DuPont introduces in-home personal protection from dangers of hurricanes
...and windborne debris, one of the leading causes of injuries during both hurricanes and tornadoes." Discovered by DuPont in 1965, Kevlar is an organic fiber in the aromatic polyamid (aramid) family that combines high strength with light weight, and comfort with protection. Kevlar is five times stronger than s...9/11 search-and-rescue dogs exhibit few effects from exposure to disaster sites
...dition, the study was able to demonstrate that the injuries and ill effects of the search itself were minor. After the first year of surveillance, of the 97 deployed dogs enrolled in the study, only one died. During the past three years, 15 deployed dogs have died, of which eight had cancer. At the current...Tufts University establishes $4 million dollar tissue engineering resource center
...tegy to repair one of the world's most common knee injuries -- ruptured anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) -- by mechanically and biologically engineering new ones using silk scaffolding for stem cell growth. "This Center will help stimulate new economic growth by filling an important niche for start...Nerve cells 'guided' to repair spinal damage: Technique
... part of an overall strategy to repair spinal cord injuries where the spine is cut in two. After joining the ends of the severed spine with a tube, researchers would then fill this tube with the gel channels and peptides to stimulate nerve cell growth and bridge the gap between the two ends. "We need cells to......nd workers at risk of developing repetitive stress injuries to improve performances without overloading the musculoskeletal system. Musculoskeletal dynamics "Integrating experimental and modeling approaches of studying human movement allows us to understand how the nervous system takes advantage of muscu...Fluid derived from aloe plant prolongs life after hemorrhagic shock in animal study
...er the age of 40. In the United States, traumatic injuries result in approximately 150,000 deaths per year; complications resulting from the loss of large amounts of blood account for almost half these deaths. In addition to Drs. Fink, Kameneva and Macias, authors of the study are Jyrki J. Tenhunen, M.D., ...Warren Pharmaceuticals publishes results of preclinical evaluation
...ged in developing novel treatments for devastating injuries and diseases, today announced the publication of a study showing the effectiveness of its compounds in a variety of neurologic injury and disease models. Working in collaboration with its partner, the Danish pharmaceutical company H. Lundbeck A/S, a...Vacuum assisted deliveries are safe alternative to forceps
...k's BMJ. They compared the risk of death and birth injuries between vacuumextraction and forceps deliveries fo...United States. The overall risk of death and birth injuries were similar between infantsdelivered by vacuum or by forceps, suggesting that vacuum extraction is ...Loyola decides to test new blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
...tudy because the nature of the potential patients' injuries extreme shock would typically prevent having informed consent. However, consent will be sought whenever possible. Currently, patients can only receive blood in a hospital and that means a trauma victim may need to wait up to an hour for a transfus...Combination therapy dramatically improves function after spinal cord injury in rats
...000 people in the United States suffer spinal cord injuries each year. Studies in animals during the past decade have shown that supporting cells from nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, called Schwann cells, can be used to make a "bridge" across the damaged spinal cord that encourages nerve fibers to ...Staying close to mother helps baby dolphins swim
...uggest that relying on fishermen's observations of injuries to dolphins would underestimate the damage inflicted on dolphin populations....Brace therapy for osteoarthrisis, legal issues in TBI research, prosthetic fitting
...o evaluate posture control may reduce fall-related injuries in aging adults and people with balance disorders. Researchers collected balance data on healthy adults, ages 2970, to test the computational method for generating center of mass with ankle stiffness. The new computational method corrects shortcoming...Rensselaer receives NIH grant to develop virtual surgery simulator
...riety of uses, from teaching anatomy to evaluating injuries in a variety of scenarios. In the long run, a better simulator could even help in the design of new surgical tools and techniques." This NIH exploratory grant is part of an overall increase in the amount of NIH support to Rensselaer. The Institute cu...... ability to track complex motions, but, unless the injuries are very large, these deficits are temporary and disappear within weeks. The optical imaging technique that Casagrande's team used to study the organization of MT looks at the activity of different regions on the surface of the brain. It relies on t...Chestnut trees to spread across landscape again, says Purdue scientist
...sian chestnut seedlings. The fungus enters through injuries in the tree's bark, spreads to the inner layers and blocks the flow of nutrients through the tree, eventually killing it. Jacobs said the disease first appeared in 1904, and within 40 years, it had spread to every area of the tree's range. ...Pre-term labor drug sensitizes brain to pesticide injury
...control. Both chemicals independently caused brain injuries not seen in the control rats, including the loss of brain cells and the nerve cell projections critical to communication among neurons. The effects persisted into adulthood. The combined chemical treatment further aggravated the chemicals' damaging e...Research suggests new way to repair cartilage damage
...ilage repair procedures," said Nettles. Trauma and injuries to the knees and hips commonly involve damage to the articular cartilage, the thin layer lining the ends of articulating joints. If left untreated, the cartilage defects do not repair because the local cells are unable to regenerate new tissue. Patie...UN study shows environmental consequences from ongoing boom in personal computer sales
... While the microchip industry has fewer accidental injuries compared to heavy industries, concerns have arisen over whether possible health effects of long-term exposure of workers to toxic chemicals. Former workers in semiconductor fabrication facilities have filed lawsuits alleging that exposure to chemical...Ornamental palms vulnerable to disease
... is damaged, death is likely. "Palms cannot repair injuries to their stems, and diligent effort must be made to prevent injuries that create opportunities for insect or pathogen invasion of the trunk," she said. Ganoderma butt ro...U Iowa study identifies damaging mechanism in transplants and heart attacks
...n is an important bodily response to environmental injuries including bacterial and viral infection as well as...tudies, which may aid us in treating environmental injuries that have both ischemic and inflammatory components. We can now selectively remove, like a molecular...