Can you read my mind? W.M. Keck Foundation funds innovative brain research at Carnegie Mellon
...tware to detect subtle patterns. They already have developed computer algorithms for analyzing fMRI scans that can distinguish which category of words a person is reading about (for example, a list of buildings versus a list of tools) by detecting subtle variations in brain activity. They also have created a ...RIT takes eye-tracking research to next level
... Science. The wearable eye tracker-new technology developed in the Visual Perception Laboratory-is helping to ...e laboratory and even outdoors. "The system we've developed at RIT is unique in its ability to automatically monitor even complex tasks in a large range of envi...Yale technology translates to sonic golf training tool
...back device for teaching and training golf. Grober developed a golf club that has motiondetecting sensors, similar to those used for safety airbag deployment in cars, embedded in the shaft. Sonic Golf's unique feature is the use of realtime audio feedback. "We were able to identify a signal from the sensors re...Depression linked to insomnia in HIV patients
...en of HIV, especially in patients who have not yet developed symptoms of AIDS. Reid also says researchers should study how a patient's living conditions, along with his or her alcohol, drug and caffeine use, could affect insomnia risks....UNH launches 2nd spinout company with NIH grants
...nched Xemed LLC to commercialize the technology he developed for polarizing xenon gas. "Prof. Hersman's initia...lth, so we're scrambling to provide that." Hersman developed his technique for polarizing xenon, the most effective in the world, with previous NIH funding. The ...ESC releases the first European Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
...nt technical and pharmacological improvements have developed PCI into a procedure that can be safely and effectively applied to patients with various types of coronary lesions and patients with and without myocardial infarction. The ESC Guidelines on PCI represent the consensus of a Task Force of European expe...New self-help technology set to combat eating disorders
...package for people diagnosed with eating disorders developed by a medical researcher at the University of Glasg...t to adolescent sufferers. The package, initially developed as a CD-ROM cognitive-behavioural self-help tool for the treatment of the eating disorder bulimia ne...Scientist works on innovative treatments for brain tumors
...Tumor Center of Excellence. The treatment Debinski developed is based on the discovery of an unusual feature of...l cells do not have these same receptors. Debinski developed a drug that combines a form of Il 13 with a toxin that kills cancer cells. By targeting the therapy ...Chemical decoy shows promise for slowing Alzheimer's by acting as decoy
...has only been tested in cell culture, is a polymer developed by a team of chemists at The University of Marylan...ymers show promise in human studies, they could be developed into injectable drugs or even pills to slow the progress of the disease, she says. The likely candid...Costs of antidepressants could have funded effective alternatives
...n effective alternative to drugs, but has not been developed for widespread use. Using Department of Health prescribing data, researchers at the University of Bristol estimated the number of patients that could have been treated with cognitive behavioural therapy in 2002, had the rise in prescribing not occurr...Waist size linked to diabetes risk in adult men
...r men may need to be lowered. "Many of the men who developed type 2 diabetes had measurements lower than the cu...le nearly 80 percent of the men in this cohort who developed type 2 diabetes could be identified using a BMI of 25--the cutoff for overweight--only half (50.5 pe...US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say
...rs predict that unless effective interventions are developed to reduce obesity, children today may live less healthy and shorter lives than their parents. "In addition to the enormous economic costs of obesity, the personal toll is incalculable," Ludwig said. "The rapidly escalating prevalence of childhood obe...Liverpool to lead 20M Department of Health initiative to develop medicines for children
...for paediatric use. The Research Network has been developed in collaboration with Imperial College, London, the Liverpool Women's Hospital, the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford and the National Children's Bureau. The 20M grant, over five years, will help to establish a world-c...Mechanism of RNA recoding: New twists in brain protein production
... basic RNA code for making important proteins, but developed a way to tweak the resulting nerve cell protein's function in a species-specific manner. The species-specific editing may give insects different abilities by modifying behaviors. According to Joanne Tornow, the National Science Foundation program ma...Brain imaging study may hold clues to onset of schizophrenia in people at high risk
...uired - displayed on a computer screen. This test, developed by the study team, requires push-button responses to certain colored squares, circles and objects from everyday life. Each visual cue is presented at a fraction of a second against a white background, and participants must ignore an auditory tone sou...Massive weight loss patients create mass appeal for body contouring procedures
...weight loss, and surgeons are applying these newly developed massive weight loss contouring techniques to other patients interested in improving their body shape. "There has been an explosion in the demand for body contouring surgery, and I think this can be explained by the rapidly increasing numbers of patie...Research suggests possible blood test for multiple sclerosis
...t we might be able to avoid if a blood test can be developed for MS," said Avasarala. "There is probably not a ...s patterns. The technology, known as BAMF TM , was developed by Predictive Diagnostics. Avasarala collaborated Michael Wall and Gershon Wolfe from the company, b...Compound may help prevent diabetes in fast-food fans
...t. As expected, the animals fed the high-fat diets developed insulin resistance, but the animals fed the low-fat diet did not. But when soluble cellulose in the form of HPMC was substituted for the insoluble fiber normally found in the high-fat diets and then fed to another group of test animals over the same ...Community-based care beats standard clinic in lowering heart
... people received care in a community-based setting developed from recommendations by an advisory board that included members of the local African-American community. The other 168 people received care at a traditional health care clinic. About two-thirds of both groups were women and 80 percent of both group...Chemists identify immune system mechanism for methamphetamine binges
...est animals injected with methamphetamine actually developed antibodies to the drug, which is highly unique for...p studies using mice, those injected with the drug developed antibodies to it. "Antibodies are usually produced only in response to large molecule invaders such ...