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News The world's smallest pacemaker is now available at St. Mary Mercy, located in Michigan ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Cardiovascular

Product Announcement SEPAC designed the SETB electromagnetic spring engaged tooth brake to deliver reliable, consistent operation within medical applications ... Contributed Author: SEPAC Topics: STEM

News Over the last two decades, microcontact printing, which uses a rubber stamp to immobilize the bioreceptors ... Contributed Author: Okinawa Institute Of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University Topics: Medic...

News In passive elastography, the elasticity of tissue is measured using the body's own propagation of shear waves ... Contributed Author: Acoustical Society of America Topics: Oncology

News Although small molecules are able to go through the nuclear pores rather freely, molecules larger than 40 kDa could do so effectively only by binding ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Oncology

Placenta consumption is believed to aid in a new mother's recovery and help prevent postpartum depression through its nutrients. But it's now blamed for strep infection in a newborn in Oregon.

Videos Bellan's cotton candy-like fiber networks can be embedded in materials that mimic the extracellular matrix ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: STEM

Product Announcement Conforming to the industry standard half brick footprint of 61.5 x 57.9 x 12.7 mm (2.40 x 2.28 x 0.50 inches), and having pin out compatibility with existing industry standards, the QSB150 is highly ...

News The microneedle patch vaccine could also save money because it is easily self-administered ... Contributed Author: John Toon, Georgia Institute of Technology Topics: Home Healthcare

News Through a specially designed surface mounted on a robotic arm, stiffness data of the patient's abdomen is displayed to the human ... Contributed Author: Anthony King, From Horizon Magazine Topics: STEM

News A multi-centre clinical trial has demonstrated that CT Perfusion, which measures blood flow and blood volume to tumours associated with ovarian cancer ... Contributed Author: University of Western Ontario Topics: On...

News Scientists already use the gene-editing tool called CRISPR to edit the genetic code of nearly any organism ... Contributed Author: University of Texas at Austin Topics: Medical Diagnostics

Particulate matter known to cause cardiovascular conditions are more dangerous to seniors who belong to minority groups and are poor. Here's why these people are more vulnerable to the impacts of air pollution.

Two people were transporting drug evidence when fentanyl leaked through a box. The incident became a hazmat situation and prompted GBI's Crime Lab to modify current procedures for repackaging and returning drug evidence.

After fighting to send Baby Charlie to the United States for an experimental treatment, parents Chris and Connie are spending the last few hours with their son before his life support gets removed.

(University of Arizona) A team of UA biologists has discovered that for a hard-working bumblebee, foraging for pollen versus nectar is very different -- and tougher than you might think.

(Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research) A team of researchers led by Robert Wessells, Ph.D., assistant professor of physiology in the School of Medicine at Wayne State University, has receive...

(Cleveland Clinic) Cleveland Clinic researchers have uncovered a biological link between gut bacteria metabolism and obesity. The team showed that blocking a specific intestinal microbial pathway can prevent obesity and ...

(European Society for Medical Oncology) The benefits of a 'Mediterranean diet' (MD) are well-known when it comes to colorectal protection, but it's hard to know specifically what elements of the diet are the healthiest. ...

(St. Michael's Hospital) People with Alzheimer's disease who experience psychosis -- including delusions and hallucinations -- are five times more likely to be misdiagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies compared to pati...

(University of Seville) The researchers state that RNA joins with DNA by chance or because of a disease, the structure of the chromatin, the protein envelope of the chromosomes is altered, causing breaks in the DNA. Gene...

(University of Gothenburg) Professionally active doctors increasingly hesitate to take on the task of tutoring students from undergraduate medical education. Stress and pressure from higher up, and sometimes also from co...