Special incubators allow high-quality imaging of critically ill newborns
... will result in earlier and improved diagnoses and enable early intervention and treatment. He believes that the incubator's safe environment will enable more neonatal clinical research....Mayo researchers invent targeted imaging probe to aid early Alzheimer's diagnosis
... continued testing goes well, this procedure would enable physicians to obtain an early diagnosis in living patients, and to easily follow the progression of the disease. Currently, definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer's is made only on the basis of finding amyloid plaques during autopsy. Most Alzheimer's pat...Bone implants could aid healing after tooth removal
...e period at the site of interest. The implant will enable healing by stabilizing the gap and offering a welcome environment for the body's own bone cells. The implant will break down over time as the patient's own bone cells move in and produce replacement bone. Like other technologies involving tissue ...AAN 2004 Public Leadership Award goes to Leon Fleisher, musician who overcame dystonia
...always holding out hope for a treatment that would enable him to regain full use of his hand. He also emerged as a spokesman on behalf of dystonia patients everywhere, advocating for greater public understanding for the muscle-impairing disorder that afflicts millions worldwide. Recent breakthroughs in trea......d an ergonomic food tray, which, it is hoped, will enable 'Earth-like' eating on board the International Space Station. Ways in which fresh food can be preserved for longer will also be examined during this experiment and, if successful, used on Earth. An innovative shock absorption system based on magneto...Apraxia of speech in children is focus of new OHSU grant
... -- A new National Institutes of Health grant will enable Oregon Health & Science University researchers to create a tool for diagnosing children with apraxia of speech -- a neurologically based speech motor disorder. Children with apraxia of speech have great difficulty planning and producing the speech mo...Open surgery better for most hernias
...tted with cutting tools and miniature cameras that enable the surgeon to see inside the abdomen or pelvis. The procedure uses a few tiny cuts; open surgery requires a single incision about three inches long. Laparoscopy is a more intricate procedure but is associated with less pain and faster recovery for p...Unpublished trials data suggest most SSRI antidepressants unsuitable for children
...ata from the pharmaceutical industry is crucial to enable a clear picture of antidepressant drug safety and efficacy to emerge. Tim Kendall comments: "The clinical guideline programme developed by NICE [UK National Institute for Clinical Excellence] is underpinned by an evidence-base published in peer-revie...Sounds of New York, evidence for a preferred ear, ultrasound for the eye
...rectly and help users hear sounds, but they do not enable users to understand speech without lipreading. In contrast, the more sophisticated, deeply implanted PABI aims to give users the ability to detect tones and comprehend speech to a degree experienced by those who wear advanced cochlear implants. Bo...Protein promotes cancer metastasis and survival
...ikely that periostin and similar types of proteins enable tumor cells to thrive in distant organs and grow under conditions that normally would be inhospitable. Targeting these proteins may prove to be a highly effective strategy for preventing late-stage progression of deadly metastatic cancers."...Discovery sheds light on how cancer cells grow and divide
...ell cycle? All these are great questions that will enable us to pursue the ramifications of our discovery."...CNS cancers and other diseases: Using proteomics to identify unique protein 'fingerprints'
...ts in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of humans that enable them to differentiate between cancers, both primary and metastatic, and non-cancerous diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). This finding offers promise of a more rapid, less invasive, and more accurate method of diagnosis of CNS diseases, esp...How cancer neutralizes T cell attack
...t new technologies will need to be developed which enable visualization of immune effectors by noninvasive means in cancer patients. We're still some way from winning the war, but if we can neutralize the tumor's response to immunological attack we may have one less battle to contend with on the road to vic...Molecular analyses of leukemia patients suggest strategies for better treatments
...alidated by clinical trials, such information will enable physicians to predict with great accuracy how a specific patient will respond to a particular treatment, and to design treatments that will be the most effective but least toxic. Breakthroughs in genetic analysis of ALL have also provided evidence t...Cell research uncovers intriguing clues to 'Trojan horse' gene in HIV infection
...lular proteins expressed during HIV infection that enable HIV-infected cells to avoid apoptosis, a common cell suicide event. This survival mechanism allows the virus to maintain the infection within the compromised cells. These findings, as yet based on studies in cells, not in patients, may potentially l...HydroGlobe licenses new arsenic-removal technology
... Dow Liquid Separations. "This new technology will enable us to make great strides in delivering the highest quality water at the lowest cost, while meeting government regulations."Technogenesis is Stevens' unique environment for education and research, in which students, faculty, and partners in academia, ...Mayo Clinic researchers discover gene mutations that 'ignore' stress, lead to heart failure
...to help understand their role in heart failure and enable improved treatment. After finding mutations, researchers reproduced the mutations in the laboratory using recombinant genetic techniques that allowed them to observe the molecular consequences of the mutations. They found that the mutations create an...Human studies show feasibility of brain-machine interfaces
... now working to develop prototype devices that may enable paralyzed people to operate "neuroprosthetic" and other external devices using only their brain signals. While the new studies provide an initial proof of principle that human application of brain-machine interfaces is possible, the researchers empha...Study: Carbon dioxide may find new use in producing medical implants
...structure of the plastic and create voids that may enable the material to hold larger quantities of medicine than might normally be possible. Tomasko and John Lannutti, associate professor of materials science and engineering, their graduate students Taryn Sproule and Hongbo Li, and undergraduate student J....Prototype system developed by Wright State computer engineer allows blind to 'see'
...ill offer writing and drawing assistance that will enable the visually impaired to visually express their artistic talent beyond the usual levels. "The Tyflos camera captures images from the surroundings, and the portable computer reconstructs the 3D space for motion detection, body tracing, face recogni...