterparts -- for the cost of a $10 microchip.

31 Oct 2017

Deep-learning technology reveals anti-aging plant extracts

Life Extension, in collaboration with Insilico Medicine, have employed artificial intelligence to develop a novel dietary supplement of plant extracts that can activate the body's own anti-aging path ways.

31 Oct 2017

Studying the nanomechanical properties of aging and cancerous cells using AFM

An interview with Prof. Igor Sokolov, Tufts University conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, MA (Cantab).

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 31 Oct 2017

Researchers implement virtual reality to training surgical simulator

In a world filled with video games, smartphones, and tablets, one research group is finding a way to use technology to solve real-world problems.

31 Oct 2017

NHS tests potential of new SOS UK phone app to help during health emergency

People across South Yorkshire are being offered the opportunity to test the SOS UK phone app which could potentially help healthcare professionals to know about allergies, conditions or other important facts about themselves in an emergency.

31 Oct 2017

SU2C and its collaborators announce four teams to intercept cancer at earliest stages

Stand Up To Cancer, joined by the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, LUNGevity, and the American Lung Association, announced today four teams of top researchers who will carry out an attack on cancers of the lung and pancreas using a radical new approach of “interception” of cancers at very early stages, when they can be more successfully treated.

31 Oct 2017

University of Pittsburgh research collaboration works toward saving more organs for transplants

Each year, the United States suffers an extreme shortage of organ donations, with only a quarter of patients in need receiving a transplant. Many transplantable organs are lost when a donor's heart fails, and the organs stop receiving vital blood flow.

31 Oct 2017

Technology News and Research

Bioengineers develop brain sensor technique to understand cocaine addiction in adolescent mind

Molecular tests to detect Zika virus should be repeated more than once in pregnant women

Short-term exposure to western diet can put individuals at risk for vascular damage and prediabetes

Pioneering heart device found to be safe and effective

Livecyte™ Cell Imaging and Analysis system adopted by the Translational Research Institute, Australia

Cleveland Clinic selects Paxman Scalp Cooling System as one of top medical innovations for 2018

Shear shock waves may explain why some head knocks cause more harm than others

Scientists make breakthrough by suppressing aflatoxin-producing fungus in groundnut

Tiny microscopes give researchers a peek into neural circuitry of social behavior

Median Technologies announces expansion of its Patient Care business with release of MediScan

Vedantra and Neon Therapeutics extend research alliance to develop impactful cancer therapies

Cleveland Clinic researcher awarded $2.6 million grant to create innovative models of colorectal cancer

GHIT Fund announces US$16.7 million to support development of new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics

Low-cost upgrade of 2D ultrasound machines into 3D imaging devices

Deep-learning technology reveals anti-aging plant extracts

Studying the nanomechanical properties of aging and cancerous cells using AFM

Researchers implement virtual reality to training surgical simulator

NHS tests potential of new SOS UK phone app to help during health emergency

SU2C and its collaborators announce four teams to intercept cancer at earliest stages

University of Pittsburgh research collaboration works toward saving more organs for transplants

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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