MIT research that stops pain of needle jabs gets FDA approval
...archers to make skin temporarily more permeable. A painless 15-second treatment by the new device, followed by an application of lidocaine cream, will anesthetize the skin in five minutes. By itself, lidocaine takes one hour to work. Because the method is simple and painless, and speeds up the action of lido...UT Southwestern researchers receive $15.1 million in federal grants to study biothreats
...and leads to a skin infection that develops into a painless ulcer with a characteristic black area in the center. About 20 percent of untreated cases of skin anthrax result in death. Dr. Kim Orth, assistant professor of molecular biology, was awarded a 4-year, $800,000 grant to study the pathogenic factor Yo...Beyond patches and pills: the remarkable future of drug delivery
...he ship's doctor, Bones, would zap people with his painless gadget to give them their medicine? "We've actually worked out a way to do that with ultrasound," Langer says. Placing a small ultrasound device against the skin for 15 seconds makes it more permeable, allowing larger molecules to enter the bloodstre...Research reveals a more complete picture of breast tissue
...lues for each portion of the breast. ** EIS: This painless test uses a very low voltage electrode system to examine how the breast tissue conducts and stores electricity. Living cell membranes carry an electric potential that affect the way a current flows, and different cancer cells have different electrica...National Institutes of Health green lights additional research into new breast imaging system
...urg, will assist in the clinical evaluations. The painless treatment could become a welcome adjunct to what some women have nicknamed "slammograms." Early testing showed the system able to detect some growths not detected by a mammogram. It also successfully predicted whether tumors were benign or malignant...New hope for diabetics in treating blindness
... to clinical trials of a drug that could provide a painless and non-destructive way to treat blindness in diabetics. The University of Melbourne-led pre-clinical research prompted the world-wide, multi-centre clinical trial following the announcement of their results at an international conference last year. ...Hopkins researchers find eye drops preferable to eye patch in treating children's amblyopia
...ed atropine treatment, in which the child receives painless eye drops that blur the unaffected eye, to patching, in which the child's unaffected eye is covered with a patch. Both treatments challenge the amblyopic eye to work harder at focusing properly by covering or blurring vision in the normal eye. "Ambly...Stool test for colon cancer reported by Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
...gnant growth," he says. In addition, this test is painless and risk-free. Vogelstein and Kinzler are recognized leaders in the genetics of colon cancer. In recent years, they have developed gene tests for inherited forms of colon cancer. In contrast, this new test is applicable to the much more common, non......es in space, and we've tested inhaled insulin as a painless way to treat diabetes." The grant, from the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Research Resources, pays for specialized facilities and staff and supports as many as 90 studies at any given time. The GCRC is one of 79 centers nation...Study suggests diabetics can use light to measure glucose
...iagnostic 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-dozen times a day. The routine is painful and inc...Study Affirms Value Of Non-Surgical Treatment For Arrhythmia
...bnormal pathway in the heart muscle. Then a mild, painless burst of energy-- similar to microwave heat -- is transmitted to destroy the small area ofheart tissue containing the pathway, ending the electrical misfirings thatcaused the arrhythmia. Calkins estimates that more than 15,000 catheterablatio...Taking The "Ouch" Out Of Needles: Arrays Of "Microneedles" Offer New Technique For Drug Delivery
...ion Medical Center. "The factthat it is virtually painless and does not pose a significant risk for infectionis a major advance in this area of drug delivery." The major challenge ahead, he cautioned, will be to demonstrate in aclinical setting that this approach can effectively deliver therapeuticquantitie...