Vanderbilt Medical Students Study Effects Of Vibration On Infant Health
...ar. The study compared the abilities of a standard foam mattress and a gel mattressin different combinations to lessen the vibration during routine transportconditions. The research expanded on prior work that showed the infants wereexposed to prolonged, low frequency, high-amplitude vibration during tran...Living Bone Created By University of Toronto Researchers
...ls throughout a new type ofbiodegradable polymeric foam invented by biomaterials professor John Davies,che...oly. When implanted to fill a gap or fracture, the foam can be seeded with thepatient's own bone stem cells to create living tissue. Bone defects ...New Rehabilitative Device Combines Form And Function For Children With Mobility Impairments
...tions you," Harp explained. Instead of traditional foam padding, cushioning at the torso, knees andhips is comprised of an inch-thick gel. Covered with Darlexx (a soft,hypoallergenic fabric used for wheelchairs and wetsuits), the gelconforms better with a child's body and allows pressure to dissipate,prev...UCSF Researchers Identify Molecule Involved In Early Stage Of Atherosclerosis In Mice
...atMCP-1 is critically involved in the formation of foam cell-laden fatty streaks,a hallmark of atherosclerosis, according to the senior author of the study,Israel F. Charo, MD, PhD, associate director of the UCSF-affiliated GladstoneInstitute of Cardiovascular Disease, and a professor of medicine at UCSF....Alaska Natives Provide New Evidence Linking Common Infection To Heart Disease
... also found the bacteria associated withmacrophage foam cells -- an abnormal form of a common immune-syste...t thebacteria, we found a very high correlation of foam cells in the tissues with C.pneumoniae," says Davidson. C. pneumoniae causes about 10 perce......t least 15 different types of fungi growing in the foam and gluethat surround the heat exchangers in car air-conditioning systems. Bacteria alsoform a biofilm on the surface of heat exchanger coils, the researchers havefound. And yet more fungi-28 species in all-grow on the surface of this film. B...