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Alternatives To Screws For Attaching Thin Panels In Assemblies
Medical Design Technology - 10 May 2018 15:00
Product Announcement New stainless steel PEM TKTackSert pins from PennEngineering introduce ideal alternatives to screws for attaching thin panels in assemblies. They can securely attach panels of any material to base pa...
An AI Oncologist To Help Cancer Patients Worldwide
Medical Design Technology - 10 May 2018 15:00
News MD Anderson researchers use supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center to develop, test treatment target identification tool for head and neck cancers... Contributed Author: University of Texas at Austin,...
Artificial Muscles Promise To Speed Up Testing Of Treatments For Muscle Diseases
Medical Design Technology - 10 May 2018 15:00
News The study found that 3-D artificial muscles can be generated from both healthy and diseased stem cells of patients with different types of severe muscle disorders called muscular dystrophies... Contributed Author: U...
Penn Engineer Make Drug Microparticles A Thousand Times Faster Than Ever Before
Medical Design Technology - 10 May 2018 15:00
News University of Pennsylvania engineers have now developed a microfluidic system where more than ten thousand of these devices run in parallel, all on a silicon-and-glass chip that can fit into a shirt pocket.... Contr...
Purdue Researchers Create A New Instrument To Rapidly Test Whether Drugs Contain Trace Crystallinity
Medical Design Technology - 10 May 2018 15:00
Videos Researchers at Purdue University have created a device that can quickly and inexpensively determine whether new pharmaceutical formulations have trace crystallinity that can negatively impact the drug's stability ...
Ultrasound Helmet Would Make Live Images, Brain-Machine Interface Possible
Medical Design Technology - 10 May 2018 15:00
News Ultrasound technology for the brain could mean real-time images during surgery, a better idea of which areas get stimulated by certain feelings or actions and, ultimately, an effective way for people to control soft...
Gadolinium deposition in the brain not dose dependent
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have determined that in children receiving gadolinium as a contrast agent to enhance MRI examinations, signal changes attributed solely t...
High efficiency synthesis of insulin by self-assembly based organic chemistry
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(Tohoku University) Researchers have succeeded in efficiently synthesizing insulin by using only chemical processes based on organic synthesis.
How do public 'report cards' affect physicians' treatment decisions?
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Researchers from the Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) provide a closer look at physicians' knowledge, attitudes and b...
How turning down the heat makes a baby turtle male
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(Duke University) Scientists have started to crack the 50-year-old puzzle of how temperature turns baby turtles male or female. In a study in the journal Science, researchers show that cooler egg incubation temperatures ...
IU School of Medicine forms research collaboration with Lung Biotechnology PBC
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(Indiana University) IU School of Medicine recently secured a four-year, $9 million sponsored research agreement from Lung Biotechnology PBC, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Therapeutics Corporation.
Levitation yields better neutron-lifetime measurement
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory) Being repulsive can have its advantages. In the case of an experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory's linear accelerator, a repulsive magnetic field and a clever detector system a...
Most oncologists have discussed medical marijuana with patients
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(American Society of Clinical Oncology) Data from a new survey show that as many as 80 percent of oncologists have discussed medical marijuana use with their patients. According to the authors, this is the first national...
OSA in older adults: Often present, seldom investigated
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Research finds more than half of Medicare beneficiaries have a high risk of obstructive sleep apnea, but few have been assessed for the sleep disorder.
Obesity may worsen symptoms for patients with lupus
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(Wiley) In a recent Arthritis Care & Research study of 148 women with lupus, obesity was linked with worse disease activity, depressive symptoms, and symptoms of pain and fatigue.
PATH statement on White House Summit on AI for American Industry
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The Partnership for Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Healthcare (PATH) applauds today's White House Summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for American Industry.
Patients who have had an irregular heart beat can't ever be considered 'cured'
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(University of Birmingham) Patients with an abnormal heart rhythm that can leave them at a higher risk of suffering from stroke still need treatment even after their heart rhythm seems to have returned to normal, say res...
Pterocarpanquinones and carbapterocarpans with anti-tumor activity against MDR leukemias
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(Bentham Science Publishers) The pterocarpanquinone LQB-118 and the carbapterocarpan LQB-223 were evaluated on models of human hematological neoplasias and solid tumors. Both compounds presented great selectivity and ant...
Published study reports molecule could improve memory, reduce Alzheimer's degradation
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(Purdue University) SERCA activator may improve memory and cognition for Alzheimer's patients by preserving calcium ion balance in neurons and offering a new therapeutic strategy for neurodegeneration drug development. A...
Racial or ethnic discrimination impacts Latinas' satisfaction with contraception services
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(Oregon State University) Young Latina women who have experienced racial or ethnic discrimination are less satisfied overall with their contraceptive care, which could affect their access to more effective contraceptives...
Racial-ethnic disparities in the quality of end-of-life care among lung cancer patients
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) Significant disparities in the quality of end-of-life lung cancer care were found among racial-ethnic minorities, with higher odds of experiencing potentially prev...
Research suggests a 15-minute 'daily mile' could enhance health of the world's children
EurekAlert! - 10 May 2018 06:00
(University of Stirling) Policymakers should consider introducing The Daily Mile to improve the health and fitness of schoolchildren around the world, according to new research led by the Universities of Stirling and Edi...