New fossils may be first human ancestors out of Africa, say Science authors
...tes that the well-preserved crania provided enough diagnostic detail for the researchers to compare them with other fossil human species. Their analysis showed that the Dmanisi fossils shared extensive similarities with the African species Homo ergaster from the well-known site of Koobi Fora in Kenya. The r...Virtual reality tool quantifies physics of a doctor's touch
A doctor's hands are two of the most important diagnostic tools he or she has, allowing the physician to detect subtle signs of disease or injury just by touching a patient. Exercising that expertise always has required the presence of two individuals in the same physical space at the same time: doctor and...Nurses, alert janitors boost seniors' mental health
...nts, asking to administer a short series of mental diagnostic tests. A mini-medical exam including vital signs and medical/psychological histories is part of the work-up. Finally, the nurse and a team psychiatrist confer about the best treatment approach with the resident, arranging in-home or off-site care. ...UCSD researchers find genetic key to puzzling congenital disease
...rstood. Now we can study it thoroughly and develop diagnostic and screening tests." This link has been confirmed by an international consortium of human geneticists who have been working on mapping this gene for the last five to 10 years. The consortium reported finding the gene, they named NEMO, less than a mo...Novel test pinpoints location of rare insulin disorder to guide surgical cure in newborns
Philadelphia, Pa. -- A diagnostic test performed in newborns allows physicians to id... that can be cured with organ-sparing surgery. The diagnostic test was developed by physicians at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, who reported their find...DNA details suggest how human chromosomes break, rearrange and cause a genetic disease
...r. Emanuel's laboratory are developing a sensitive diagnostic test to help parents who carry the translocation ensure that their future children do not have the syndrome. Unlike more random chromosome translocations, the translocation between chromosomes 11 and 22 occurs time and again in a population, sugg...Researchers announce first preimplantation genetic diagnosis for a rare inherited disease
...the gene unless they are from the same family. The diagnostic test we have developed for PGD of OTC can only be used for this particular family as it is unlikely that anyone else will have the same mutation. "However, to improve the accuracy and reliability of the test, we have been using a marker wh......iciencies, Dr. Douglas has developed several major diagnostic tests that are used in clinical laboratories throughout the world. During the past 15 years, he has studied the role of monocytes in HIV infection, and is a leader in the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group, sponsored by the National Institutes of H...Computing the connections between proteins
...ing or inhibiting protein activity, as well as new diagnostic procedures, including antibody detection....Study suggests diabetics can use light to measure glucose
... that uses light instead of a blood sample. Such a diagnostic tool would offer millions of diabetics a painless option for keeping their disease in check. People with diabetes must diligently monitor the amount of glucose in their blood, which requires patients to apply needles to fingertips as often as a half...New gene monitors cell division, cancer clinical applications seen
... unusually sensitive to drugs in this class. So, a diagnostic test for inactivated chfr might be used to predict the responsiveness of a patient's cancer to Taxol® or a related drug, allowing doctors to give their best drug at the start of therapy. Our findings could also be useful in developing new drugs t...USGS diagnoses causes of many US amphibian die-offs
... a spring die-off associated with iridovirus. USGS diagnostic work on several other recent or ongoing amphibian die-offs has identified yet another amphibian disease, chytrid fungus. It has been implicated as a likely cause of major amphibian die-offs in pristine areas around the globe and has been isolated in......ssed caller's mental state. "The goal is to have a diagnostic device for emergency rooms or that could be linked up to helplines," he says. "It could help volunteers on those phones answer the question: is this person in danger of committing suicide?" Emma Charvet from The Samaritans, which ...Canine leishmaniasis cases are confirmed in 21 states
...eitschwerdt and his colleagues implemented the new diagnostic tests at the College of Veterinary Medicine last spring in response to a disease outbreak among foxhounds at a New York hunt club. When foxhounds at the club began losing weight and suffering from skin lesions, seizures, swollen limbs and joints, and...Estrogen lifts mood in perimenopause
... as confirmed by hormone measures and standardized diagnostic interviews. In controlled, randomized fashion, the women received either estrogen or placebo for 3-6 weeks. Using standardized symptom rating scales and structured interviews, the researchers confirmed that estrogen significantly boosted mood in 80...Research paves the way for faster, better, cheaper DNA detection method
...l provide vital information for the development of diagnostic and therapeutic technologies related to it, including the Northwestern team's DNA detection method. Currently, companies in the business of gene chip technology use PCR coupled with fluorescence to do DNA testing. The gene chips are read using a co...Advances in animal medicine increase quality of life for older pets
...tment is most effective when started early." Newer diagnostic tools, like an ultrasound machine, have improved diagnosis of heart disease. Veterinarians take an echo-cardiogram, which is a sonogram of the heart. These action shots help them visualize exactly how the heart is pumping and valves are functioning. ...Tiny polymer patterns might act as glue in 'biochips'
... computer "biochips," a technology aimed at making diagnostic devices to be implanted in the body or used to quickly analyze food and laboratory samples. The microfabrication technique, normally used for etching electronic circuits, is instead used to fashion "micropatterns" out of a material made primarily f...K-State professor develops vaccine to stop liver abscess in cattle
...For the past 12 years, T.G. Nagaraja, professor in diagnostic medicine and pathobiology at Kansas State University, has worked to develop the vaccine, which he said he hopes will be available by December 2001. Antibiotics have been available for about 20 years, but Nagaraja said there is concern about the use o...Tiny channels carved in plastic enable medical tests on a CD
... before, Madou said: merge medical information and diagnostic equipment in one fluidics platform.Once perfected, the disc could measure glucose levels in diabetics and store that information, for example. It could measure the concentration of potassium or sodium, or any substance of interest to doctors or hospi...