Implant may stabilize schizophrenia patients' treatment
...'s School of Medicine have designed an implantable device capable of delivering anti-psychotic medication fo...t such devices may work for up to a full year. The device has been proven effective in initial laboratory studies, and more research is underway (in collabora...Hopkins scientists reveal how sound becomes electric
...engers toward the nerve may be a kind of fail-safe device that ensures a ready supply of transmitters should the sound continue or change." Hearing aids and cochlear implants are designed to boost or replace the sound-detecting function of hair cells in the cochlea. Fuchs and Glowatzki believe their discove...Disorder forces DNA molecules out of tight spaces
...at the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility to build a device consisting of a flat open space next to a forest o...r three times the diameter of a silicon atom.) The device is made of silicon nitride, which is transparent to visible light. The DNA molecules themselves are...Black raspberries a potentially powerful agent in fight against colon cancer
...ed black raspberries. Using a device that measured each fruits ability to absorb free radicals, the researchers found that black raspberries topped the charts: these berries exhibited 11 percent more antioxidant activity than d...Filtering patient's blood before kidney transplant allows transplant from any donor
...d, called plasma, is removed from blood cells by a device known as a cell separator. The separator works by spinning the blood at high speed to separate the cells from the fluid. The cells are returned to the person undergoing treatment, while the plasma, which contains the antibodies, is discarded and re...Smart suture is first application of novel MIT polymer
...Langer. For example, "how does one implant a bulky device or knot a suture in a confined space?" Some materials can be "taught" to have one shape at one temperature (or under one stress) and another shape at a second temperature. Much work, for example, has focused on "shape-memory" metallic alloys, which a...Basic motion measuring technology may be alternative to more expensive testing procedures
... Body Mass) . Unlike previous studies, the logger device was worn in the laces of the shoes and study volunteers existed in a free-living environment where they were able to run, walk, have other slow foot movements like shuffling, and no activity. Multiple regression analyses were used to determine the ...Angioplasty beats clot-busting drugs for most heart attack patients
... of the patients also received a stent a metallic device that looks somewhat like a spring in a ballpoint pen. For the study, the investigators created a formal program to develop angioplasty capability at each hospital prior to recruiting patients. This program consisting of setting standards, training...Built-in 'failsafe' device blocks abnormal growth of new blood vessels
... vessel growth by triggering a built-in "failsafe" device in vessel-forming endothelial cells that marks them for apoptosis, or programmed cell death, according to a study from The Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and Washington University at St. Louis. By identifying the molecular...Salem, Virginia chemist wins national award for environmental work
...utions to the chemistry of catalytic converters, a device that has helped reduce pollutants in automobile exhaust by 99 percent since 1975. Other achievements included catalysts to purify flue gases from chemical plants and to destroy ozone in air entering airplane cabins. He mused: If I were independently ...New evidence on revolutionary brain pacemaker for Parkinson's Disease patients
...g circuits in the brain using an implanted medical device akin to a cardiac pacemaker. Before the onset of Parkinsons I had it all; a good quality of life, an interesting and responsible job and, most importantly, my health, Mike Robins commented, a patient who has had Parkinsons disease for 6 years and was...Failure of critical protein connection at heart of cardiomyopathy
..., allowing the heart to rest by using a mechanical device called a ventricular assist device or VAD allows dystrophin to resume its function and restores the heart to more normal pumping, said ...For the longest distance runner, that tired feeling may not be due to central fatigue
...ile race using a bicycle ergometer. This testing device uses the inertia of a flywheel to provide resistance during both shortening (concentric) and lengthening (eccentric) muscle actions. This measures isometric, concentric, and eccentric muscle actions, assessing strength and velocity of different types...Physics tip sheet #4 March 13, 2002
...s cant be distinguished from changes in gravity. A device based on atom interferometry (in which two beams o...ring local changes in the gravitational field. The device is sensitive to one part in one billion variations, sensitive enough to make useful geophysical meas...UC Berkeley researchers are developing a microsized microscope that can peek inside living cells
...-D image." The microlens and scanner are part of a device Lee is developing called the micro confocal imagin...th a miniaturized microscope. "You could put this device on the tip of an endoscope that could be guided inside a cancer patient," said Lee. "Doctors could t...New technology may benefit health care, bioterror defense
...essing quickly, Hardin estimates that a commercial device based on the direct molecular sensor is about three to five years away. She and colleagues in the UH Department of Biology and Biochemistry James Briggs, Xiaolian Gao, David Tu and Richard Willson formed a Houston company called Visigen Biotechnolo...New sensor being designed to detect, identify invisible agents faster
...G, Va., Feb. 22, 2002 -- Research on a new sensing device able to simultaneously identify more than 3,000 bi...nt. Saraf, who holds 27 U.S. patents, hopes such a device will have multiple military and industrial applications, especially as concerns continue over the th...Office of Naval Research awards $8.4M to young investigators
...mation technology. The research will also lead to device concepts for ultra-wideband and ultra-low-noise amplifiers in radar systems. Dr. Katrina J. Edwards, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will investigate the role of surface topography in microbial adhesion and bi...Electrodes and nanoprobes signal new DNA detection method
...plifies DNA detection and could lead to a handheld device that is more accurate, less expensive and faster than conventional methods. "Nanotechnology can be used to get better results in all categories that are important in DNA detection sensitivity, selectivity, cost, ease of use and speed," said Chad Mir...Inventor of artificial hand sees 'bionic' replacement parts becoming more human
...f the processing and communication is handled by a device worn outside the body. "Right now we are miniaturizing the human-machine interface to help make Dextra feel more natural," Craelius said....