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Article The path to ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation isn't as hard, or as tricky, as lab gossip makes it out to be. If you are prepared, your lab can be accredited in three short months. Contributed Author:  Plastics Color C...

Carriers of a single copy of the sickle cell gene variant do not have increased risk for early death. Sickle cell trait, however, is linked with exertional rhabdomyolysis, or muscle breakdown caused by intense exercise.

News A noninvasive treatment for potentially harmful breathing problems in premature babies tricks their brains into thinking that they're running. Contributed Author:  Amy Albin - UCLA Newsroom Topics:  Neurology

Article Researchers at Bielefeld University have developed a system that professional swimmers can use to hear, in real time, how the pressure of the water flows created by the swimmer changes with their movements. Contr...

News The minimally invasive therapy was developed by ReCor Medical, Inc. to treat overactive nerves leading to the kidney, a process called renal denervation. Contributed Author:  University Hospitals Case Medical Cente...

News German automaker Audi AG is in the midst of developing a system that will enhance a person's health and fitness while they drive a car. Staff Author:  Dan Marsicano Topics:  Wearables

News A team of the Lomonosov Moscow State University scientists proposed a new way to use the magnetocaloric effect for the targeted delivery of drugs to the implants. Contributed Author:  Lomonosov Moscow State Univers...

News The method, dubbed a "dual molecular tuner," offers an easy way to perform in-depth analyses in mammalian cells in general, and stem cells in particular. Contributed Author:  The Mount Sinai Hospital/Mount Sinai Sc...

News The Permaseal device allows surgeons to access and close the left-ventricle instantaneously, reliably and without suturing the myocardium. Contributed Author:  Micro Interventional Devices, Inc. Topics:  Surgical

While astronaut Scott Kelly spent his year on the International Space Station, he expressed frustration with the ho-hum accommodations inside the ISS -- it's dullsville. The temperature remains exactly the same day in an...

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), in collaboration with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, has completed a second round of preclinical studies on a promising Zika vacci...

News A computer model that will aid in the design of nanocarriers, microscopic structures used to guide drugs to their targets in the body. Contributed Author:  University of Pennsylvania Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

As the Zika scare make its way to New York, some companies are looking to cash in with a line of knock-off products.

News The interactive model uses research data to simulate major systemic chemical changes in the brains of schizophrenia sufferers. Contributed Author:  Georgia Institute of Technology Topics:  Neurology

News The capsule utilizes ultra-low dose X-ray and wireless communication technologies to scan the inside of the colon as it moves naturally, while the patient follows his or her normal daily routine. Contributed Author:...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have launched an early-stage clinical trial for an experimental Zika virus vaccine. The testing will be conducted in different NIH sites in the United States.

News The new ESYSTA BT pen is equipped with a Bluetooth interface and transfers the injected insulin doses directly to the patient's digital blood glucose diary. Contributed Author:  Emperra GmbH E-Health Technologies T...

News A new app created by a group of Cornell University students offers to help patients stay connected to their memories. Contributed Author:  Cornell University Topics:  Neurology

News MIT engineers have developed a microfluidic device that replicates the neuromuscular junction -- the vital connection where nerve meets muscle. Contributed Author:  Massachusetts Institute of Technology Topics:  M...

(American Association for Cancer Research) Renal cell carcinomas positive for the protein PD-L1 from patients who did not respond to treatment with the anti-PD-1 therapeutic nivolumab (Opdivo) had significantly higher ex...

(JCI Journals) In this issue of JCI Insight, Masataka Sugimoto and colleagues at the Juntendo University School of Medicine in Tokyo examined the role of cellular senescence in aging lungs, as there is a well-documented ...

(GOJO Industries) A case study, 'Biomimicry: Streamlining the Front End of Innovation for Environmentally Sustainable Products,' shows that biomimicry, a relatively new field that seeks to emulate nature to find solution...