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Researchers develop method that improves delimitation of tumours in medical images

A piece of research submitted by the Artificial Intelligence and Approximate Reasoning Group (GIARA) of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre received an award from the European Association of Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing (EUSFLAT) during its biennial meeting (EUSFLAT 2013) held in Milan last week.

19 Sep 2013

Bugs may provide substantial solutions to some of life's problems

Bug spray, citronella candles, mosquito netting - most people will do anything they can to stay away from insects during the warmer months. But those creepy crawlers we try so hard to avoid may offer substantial solutions to some of life's problems.

19 Sep 2013

New technique allows scientists to measure nanoscale neuronal activity

A new technique that allows scientists to measure the electrical activity in the communication junctions of the nervous systems has been developed by a researcher at Queen Mary University of London.

19 Sep 2013

Second edition of Antibodies: An essential resource for molecular biology, immunology, and cell culture lab

The now classic lab manual Antibodies, by Harlow and Lane, has been revised, extended, and updated by Edward Greenfield of the Dana-Farber Cancer Center, with contributions from other leaders in the field.

19 Sep 2013

Only few service providers are available to help young gay black men, say researchers

Physical, sexual and emotional abuse among young gay black men is a pervasive problem, yet there remains a lack of social services and resources available to help them, a Michigan State University scholar argues in a new study.

19 Sep 2013

Scientist develop novel system to monitor behavior of patients suffering from schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a potentially debilitating mental illness affecting a person's thought processes, perception, language and sense of oneself.

19 Sep 2013

Domino transplant saves patient suffering from liver cancer

Tiffany Schwantes was going to die without a new liver. The 31-year old mother of two suffered from an aggressive form of liver cancer and, because of organ allocation rules, she could not be placed high enough on the liver transplant list to receive a new liver in a timely manner.

19 Sep 2013

Toxoplasma infection makes mice fearless

The Toxoplasma parasite can be deadly, causing spontaneous abortion in pregnant women or killing immune-compromised patients, but it has even stranger effects in mice.

19 Sep 2013

Federal judge passes consent order against Shamrock Medical for distributing mislabeled drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that federal judge Algenon L. Marbley of the Southern District of Ohio has approved a consent decree of permanent injunction against Shamrock Medical Solutions Group, LLC, of Lewis Center, Ohio, and four of its corporate officers and employees for continued drug manufacturing and labeling violations that resulted in the distribution of mislabeled drugs.

19 Sep 2013

State highlights: Miss. officials want more money for mental health, Medicaid; Okla. Gov. blocks same-sex benefits; Mass. primary care shortage

Mississippi's prison and mental health systems and Medicaid program are seeking millions of extra dollars to get through the budget year, then more money on top of that for the coming year. Agency leaders appeared Tuesday before the Joint Legislative Budget Committee to request money for fiscal year 2014, which ends June 30, and for fiscal 2015, which begins July 1 (9/17).

19 Sep 2013

Moderate amount of exercise motivates to pursue healthy lifestyle

The obesity epidemic has massive socio-economic consequences, and decades of health campaigns have not made significant headway. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen are therefore pursuing the development of new, interdisciplinary methods for preventing and treating this widespread problem.

19 Sep 2013

Study: Bird brain can serve as useful model to study human brain

Pursuing their interests in using the brains of birds as a model for the human brain, an international team of researchers led by Duke neuroscientist Erich Jarvis and his collaborators Chun-Chun Chen and Kazuhiro Wada have just completed a mapping of the bird brain based on a 10-year exploration of the tiny cerebrums of eight species of birds.

19 Sep 2013

Use of intensive pesticide in banana plantations leads to contamination

Shoppers spend over -10 billion on bananas annually and now this demand is being linked to the contamination of Central America's crocodilians. New research, published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, analyses blood samples from spectacled caiman in Costa Rica and finds that intensive pesticide use in plantations leads to contaminated species in protected conservation areas.

19 Sep 2013

Innovative system can help manipulate stem cells to repair damaged tissues and organs

Scientists know that physical and biochemical signals can guide cells to make, for example, muscle, blood vessels or bone. But the exact recipes to produce the desired tissues have proved elusive.

19 Sep 2013

Researchers develop absorbable implants to promote bone healing

Researchers from Graz University of Technology, together with colleagues from the Medical University of Graz, Vienna University of Technology and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, have managed to develop absorbable implants to promote bone healing which are broken down by the body.

19 Sep 2013

Decompression surgery: An effective procedure for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

In a world-first, decompression surgery has been shown to be an effective procedure to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy - a common progressive, degenerative disease of the spine that can lead to paralysis - according to the results of a multi-centre clinical trial published today.

19 Sep 2013

University of Nottingham-led project deals with problem of self-harm among young people

The problem of self-harm among young people in care is to be tackled as part of a new research project being led by The University of Nottingham.

19 Sep 2013

Research discovery suggests whole new frontier in human and animal brain functioning

Researchers from the University of Montreal and their colleagues have found brain activity beyond a flat line EEG, which they have called Nu-complexes (from the Greek letter).

19 Sep 2013

CTI completes sale of 15,000 shares to Quogue Capital

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the closing of its previously announced sale of 15,000 shares of its Series 18 Preferred Stock directly to Quogue Capital LLC and an affiliate of Perceptive Advisors LLC in a registered direct offering conducted without an underwriter or placement agent for gross proceeds of approximately $15 million (the "Offering").

19 Sep 2013

Parenting stress among caregivers of children with chronic illness: A systematic review

The extra demands on parents of chronically ill children cause stress that affects the whole family, according to a systematic review conducted by Case Western Reserve University researchers that also explored what factors in the child's care most contribute to the added strain.

19 Sep 2013

Medical News

Researchers develop method that improves delimitation of tumours in medical images

Bugs may provide substantial solutions to some of life's problems

New technique allows scientists to measure nanoscale neuronal activity

Second edition of Antibodies: An essential resource for molecular biology, immunology, and cell culture lab

Only few service providers are available to help young gay black men, say researchers

Scientist develop novel system to monitor behavior of patients suffering from schizophrenia

Domino transplant saves patient suffering from liver cancer

Toxoplasma infection makes mice fearless

Federal judge passes consent order against Shamrock Medical for distributing mislabeled drugs

State highlights: Miss. officials want more money for mental health, Medicaid; Okla. Gov. blocks same-sex benefits; Mass. primary care shortage

Moderate amount of exercise motivates to pursue healthy lifestyle

Study: Bird brain can serve as useful model to study human brain

Use of intensive pesticide in banana plantations leads to contamination

Innovative system can help manipulate stem cells to repair damaged tissues and organs

Researchers develop absorbable implants to promote bone healing

Decompression surgery: An effective procedure for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

University of Nottingham-led project deals with problem of self-harm among young people

Research discovery suggests whole new frontier in human and animal brain functioning

CTI completes sale of 15,000 shares to Quogue Capital

Parenting stress among caregivers of children with chronic illness: A systematic review

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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