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"Ipod-like" device to help correct balance disorders

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Neurological Sciences Institute and the University of Bologna have developed a portable "Ipod-like" device that can be used to help correct balance disorders. Scientists believe this new device, based on auditory feedback of balance, can be worn on the belt like a pager to provide regular therapy for patients with balance disorders, improving their day-to-day activities.

13 Jul 2005

New ventricular assist device called the PediPump

A new ventricular assist device (VAD) called the PediPump has been developed specifically for use in children. A status report on this new device appears in the July issue of the journal Artificial Organs.

13 Jul 2005

Cordis release new stent featuring the latest advancement in balloon-expandable stent technology

Cordis Endovascular, today announced the U.S. launch of the PALMAZ(R) BLUE(TM) Transhepatic Biliary Cobalt Chromium Stent, the latest advancement in balloon-expandable stent technology. Featuring L605, a cobalt alloy enhanced with tungsten, the PALMAZ(R) BLUE(TM) Stent is stronger than stainless steel stents and uses less metal.

1 Jul 2005

Forensic use of tandem mass-spectroscopy detects links between banknotes and drugs

Research published in this month’s edition of the journal Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, describes a method that can detect a pattern of contamination on banknotes from drug related crime that is different from the pattern seen in general circulation. The process is significantly faster than other previous methods.

28 Jun 2005

New clues about the location of genes potentially involved in the most common type of lung cancer

Using technology that makes it possible to zoom in on smaller sections of cell chromosomes than ever before, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified nearly 100 chromosome regions where genes are either over-copied or missing in non-small cell lung cancer.

27 Jun 2005

Harmonic scalpel could reduce operative time and blood loss in patients

A harmonic scalpel that uses ultrasound to coagulate as it cuts can reduce blood loss and postoperative facial paralysis in patients who need a portion of their salivary gland removed, surgeons say.

27 Jun 2005

New low-cost technology that allows thousands of tumor slices to be screened side-by-side

Scientists at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have devised a new low-cost technology that allows thousands of tumor slices to be screened side-by-side, an improvement over current and more expensive methods that can analyze only several hundred tumors at once.

27 Jun 2005

PNNL ScalaBLAST may be used to process complex genomic sequences

A new computational tool developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is speeding up our understanding of the machinery of life - bringing us one step closer to curing diseases, finding safer ways to clean the environment and protecting the country against biological threats.

21 Jun 2005

Textiles with permanent antibacterial properties

Antimicrobial agents are not new to the marketplace. Our stores are filled with antibacterial soaps and gels, and in a post-9/11 world, wearable protection from biological agents is in increasing demand. So far, antimicrobial textile production has used coatings that can wash away over time, reducing the useful life of protective clothing.

21 Jun 2005

Speech recognition by humanoid robot in real environment

Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), an independent administrative institution, has developed a speech recognition function in real environment using an array of microphones, successfully extending the sensing capability of humanoid robot under the Humanoid Robotic Project HRP-2 "Prométhée".

21 Jun 2005

CSIRO hyperspectral imaging software can be used by pharmaceutical companies for production line quality assurance

New CSIRO imaging software means consumers could be confident their tablets contain exactly what their packaging says.

21 Jun 2005

Software that automatically assesses a drug's effect on nerve cells

Potential new drugs for neurological disorders like Parkinson's are being screened faster thanks to world-leading CSIRO software that automatically assesses a drug's effect on nerve cells.

21 Jun 2005

New research tool replicates extreme environmental conditions to help understand the human body's response to everyday stresses

A new research tool will allow University of Oregon scientists to replicate an extreme range of environmental conditions in their quest to test and understand the human body's response to everyday stresses.

21 Jun 2005

Computer program that enhances the diagnostic accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET)

German scientists developed a computer program that enhances the diagnostic accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET) scans with Alzheimer's patients, opening the door for earlier treatment of this progressive brain disorder. Details of their findings were provided at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 52nd Annual Meeting in Toronto.

20 Jun 2005

Faulty defibrillators may mean surgery for thousands of cardiac patients

Surgery to replace possibly faulty implanted cardiac defibrillators may now be on the cards for thousands of cardiac patients.

20 Jun 2005

Pioneering new technology helps ease dementia

In a remarkable enterprise psychologists at St Andrews University, computer experts at Dundee University, and researchers at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, have collaborated to produce a "memory jukebox".

16 Jun 2005

Holographic movies show promise for medical applications

In a small research laboratory at UT Southwestern Medical Center, a grainy, red movie of circling fighter jets emerges from a table-top black box, while nearby, a video of a rotating human heart hangs suspended in a tank of gooey gel.

14 Jun 2005

Strategic analysis of the European regional anaesthesia kits market

Growing awareness of regional anaesthesia’s myriad benefits has boosted the number of such procedures being performed across Europe. This trend is, in turn, set to trigger increased uptake of regional anaesthesia kits.

14 Jun 2005

New technology developed at Cornell University could make it just as easy to identify genes

A supermarket checkout computer can identify thousands of different items by scanning the tiny barcode printed on the package. New technology developed at Cornell University could make it just as easy to identify genes, pathogens, illegal drugs and other chemicals of interest by tagging them with color-coded probes made out of synthetic tree-shaped DNA.

14 Jun 2005

Simple scan of your finger could save your life

Unlikely on the face of it, perhaps, but a consortium including Cranfield Impact Centre and Nissan Technical Centre Europe, has developed a prototype bone density scanning system which could be used to improve driver and passenger restraint systems in cars.

13 Jun 2005

Device / Technology News

"Ipod-like" device to help correct balance disorders

New ventricular assist device called the PediPump

Cordis release new stent featuring the latest advancement in balloon-expandable stent technology

Forensic use of tandem mass-spectroscopy detects links between banknotes and drugs

New clues about the location of genes potentially involved in the most common type of lung cancer

Harmonic scalpel could reduce operative time and blood loss in patients

New low-cost technology that allows thousands of tumor slices to be screened side-by-side

PNNL ScalaBLAST may be used to process complex genomic sequences

Textiles with permanent antibacterial properties

Speech recognition by humanoid robot in real environment

CSIRO hyperspectral imaging software can be used by pharmaceutical companies for production line quality assurance

Software that automatically assesses a drug's effect on nerve cells

New research tool replicates extreme environmental conditions to help understand the human body's response to everyday stresses

Computer program that enhances the diagnostic accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET)

Faulty defibrillators may mean surgery for thousands of cardiac patients

Pioneering new technology helps ease dementia

Holographic movies show promise for medical applications

Strategic analysis of the European regional anaesthesia kits market

New technology developed at Cornell University could make it just as easy to identify genes

Simple scan of your finger could save your life

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