Lasers light way to 3-D imaging in Purdue lab
...ilter that rejects ordinary, "scattered light" and lets through only the "coherent" laser light needed to produce the images. "I can take a flashlight in the dark, put it up against my hand, and my whole hand will glow red," Nolte said. "But I can't see any bones at all, even though the bones are just bel...Post-genomic technique provides real-time, multiscale look at protein life cycles in living cells
...ative multiscale molecular tagging technology that lets researchers genetically tag a protein with a small binding area called a domain (six to 20 amino-acids long), that then interacts with a variety of other compounds. The UCSD team employed two of these compounds, FlAsH and ReAsH, in the work published...New study says people take mental stress to heart
...es injecting a dye to label red blood cells. This lets researchers view the working heart. Wall motion abnormalities are specific markers of ischemia, Sheps says. Radionuclide imaging provides us a motion picture of the heart beating. Normally there is a nice symmetrical motion of the heart. With isch...ORNL helping make tomorrows soldiers all they can be
... The material has some kind of chemical in it that lets fresh air pass through it but stops and destroys chemical warfare agents . . . "If I do get injured, the suit automatically inflates over the wound, stopping the bleeding and applying medicine to the injury until our medic can come help me." The lett...High-dose radiation treatment effective at fighting some cancers in children
... tumor returns. "Brachytherapy lets us apply radiation directly to the tumor site, ...umor through surgery, IO-HDRBT lets physicians apply radiation via a catheter to the tumor site. The radiation treat...New technology tested at Stanford offers unique view inside small intestines
...he 20-foot length of the organ. "[The M2A capsule] lets us see what's happening in the small intestine for...wnloads the video images into a computer. Software lets the doctor view the entire video of the camera's travels and save selected images. Snapping two imag...Missouri scientist takes 'rocky' road to NASA
...imited sight," he said. "In many cases, our system lets them lead a somewhat normal life." Eyeglasses cannot intensify the brightness of what a person can see, only the clarity. The new system "cures" both. A blind person wears a lightweight headset with mounted video cameras. The cameras feed what they ...Duke team seeks novel vaccine strategy for HIV
...hat constantlyputs pressure on the virus and never lets it gain strength," Montefiori said. In order for an antibody to kill, or neutralize a virus, it must first "latch"onto the invader. What makes HIV such a formidable foe for researchers is thatsince it is constantly mutating, finding a site on ...To Drive Or Not To Drive? New Criteria For Those With Epilepsy
...pilepsy, and to date, no good research exists that lets them predict their riskof an accident. A new study at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland,however, tells how epilepsy patients and their physicians can assess chances ofhaving an auto accident due to seizures. The study, in this ...UNC Researchers Testing First In New Class Of AIDS Drugs
...a relatively convenientway," Eron says. "The trial lets me and others test a new drug on HIV patientswho have failed lots of drugs and provides important information that will allowus to go on and study T-20 in combination with other HIV medications for longerdurations."...Unsticking The "Glue" In Blood Cells Could Save Lives
...icroscope. A videocameraattached to the microscope lets him record and study cells that are moving asthey would throughblood vessels. With this equipment, he has begun testing medications that couldkeep plateletsfrom using their stickiness in ways that jeopardize human health. Under normal conditions...Clot-Busters As Effective As Surgery To Clear Blockages In Legs
...tion, such as patching one small area.Thrombolysis lets surgeons be selective in whom they operate on,and converts an emergency procedure to an elective one." Not all physicians are as enthusiastic. In an accompanyingeditorial in the journal, John Porter of the Oregon HealthSciences University School...Clinical Pharmacists Improve Outcomes Of Heart Failure Patients
...l pharmacist onhand to sort out these interactions lets me focus on other areas of treatment,including psychological and social issues, family dynamics, and decision-makingon invasive surgical procedures, including bypass or transplantation." As a group, heart failure patients often have other med...