Rutgers wins funds to create online index of moving brain images
...s of patients' brains using a highly sophisticated instrument called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The technique produces millions of bytes of data that are transformed into moving images, allowing doctors to see how brain signals move across the brain. "Scientists would greatly benefit...A quick-change artist: Tiny protein folds faster than any other
...nts Linlin Qiu and Suzette Pabit, used an advanced instrument called a laser temperature jump spectrometer to observe and time Trp-cage's transition from its unfolded to its folded state. Roitberg also was part of a separate team collaborating with researchers from the State University of New York-Stonybrook th...Laser research yields precision breath analysis tool for asthma diagnosis (treatment)
...ath. The precise measurements provided by McCann's instrument might help doctors evaluate airway inflammation and prescribe medications at a level of accuracy corresponding to the measurement, thereby providing the most efficient and effective treatment while eliminating overmedication. In diagnosing and treat...New spine repair technique may offer hope for osteoporosis sufferers
...llow tube called a canula, surgeons insert a small instrument with an inflatable balloon at the tip. Once it is placed inside the vertebra, the balloon is filled with air to increase the space inside the collapsed bone. After the fracture is reduced and normal anatomy restored, the team injects a cement-like su...New device finds silent clots, may help prevent strokes
...ain but apparently solid. Of 105 gas bubbles, the instrument classified 99 (94.3 percent) as gaseous and six (5.7 percent) as uncertain gaseous. In the clinical portion, researchers used MTCD to monitor blood flow through the patients' middle cerebral artery. The device accurately categorized 98.6 percent of...Developer of anthrax quick test finds similar test for strep throat
...he detection of HIV. He believes the LightCycler instrument for polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assays is the optimum diagnostic equipment to detect streptococcus group A bacterium, and is also suggested for anthrax detection. In comparing the Group A Streptococcus LightCycler assay against the antige...Practice makes perfect, if you sleep on it
... as those involved with sports, learning a musical instrument or dance." Walker said. "In order for an individual to learn new things, they may require a good night's sleep before the maximum benefit of the time they spend practicing is realized." This also may help to explain why infants sleep so much. "Thei...Adaptive optics technology provides powerful tools for eye doctors
...essels in the retina. Confocal imaging enables the instrument to focus separately on the different layers of cel...ucted clinical trials using a wavefront diagnostic instrument linked to the company's laser refractive surgery device, and has applied for FDA approval of the sys...Data reveals Lilly's PKC inhibitor improved symptomatic diabetic peripheral neuropathy
...investigators concluded that the NTSS-6 is a valid instrument to characterize and follow changes in neuropathic symptoms, which reflect alterations in the underlying pathophysiology of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.[iii] To reach this conclusion, they conducted a number of tests to assess the reliability and ...Simple questions may help predict death risk for heart patients
...g hospitalization and death." Spertus developed an instrument called the Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) to measure heart disease patients' perceptions of their quality of life. The SAQ is a 19-question survey that asks heart disease patients to what degree angina (chest pain) limits their physical activity...Applied Biosystems introduces next generation production level DNA analysis systems
...iciency by providing longer read lengths, enhanced instrument sensitivity and efficiency and the highest 24-hour...y, higher reliability, and minimal downtime during instrument set-up and maintenance. By addressing the key elements that affect costs and data quality, the 3730 ...Children as young as 5 have gender bias when it comes to picking a musical instrument
...own. It could be based on the size or shape of an instrument or the sound it makes, Repacholi said. "What makes a flute a feminine instrument its high-pitched sound and delicate look? And is a trumpet masculine because it sounds deeper and ...New software helps design multi-task, jaw-like, surgical mini-tools
... the software to develop a design for a single MIS instrument that can grasp, cut, pivot and bend around obstruc...and compromise safety. To find common patterns of instrument exchange, the Penn State team studied videotapes of 29 surgical procedures and identified sequences ...Gasoline additive interferes with alcohol breath analyzers
...eading with the newer more advanced Alcotest. This instrument successfully identified the interference invalidating the test. The Breathalyzer may not be accurate under the most extreme conditions. Occupational exposure to MTBE would need to be considered in any case where this older breath-alcohol analyzer is...DFG to support twelve new Clinical Research Units
...l higher education institution, are to serve as an instrument generating structures on the way to an institutionalisation of clinical science and research in Germany. The aim is to promote distinguished groups of scientists and innovative research projects in the framework of a Research Unit at the Medical Depa......erill developed the test using Roche's LightCycler instrument for polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assays. To make the test widely available, Roche significantly accelerated production of the reagents needed to run the assay. "Making this test available in a very short time frame is our contribution to the...Nutritional screening may predict risk for hospitalization of elderly
...ability of Repeated Admission (PRA) is a screening instrument specifically developed to identify older persons most likely to be hospitalized. The Level II Nutrition Screen (LII) is a 10-item questionnaire designed to find warning signs of poor nutritional health in the elderly. Questions on the PRA focus on a...Microbes and the dust they ride in on pose potential health risks
... Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) satellite instrument observed the African dust sweeping into the region, indicating that the microbes had been transported from Africa. In the week it takes for North African dust to cross the Atlantic some of the microbes die because of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) ray...Undergraduate conducts high-tech tests on dental enamel
...s, Braly used a device called a nanoindenter. This instrument employs a computer and a microscope to define a set of locations where a diamond-tipped rod will push down into the enamel. The device allowed Braly to measure mechanical properties of tooth enamel, including stiffness (how easily the material bends ......ltimate goal would be to develop an odor-sensitive instrument that would tell us time since death, initially we're studying changes in odor pattern and intensity," Love said. "By systematically studying these changes as a body decomposes and correlating the changes to temperature and humidity, we hope to gain a...