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...havior of people with spinal injury Examined the feasibility of using a remote pressure logger, which records sitting behavior of the wheelchair user, for long-term monitoring of sitting pressure distributions during daylong wheelchair activities. Investigators found that the system identifies factors relating...A new method for assessing neurological development of fetuses?
... the University of Arkansas, USA, investigated the feasibility of recording visual evoked brain activity in the human fetus. This was done using a non-invasive technique called magnetoencephalography (MEG), in which a light conductor is passed over the mothers abdomen to stimulate a visual response from the fetu...Important advances in the development of drug delivery vehicles
...agues have recently succeeded in demonstrating the feasibility of attaching one type of material to the interior surface of the vesicle, with another type of material attached to the exterior surface. A three-way delivery system could be created wherein a targeting species is attached to the exterior of the veh...NIAID expands vaccine testing network
...ented a multicenter clinical trial to evaluate the feasibility of diluting existing smallpox vaccine. Together, the VTEUs enrolled and vaccinated 680 volunteers in less than three months. Initial findings of this study were recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results provide the gove...USC ophthalmologists announce launch of permanent retinal implant study
...to their first patient, as part of an FDA-approved feasibility trial. Researchers hope the retinal prosthesis, intended to stand in for the damaged retinal cells in people suffering from such blinding diseases as retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration, will one day be able to restore some degree of visio...NIH-funded UCSD rheumatic diseases center to facilitate collaboration, speed discoveries
...eases. His studies have provided a foundation for feasibility studies and the use of DNA vaccination for the treatment of inflammatory arthritis....Many rural residents living with HIV continue risky behaviors
...ly overlooked by AIDS researchers, and to test the feasibility of delivering badly needed mental health support services via telephone to individuals who lack access to support programs available in urban centers....Material could lead to self-healing cavities
...ntal adhesive. The researchers are looking at the feasibility of incorporating ACP into biodegradable composites. Antonucci hopes to be able to do that and start clinical trials in about a year.......y from X-ray-guided techniques and establishes the feasibility of performing cardiovascular intervention under MRI guidance." Lardo presented some of his findings at a scientific conference of the American Heart Association in New Orleans last month. The new technique was also described in a recent issue of the ...New DNA chip method could improve cancer diagnosis
... of these classes. "These results demonstrate the feasibility of cancer diagnosis based solely ongene expression and suggest a general strategy for discovering new subtypes ofcancer, independent of previous biological knowledge. This is a critical firststep in improving treatments for cancer patients," says To...Tobacco chewers quit after "teachable moment" in dental chair
...rs are currentlyconducting a study to evaluate the feasibility of disseminating this effectiveintervention. The research was supported by a grant from the National Heart, Lung and BloodInstitute of the National Institutes of Health....UI Study Yields Encouraging Results For New Breast Cancer Treatment
... was a phase II clinical trialdesigned to test the feasibility of a novel therapy. In a phase II trial,researchers do not compare treatments directly but rather compare the newstrategy to historical data from accepted treatment. "While the papers presented at the ASCO meeting may have cast some doubt aboutthe us...Updated Results On Heart Assist Device Presented At International Transplant Meeting
...oved quality of life and highlights the safety and feasibility for long-termuse," said Dr. Kormos, a principal investigator of the multi-center trial. With the number of patients being placed on transplant waiting lists growingeach year but the supply of available organs remaining relatively stagnant,artificial ...IOM Report Offers New Look At U.S. Vaccine Priorities
...ider alongwith other key factors such as technical feasibility and public health urgencywhen making decisions about vaccine research and development. "We expect that the NIH and other policy makers in government, academia andindustry will find this report and the model it proposes to be extremelyvaluable tools f...MRI Images Using Laser-Polarized Xenon
...kidneys. In a previous study, we demonstrated the feasibility oflaser-polarized xenon to track regional cerebral blood flow through the brain." According to Chupp, future U-M research will focus on finding ways to increasexenon polarization from current levels of about 5 percent to 35 percent, whichwill provide...Radically New Type Of Surgery Tested On First Patient
...ngineeringat the University of Virginia, conducted feasibility studies. Then in 1990, thefour researchers and Sanderling, a venture capital company in Menlo Park,Calif., formed Stereotaxis Inc. The company moved to St. Louis in 1995 becauseWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish H...Microwaves May Provide Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
...additional patents are pending. The computational feasibility study was funded by a Phase-I Small BusinessInnovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health to Interstitialwith a subcontract to Northwestern. Prototype testing to date has been funded byInterstitial. Results from the supercomputer ...UCSF Recruting Breast Cancer Patients For Herbal Therapy Study
...he first study in the U.S. that will determine the feasibility ofusing Chinese herbal therapy to alleviate the side effects of chemotherapy inwomen with early stage breast cancer. Developed in collaboration at UCSF with Western breast cancer investigators andpractitioners as well as non-Western herbalists, this ......e desirable: Both women and providers endorsed the feasibility of homeadministration of both mifepristone and misoprostol. Nearly all providersthought that most women could safely have used the method at home. Women feltsimilarly, although they were less comfortable with the prospect of takingmisoprostol at hom......hould fall and calls for a pilot study to test the feasibility of such a notion. Contact: Dr Azeem Majeed, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, Division of General Practice and Primary Care, St George's Hospital Medical School, London a.majeed@sghms.ac.uk Dr Trisha Greenhalgh, unit for Evidence Based Practice...