Increasing reproductive tourism in Europe is a 'safety valve' that promotes peaceful coexistence
...hree eggs to be fertilised, all of which had to be implanted in the woman in one go, regardless of their quality or the age of the woman. "The main criticism is that the law clearly expresses the beliefs of only one section of society i.e. Catholics. No attempt was made to take into account other views. It sho...MIT tissue engineers implant viable, vascularized 3D muscles
...etwork, a process called pre-vascularization. When implanted in living mice and rats, these tissues integrated ...udies progressed in stages. First, the researchers implanted a muscle construct under the skin, then inserted one within a leg muscle, and finally replaced a pie...Self-correcting embryos could be an ethically acceptable source of embryonic stem cells
... not capable of developing into normal foetuses if implanted in a woman's womb, the discovery has important implications for stem cell production, especially in countries where the creation of embryos for stem cell research is discouraged or even banned. Dr Santiago Munn, Director of Reprogenetics, West Orange...Air pollution raises risk for dangerous arrhythmias among people with ICDs
...diac patients from the greater Boston area who had implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICD). The findings ap...high risk of sudden cardiac death if not for their implanted defibrillators." Between 1995 and 2002 the researchers monitored 203 Boston area patients from the T...First frozen egg baby born in Canada
... sperm injection (ICSI), and the resulting embryos implanted in her uterus. "The patient went through an uncomplicated full-term pregnancy and straightforward delivery," says Dr. William Buckett, the MUHC physician who looked after the mother during the pregnancy. The parents, who requested anonymity, describ...Unrestrained retina too much of a good thing
...sequences since controlling the fate of stem cells implanted into the brain is crucial if these cells are to be safely and effectively used in human therapy. "This study gives us a fascinating insight into how the parts of the brain are laid out because it is likely that the same model applies throughout the n...Monkeys adapt robot arm as their own
...nals. In those experiments, the researchers first implanted an array of microelectrodes -- each thinner than a...be tactile feedback fed as signals into electrodes implanted in the brain. Such feedback would greatly enhance people's ability to learn and use the devices, sa...Scripps research scientists identify infertility molecule
...their bodies, and finally having the early embryos implanted directly into their wombs (the technique of in vit...embryos in the womb was altered, and the number of implanted embryos was reduced (mice have litters of pups, typically giving birth to eight or so offspring with...New studies released at the Heart Rhythm Society's Annual Meeting
WHAT: The latest advances in implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy and hundreds of new studies on sudden cardiac death, atrial fibrillation and other heart rhythm disorders will be presented at HEART RHYTHM 2005, the Heart Rhythm Society's 26th Annual Scientific Sessions, May...Six previously blind patients detect light, motion, identify objects with retinal prostheses
... will be presenting data on the first six patients implanted with an intraocular retinal prosthesis-more popula... of 2004 showed that the six patients-who had been implanted with a single prosthesis in their "worse eye" for between 5 and 33 months-were able to "localize the...Environmental technologies earn award for PNNL
...ary. The system consists of tiny microtransmitters implanted in salmon and receivers anchored to the river bottom that individually identify each tagged fish and record behavioral data. The information will be used to find new ways to increase salmon survival, avoid impacts on migrating juvenile salmon from ac...Ophthalmologists implant five patients with artificial silicon retina microchip
Ophthalmologists at Rush University Medical Center implanted Artificial Silicon Retina (ASR) microchips in the eyes of five patients to treat vision loss caused by retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The implant is a silicon microchip 2mm in diameter and one-thousandth of an inch thick, less than the thickness of a hum...Migration study finds that sweeping management changes are needed to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna
... devices with external sensors that the scientists implanted inside individual fish during shipboard surgeries. A $1,000 reward was offered to anyone who recovered an archival tag, and 88 eventually were returned by commercial tuna fishers throughout the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Each tag recorded ...Alzheimer's cognitive decline slowed
...nton Hospital, the genetically modified tissue was implanted deep within the brains of the eight patients who had volunteered for the study. The human clinical trial was undertaken following extensive studies in primates conducted by Tuszynski and colleagues, which showed that grafting NGF-producing tissue int......en injected this conjugate into mice that had been implanted with human lymphoma cancer cells. As predicted, the Rituximab, with the attached alliinase in tow, soon found and bound to the target cancer cells. Subsequently, the mice were repeatedly injected with the inert chemical alliin which, upon contact wit...Researchers find promising cancer-fighting power of synthetic cell-signaling molecule
...gmols suppress the growth of human prostate tumors implanted in mice, which is a commonly used model to test new anti-cancer drugs. They were also effective in two other mouse models for colon cancer. "We do not know why Enigmols affect such a wide range of tumor cell types," Merrill said. "But it may be due t...Georgia Tech research reveals how biomaterial properties control cellular responses
ATLANTA (April 18, 2005) The body treats implanted medical devices including everything from titaniu... body and functioning as well as they could. While implanted biomaterials can be designed with different surface chemistries and roughness to influence inflammat...A little stress gives beneficial oomph! to immune system
... mice were removed from the tubes, the researchers implanted tiny sponges underneath the skin on the backs of all of the animals, including the mice in the non-stressed group. These disc-shaped sponges were about the size of a grain of rice. Sponges were removed from some of the mice six hours after implantati...Viruses may one day help treat brain tumors
...Then the researchers tested the virus in mice with implanted human gliomas. In one set of experiments, the researchers gave the virus to the mice early, seven days after implanting the tumors. Untreated mice lived for 21 days after tumor implantation. Eight of 10 mice treated with the ICP34.5 virus survived 90...New technology, new approach to help heart and lung patients awaiting transplants
...ient's heart to emerge strong enough to accept the implanted stem cells that would improve the heart's function and reduce or eliminate heart disease in the patient. "We know from successful trials outside the U.S. that implanting stem cells results in myocardial recovery. By changing our way of thinking and a...