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Radiographs ‘unnecessary’ after splinting

US researchers question the need for an X-ray after splinting, finding that most fracture patients do not benefit from this service.

14 Sep 2012

Levitation can improve drug development process

It's not a magic trick and it's not sleight of hand - scientists really are using levitation to improve the drug development process, eventually yielding more effective pharmaceuticals with fewer side effects.

14 Sep 2012

University of Central Florida professor receives NIH’s New Innovator award

The National Institutes of Health today awarded University of Central Florida Professor Ming Su its coveted New Innovator award, which comes with a $2 million grant.

14 Sep 2012

Four new studies on the treatment of early breast cancer

Four new studies on the treatment of early breast cancer, spanning from diagnosis through surgery, were released today in advance of the 2012 Breast Cancer Symposium.

13 Sep 2012

Legs of grasshoppers and crabs have ideal shape to resist bending and compression

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have recently shown that the legs of grasshoppers and crabs have the ideal shape to resist bending and compression. If human leg bones were built the same way, they could be twice as strong.

13 Sep 2012

Stanford and MBL scientists win prestigious Lasker Awards

Scientists who invented new ways to study how "cargo" is moved within cells and, as a result, discovered a new biological motor protein, kinesin, at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Mass., have received the prestigious 2012 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced today.

11 Sep 2012

First demonstration of newly developed dual humanized FRGTM KO system against malaria

A novel human liver-chimeric mouse model developed at Oregon Health & Science University and Yecuris Corporation has made possible a research breakthrough at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute that will greatly accelerate studies of the most lethal forms of human malaria.

11 Sep 2012

Kaleida Health's Gates Vascular Institute installs Vantage Titan 3T MR system from Toshiba

Providing patient-friendly 3T MR imaging with outstanding image quality, Kaleida Health's Gates Vascular Institute (GVI) in Buffalo, N.Y., installed the Vantage Titan 3T MR system from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc., the 1,400th Vantage MR installation worldwide.

11 Sep 2012

Heptares uses StaR technology to solve structure of CRF-1 receptor

Heptares Therapeutics today announces that it has used its StaR technology to solve entirely in-house the first structure of a Family B sub-class G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR).

10 Sep 2012

Scientists identify three new genes associated with Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma

Singapore scientists have identified three new genes associated with Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (PACG), a leading cause of blindness in Chinese people. PACG affects 15 million people worldwide, 80% of whom live in Asia.

5 Sep 2012

Regional PACS networks may be useful in reducing cost and radiation exposure associated with trauma

According to a study in the Sept. issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, using a combination of the Internet and compact discs (CD) to transfer images during inter-hospital transfer is associated with much lower repeat imaging rates, suggesting that regional PACS networks may be useful for reducing cost and radiation exposure associated with trauma.

4 Sep 2012

New research reveals why some lung cancers are undetected by radiograph

New research has revealed why some lung cancers are undetected by radiograph and helped to identify the type of people who may be at risk of this form of the disease.

3 Sep 2012

MRI detects high prevalence of abnormalities associated with knee osteoarthritis

A study conducted by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detected a high prevalence of abnormalities associated with knee osteoarthritis in middle-aged and elderly patients that had no evidence of knee osteoarthritis in X-ray images.

1 Sep 2012

Scientists show how pluripotent stem cells mobilize in wounded planarian worms

The skin, the blood, and the lining of the gut-adult stem cells replenish them daily. But stem cells really show off their healing powers in planarians, humble flatworms fabled for their ability to rebuild any missing body part. Just how adult stem cells build the right tissues at the right times and places has remained largely unanswered.

1 Sep 2012

Researchers identify mechanism that explains link between trichomoniasis and prostate cancer

Researchers have identified a way in which men can develop prostate cancer after contracting trichomoniasis, a curable but often overlooked sexually transmitted disease.

30 Aug 2012

Johns Hopkins' Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality receives Moore Foundation grant

Johns Hopkins' Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality has received an $8.9 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the first award given as part of an ambitious new $500 million, 10-year program designed to eliminate all preventable harms that patients experience in the hospital.

29 Aug 2012

Deep-brain stimulation may stop uncontrollable shaking in patients with Parkinson's

Deep-brain stimulation (DBS) may stop uncontrollable shaking in patients with Parkinson's disease and essential tremor by imposing its own rhythm on the brain, according to two studies published recently by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers in the journal Movement Disorders.

29 Aug 2012

Edge CT now available in NYU Langone's Department of Radiology clinical practice

NYU Langone Medical Center is the first in the country to offer patients access to the new Siemens Somatom Definition Edge single-source computed tomography system (Edge CT), one of the world's fastest CT scanners capable of generating high quality, 3-D diagnostic images using extremely low radiation.

28 Aug 2012

Cholera toxin binds differently to intestinal cells than previously thought

The likelihood of becoming seriously ill from cholera depends on your blood group. It is possible to find a new remedy for the feared illness by studying the molecular structure in the toxin in the cholera bacteria.

28 Aug 2012

Diet and exercise help protect astronauts' bones in space

Eating the right diet and exercising hard in space helps protect International Space Station astronauts' bones, a finding that may help solve one of the key problems facing future explorers heading beyond low Earth orbit.

27 Aug 2012

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Radiographs ‘unnecessary’ after splinting

Levitation can improve drug development process

University of Central Florida professor receives NIH’s New Innovator award

Four new studies on the treatment of early breast cancer

Legs of grasshoppers and crabs have ideal shape to resist bending and compression

Stanford and MBL scientists win prestigious Lasker Awards

First demonstration of newly developed dual humanized FRGTM KO system against malaria

Kaleida Health's Gates Vascular Institute installs Vantage Titan 3T MR system from Toshiba

Heptares uses StaR technology to solve structure of CRF-1 receptor

Scientists identify three new genes associated with Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma

Regional PACS networks may be useful in reducing cost and radiation exposure associated with trauma

New research reveals why some lung cancers are undetected by radiograph

MRI detects high prevalence of abnormalities associated with knee osteoarthritis

Scientists show how pluripotent stem cells mobilize in wounded planarian worms

Researchers identify mechanism that explains link between trichomoniasis and prostate cancer

Johns Hopkins' Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality receives Moore Foundation grant

Deep-brain stimulation may stop uncontrollable shaking in patients with Parkinson's

Edge CT now available in NYU Langone's Department of Radiology clinical practice

Cholera toxin binds differently to intestinal cells than previously thought

Diet and exercise help protect astronauts' bones in space

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