Transplant of pig tissue may reduce stroke size and damage
A tiny capsule containing tissue that secretes a cocktail of brain-nourishing neurotrophic factors may one day help reduce the damage and disability of stroke, according to research published in the September issue of Stroke. Choroid plexus tissue has inna...ASU researchers demonstrate new nanotech effect - moving water molecules by light
...epelling pants. What appears to aid this effect is tiny 'nanowires' on the surface of a material, the ASU researchers said. Nanowires are small, high-aspect-ratio wire-like structures composed of semiconducting and other materials. Typical wire dimensions are tens to hundreds of nanometers in diameter and...Female & black legislators more likely than others to prioritize children's health
...d the U-M Ford School of Public Policy find that a tiny percentage -- two-thirds of one percent -- pertained to children's health. That's only 11 percent of all health bills, even though children's medical issues often involve important preventive measures, as well as bills related to the Medicaid and St...Tufts professor launches program to mentor deaf students in state-of-the-art physics research
...n her research laboratory. The students are adding tiny impurities to polymer materials to form plastics with greatly improved strength and durability. The program is designed to increase the participation of deaf and hard of hearing students in science, technology and engineering. Cebe is mentoring stude...First medical test on CD gets good results
...ending technology involves mixing chemicals inside tiny wells carved into the CD surface. The spinning of ...ormally carries the disk label instead carries the tiny testing channels arranged like the spokes of a wheel. As the CD spins, centrifugal force pushes liqu...LSUHSC neurosurgical team discovers novel therapy for intractable hiccups
...ogrammable generator implanted in the chest to two tiny leads wrapping around the vagus nerve in the neck to disrupt faulty nerve communication. The "dose" of stimulation, programmed by the physician, is automatically delivered. VNS therapy has been effective in controlling medically refractory seizures, ...Novel 'delivery' method for nutrients wins Kaye Innovation Award for Hebrew university students
...f Applied Chemistry in developing nanodroplets and tiny liquid crystals that are effective in binding with, dissolving, stabilizing and retaining food or medicinal chemicals, thereby creating microemulsions. The vehicles are built using complex formulations involving emulsifiers, water, oil and alcohol. ...New technology shows axons are extremely sensitive to directional cues
...amazed to discover just how sensitive axons are to tiny changes in the concentration of molecular cues. We've found that a difference in concentration of a single molecule across the tip of an axon can measurably impact the direction in which the axons grow." Goodhill notes this physics-based approach t...Duke scientists identify new way to block blood vessels that feed cancer growth
...t molecule, for HIF-1 protein which is bound up in tiny particles called stress granules. The oxygen disintegrates these stress granules and allows HIF-1 to be produced and to engage in production of growth factors. Secondarily, the infusion of oxygen produces "reactive oxygen species" -- also known as ox...Why youngsters try to do impossible things
...rying to slide down miniature slides, squeeze into tiny toy cars and sit in dollhouse chairs. "Even infan...how small it is, but then they accurately open its tiny door and aim their foot directly at its impossibly small opening. "There's a dissociation between th...'Good guy' blood cells are now suspects in heart disease, diabetes
...ecently, the story on platelets was pretty simple: tiny blood cells, with limited sophistication because they had no nucleus, and their claim to fame was to be a first-responder to a wound site, to promote healthy clotting and prevent infection. Later scientists theorized platelets might be connected to h...Most household cleaners remove peanut allergens, Hopkins study shows
...s performed well, although dishwashing liquid left tiny traces of Ara h 1 on some cafeteria tables, and alcohol-based hand sanitizer left residual allergen on half of the hands tested. "It's possible that dish soap creates a film over eating surfaces, making it difficult to clean underneath," says Childre...Tissue involved in brain development may offer new approach to stroke treatment
...us cells taken from a rat or pig and placed inside tiny capsules designed by LCTBioPharma, Inc., in Providence, R.I., a subsidiary of Living Cell Technologies based in New Zealand and Australia. The capsules are designed to allow molecules, such as the neurotrophic factors, to escape and keep out inflamm...Study shows human milk may prevent serious infection in extremely low birth weight infants
... and a leading cause of illness and death in these tiny babies. In fact, the more human milk given as a p... 2.2 pounds. Unfortunately, these infants are too tiny to nurse and must be fed orally via a gavage tube. Physicians at Cincinnati Children's recognize th...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for May 2004 (first issue)
...long-term ventilator support. (BPD lung injury in tiny premature infants results from stretching of the a... did not cause an arrest in the development of the tiny air sacs of the lung (alveoli) where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place. They sa...Diagnostic method based on nanoscience could rival PCR
...e DNA between the two particles. Attached to each tiny gold nanoparticle (just 30 nanometers in diameter) are hundreds to thousands of identical strands of DNA. Mirkin calls this "bar-code DNA" because they have designed it as a unique label specific to the DNA target. After the "particle-DNA-particle" s...Future blood tests may use tiny bar-codes to speed disease diagnosis
...thwestern University have developed a way to label tiny disease markers in blood with unique DNA tags, which they call bio-bar-codes. The tags can then be scanned by an instrument to identify diseases ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's, or identify exposure to bioterror agents such as anthrax and smallpox...LSUHSC microsurgeon performs 1st ever eyelid reattachment
...issue, eyelashes, and glands, with its network of tiny blood vessels. During the six-hour microsurgery, they also reconstructed the tear duct which was traumatized in the accident as well. Using 20 times magnification (the typical magnification at which microsurgery is performed is 4-7 times), the proc...Open surgery better for most hernias
...de 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 patients. Today it is widely used for gallbladder repair and some other operati...Cutting-edge sensors and software tests will help protect Pentagon from airborne hazards
... conventional radar, a lidar is ideal for tracking tiny particles at short distances in clear air. Coherent Technologies, Inc., is providing a Doppler lidar for monitoring winds, while NCAR tests its new lidar suitable for tracking toxic clouds at very fine scales. Other sensors. Local weather station...