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(Emory Health Sciences) Researchers have found that specific patterns of activity on brain scans may help clinicians identify whether psychotherapy or antidepressant medication is more likely to help individual patients ...

Product Announcement Clippard NPV Series Miniature Pinch Valves are solenoid-operated devices designed to open and close tubes for controlling flow of liquids and gases ... Contributed Author: Clippard Topics: STEM

News Stanciu, Marinero and Kuhn have developed an amperometric biosensor that utilizes functionalized nanoparticles ... Contributed Author: Purdue University Topics: STEM

News The main reason for dental implant failure is peri-implantitis. This is the destructive inflammatory process affecting the soft and hard tissues ... Contributed Author: University of Plymouth Topics: Implantables

Scientists say a flexible glass membrane will further shrink the scale at which lab-on-a-chip devices operate ... Contributed Author: Brooks Hays, UPI Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News The robot can be used in pre-surgical planning, image guidance ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Surgical

That spinach on your plate deserves more credit. Not only is it packed with folic acid and other health benefits, it could also help scientists regenerate human tissue. It's Alive! One of the biggest obstacles in the fie...

Unlike other rotavirus vaccines, the new product is cheaper and doesn't require refrigeration. Pending WHO approval, it could soon be available for large-scale immunization.

CancerLocator is a blood test that offers a non-invasive way to detect lung, breast and liver cancer in the early stage and has a success rate of 80 percent. How does it work?

News The fNIRS technique may have several advantages over other hemodynamic-based imaging techniques ... Contributed Author: SPIE--International Society for Optics and Photonics Topics: Neurology

News Nanomachines can already deliver medication and serve as computer memories at the tiny nanometer scale ... Contributed Author: Dartmouth College Topics: STEM

News Bioengineers detect early signs of damage in connective tissues such as ligaments, tendons and cartilage ... Contributed Author: University of Utah Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News The researchers used MRI multimodal brain imaging techniques (specifically, diffusion-based and resting state imaging) ... Contributed Author: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Topics: Neurology

Random bad luck DNA mutations can be blamed for some cases of cancer. Does this mean that a healthy lifestyle no longer matters when it comes to preventing cancer?

The physician successfully treated his patients with vitamin C infusions, along with thiamine and hydrocortisone. Pending validation through additional studies, his remedy could prove to be a long-awaited breakthrough in...

News One of the most important tests of their artificial intelligence-derived model was to see if it could be used to discover a treatment ... Contributed Author: University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing C...

Similar to home kits available to women to detect pregnancy, a smartphone app with 97 percent accuracy has been developed to test fertility in men. Technology apart, fertility rituals in many cultures are boosting fertil...

Apparently, even the healthiest person is not spared from cancer. This is what a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center suggest.

(University of North Carolina Health Care) Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have received a three-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a new implantable...

(University of Texas at Arlington) A biologist from the University of Texas at Arlington is leading a new study aimed at quantifying how susceptible coral species are to disease by examining their immunity through a seri...

(Umea University) The fact that men are overrepresented in psoriasis registers and consume more psoriasis care have long led researchers to believe that the common skin disease disproportionately affects men. A unique st...

(Jackson Laboratory) It's time to update the old 'bench-to-bedside' shorthand, researchers at The Jackson Laboratory, NHGRI and institutions across the US declare.