Technology News and Research

RSS

New medical series for BBC ONE

Medical Frontiers (working title) presented by Professor Robert Winston, is a new medical series for BBC ONE, examining the life and death decisions made every day on the edge of medicine.

20 Mar 2008

Live demonstration of robotic radical prostatectomy

One of the nation's top robotic surgeons will remove the cancerous prostate of a Southern Tier man during a live demonstration of robotic surgery on Wednesday, March 19.

19 Mar 2008

$New way to predict fracturing in statues and bones$

New way to predict fracturing in statues and bones

For statues, stress injuries come from standing in place for hundreds of years.

19 Mar 2008

SnowWorld, an interactive, virtual-reality video game helps burn patients with pain relief

To a patient recovering from severe burns, no place would be more soothing than a polar landscape of gently falling snowflakes, snowmen, penguins, igloos and icy rivers.

19 Mar 2008

Psychological stress resulting from the traumatic stress may damage this brain

Individuals who experience military combat obviously endure extreme stress, and this exposure leaves many diagnosed with the psychiatric condition of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.

19 Mar 2008

Surprising discovery from first large-scale analysis of biodiversity and biogeography of viruses

Viruses and bacterial viruses (known as phages) are among the most abundant life forms on the planet.

18 Mar 2008

On the trail of rogue genetically modified pathogens

Bacteria can be used to engineer genetic modifications, thereby providing scientists with a tool to combat many challenges in areas from food production to drug discovery.

18 Mar 2008

National Institutes of Health launches center to study genomics and health disparities

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced the establishment of the NIH Intramural Center for Genomics and Health Disparities (NICGHD), a new venue for research about the way populations are impacted by diseases, including obesity, diabetes and hypertension.

18 Mar 2008

New robotic interventional imaging technology holds promise of improved cancer care

New research released at the Society of Interventional Radiology's (SIR) Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, D.C., this week, holds promise of a new interventional imaging capability using advanced robotics provided by Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare), to improve the value of chemoembolization in treating cancer.

From Siemens Healthineers 18 Mar 2008

NanoBio successfully completes phase 2b study in Herpes labialis

NanoBio Corporation reported top-level findings from its phase 2b study of NB-001, a topical lotion to treat herpes labialis (cold sores).

18 Mar 2008

New technique detects early stages of colon cancer without a biopsy

Doctors may one day be able to detect early stages of colon cancer without a biopsy, using a new technique developed by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

18 Mar 2008

Bioheart awarded patent for heart repair method

Bioheart, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded U.S. Patent #: 7341062 (J. Chachques and H. Leonhardt) for a method to repair damaged myocardium (heart tissue) by a combination of cell transplantation and electrostimulation.

18 Mar 2008

New diagnostic test for cancer promises less trauma for patients

A rapid new diagnostic test developed by Sydney researchers will mean fewer tests and less trauma for cancer patients says Richard Christopherson, who has a Personal Chair in the School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences in the Faculty of Science.

17 Mar 2008