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Medical Engineering

Instron Testing Solutions for Medical Engineering and Biotechnology: Easy-to-Clean BioCoat Protects Instron® Testing Systems

Their applications include mechanical low-force in-vitro testing of biomaterials and components as well as materials for medical and biotechnology devices in…

Studies and Analyses

Gout and Hyperuricemia Rates Surge in the U.S., Study Reveals

The study, which is published in the American Journal of Medicine, was led by Hyon Choi, MD, DrPH, professor of medicine in the section of rheumatology and the…

Physics & Astronomy

Unlocking Insights: Navigating Trillions of Electrons

Modern research tools like supercomputers, particle colliders, and telescopes are generating so much data, so quickly, many scientists fear that soon they will…

Studies and Analyses

Magnet Guides Iron-Loaded Cells to Heart for Better Healing

However, using rat models, researchers in France have used a magnet to guide cells loaded with iron oxide nanoparticles to key sites, enhancing the myocardial…

Studies and Analyses

Touch Therapy: Reducing Pain and Nausea in Cancer Patients

Presented at the 2012 Markey Cancer Center Research Day by Jennifer Bradley who is the Jin Shin Jyutsu integrative practitioner at Markey, the study included…

Environmental Conservation

Lab-on-a-chip detects trace levels of toxic vapors in homes near Utah Air Force Base

Even in the presence of 50 other indoor air contaminants, the U-M-built microsystem found levels of the targeted contaminant so low that it would be analogous…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellite Captures Newborn Tropical Depression Doksuri

The Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite as captured an infrared image of the newborn storm on June 26 at 0228…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellites Capture Colorado Wildfires in Stunning Detail

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image on June 23, 2012. Red outlines approximate…

Life & Chemistry

New Mouse Model Sheds Light on Heart Disease Gene Discovery

When babies are born with a hole in their heart (either between the upper or lower chambers), they have a septal defect, the most common form of congenital…

Life & Chemistry

UMass Researchers Uncover New Role for RNAi in DNA Defense

Organisms employ a fascinating array of strategies to identify and restrain invasive pieces of foreign DNA, such as those introduced by viruses. For example,…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Hubble spots rare gravitational arc from distant, hefty galaxy cluster

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found a puzzling arc of light behind an extremely massive cluster of galaxies residing 10 billion…

Life & Chemistry

Exercise is key in the fight against Alzheimer's disease

The most common cause of dementia, Alzheimer's disease results in the loss of cognitive faculty. In the majority of cases, Alzheimer's disease occurs after age…

Health & Medicine

New Protocol Boosts Survival for Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer

Investigators at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, have reported on a new approach to treating previously inoperable complex…

Health & Medicine

Minimally Invasive Surgery Reduces Risks for Obese Patients

Obese patients who need to have their appendixes removed fare better after a minimally invasive surgical procedure rather than an open operation, according to…

Life & Chemistry

Parkinson's disease gene identified with help of Mennonite family: UBC-VCH research

Twelve of the 57 members of the Saskatchewan family who participated in the study had previously been diagnosed with PD.UBC Medical Genetics Prof. Matthew…

Life & Chemistry

Why do fat cells get fat? New suspect ID'd

As the world fights obesity at the human level, scientists at the University of Michigan and their colleagues have made a surprising finding at the microscopic…

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