Performing sensitive biological experiments is always a delicate affair. Few researchers, however, contend with the challenges faced by Cheryl Nickerson, whose working laboratory aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is located hundreds of miles above the Earth, traveling at some 17,000...
In a demonstration of the power of green chemistry, scientists are reporting development of a new and more efficient process for making one of the most costly and widely used medications for severe mental illness. Described in a report in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, it...
Oxyrane, has announced the publication in Nature Biotechnology, results of its landmark study in novel enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs). Oxyrane, in collaboration with VIB researchers from Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussels, have developed a...
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have for the first time transformed skin cells - with a single genetic factor - into cells that develop on their own into an interconnected, functional network of brain cells. The research offers new hope in the fight against many neurological conditions...
People with obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to stick to prescribed treatment when a partner or parent is involved with their treatment, according to a team of sleep researchers. Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when the upper airway collapses during sleep. It is the most common type of...
The Metabolic Weight Loss Program, a new initiative at LifeBridge Health & Fitness in Pikesville, Md., can help a person lose weight with some breaths of air, a few facts and figures, and a grocery list. The program focuses on a person's metabolism, the process through which food is converted...
Ziehm Imaging, leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of mobile C-arms, presents its innovative, award-winning product portfolio at RSNA 2011. Latest market analyst reports (GIA[1]) predict substantial growth for the fluoroscopy and mobile C-arm market segments that will be substantially...
A team of Penn State University scientists has invented a new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles - structures that are composed of two or more kinds of materials in an extremely small particle that is visible only with an electron microscope...
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MedShape Solutions, Inc., the industry leader in innovative shape memory orthopedic devices, announced its new DynaNail™ Intramedullary Ankle Fusion Nail. Ankle fusion is performed to relieve pain in patients with severely degenerative ankle joints, to correct joint deformities or to revise...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funds Portuguese Researcher To Develop An Innovative
João Gonçalves, from Faculdade de Farmácia e Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal, to win a Grand Challenges Exploration Award Portuguese researcher João Gonçalves is to receive a Grand...
I'm curious to find some new gadgets or technology invented for the guitar, Like some of the cool stuff you see in the back of guitar magazine, ( The E-Bow, clip on tuners, round picks, rolling capos, etc.) Anyone have any to share?
Thanks!!!
I'm curious to find some new gadgets or technology invented for the guitar, Like some of the cool stuff you see in the back of guitar magazine, ( The E-Bow, clip on tuners, round picks, rolling capos, etc.) Anyone have any to share?
Thanks!!!
I'm curious to find some new gadgets or technology invented for the guitar, Like some of the cool stuff you see in the back of guitar magazine, ( The E-Bow, clip on tuners, round picks, rolling capos, etc.) Anyone have any to share?
Thanks!!!
The first few days after birth is an important time when babies learn to recognize the sound of their parents' voice and the parents in turn bond with their children. However, the separation between parents and newborns admitted to the intensive care unit can be very difficult and can disrupt...
According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, the introduction and adoption of new growth factors, combined with greater variety and improved features of newer products, will drive the US bone graft substitute market to nearly $2.3...
Thanks to an innovative electronic data exchange project launched today, emergency physicians at Inova Alexandria Hospital will have access to critical medication histories within minutes of a patient's arrival. This access will be made possible through MEDS-ED Link, a project of the Northern...
Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), a leading provider of clinical information and medication delivery technologies, announced a study showing how the TheraDoc(TM) clinical surveillance system helped clinicians at Memorial Hospital Miramar reduce catheter-related infections, which correlated with an...
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has granted $3.7 million to Rice University researchers to fund an innovative cancer diagnostics program. The funds will help the BioScience Research Collaborative lab overseen by John McDevitt, Rice's Brown-Wiess Professor in...