'Executive' monkeys influenced by other executives, not subordinates
...es the researchers an invaluable animal model that enables them to tease apart the reflexive-versus-social me...uch studies are also a means of understanding what enables us to be social."...Evanston Northwestern Healthcare first to use latest robotic surgical system
...ht, crisp images and natural depth-of-field, which enables the surgeon to perform delicate tissue dissection ...recision even in confined spaces. The fourth arm enables the surgeon to add a third instrument to perform supporting tasks like tissue retraction, thereby el...Purdue findings reveal possible Alzheimer's link to brain organ
...that is different from brain cells, something that enables it to chop up these beta-amyloids," Zheng said. Future research may focus on efforts to isolate possible enzymes. Zheng said the findings suggest that aging may degrade the organ's performance, and it is also possible that lead poisoning might increa...Purdue chemical-analysis method promises fast results
...ich can be detected and analyzed. "Having a charge enables you to not only detect molecules but also to measure their masses, which you can't do with neutral molecules," Cooks said. Conventional mass spectrometers analyze samples that are specially prepared and placed in a vacuum chamber. The key DESI innova...Neuroscientists discover new cell type that may help brain maintain memories of smells
...remember smells is identical to the machinery that enables other types of memories in the cortical brain region most susceptible to damage in this debilitating disease. "By understanding the biological process that allow us to store memories in the olfactory brain, we might find a novel window into patholo...Minimally invasive approach can work for many thyroid patients
...ze of the diseased organ and the patient's anatomy enables him to use this approach in most patients. While m...s. During a portion of this surgery, the endoscope enables the surgeon to better see obscure spots such as the very top of the gland and incoming blood vessels...Protein that regulates quiescent blood stem cells may enhance recovery from radiation and chemo
...lates a little-understood state of quiescence that enables HSCs to exist in a kind of suspended animation until they are recruited to promote rapid repopulation of depleted blood cells, as would be needed following treatment with chemotherapy or radiation therapy. MEF-deficient mice accumulated quiescent HS...Refinements and innovations enhance safety, effectiveness
... (CPB) machine to circulate blood outside the body enables surgeons to stop the heart during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), but it also provokes an inflammatory response that increases the risk of heart attack and death. In addition, cardiac surgery subjects the heart itself to inflammatory injury ...The dual functions of sight perception and action demonstrated for first time
...al system between two separate functions one that enables us to identify objects and the other to interact with them has been clearly demonstrated for the first time in healthy humans by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. These separate vision-related actions have been documented from the b...Space suit technology can protect workers from heatstroke
...ing apparatus derived from astronauts' suits. This enables liquid to be circulated through tubing inserted in cavities in the 3D-textile structure, creating 'blood vessels' for heat removal. A water-binding polymer is the third technology and this will be added either as a coating or in the form of a powder ...Marrow-derived stem cells deliver new cytokine to kill brain tumor cells, offer protection
...ate. The researchers identified the mechanism that enables certain neural stem cells to develop this tracking ability and genetically engineered neural stem cells to transport several cytokines proteins that regulate immune responses to track down and destroy glioma cells. In 2002, the scientists reported ......information is completed with a clinical study and enables the focusing of the most suitable treatment. It is expected that, within a year, this technique will receive the approval of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration of the USA) and will be available at health centres....MIT thinks small to find safer metals
...e of a metal to nearly the atomic scale is new and enables us to make the alloy very hard," Schuh said. He compared the method to making a wall out of stones and mortar. Using large stones doesn't require much mortar, but smaller stones require more mortar, which makes for a stronger stone wall. In the new c......acquired two more in Great Britain). The new table enables the treatment of problems of the spinal column, in the lumbar region, where there is acute and/or chronic pain caused by disc hernias, degeneration of the discs, posterior facet syndrome, discoarthrosis and sciaticas. The treatment uses an exclusiv...UCSF research pinpoints brain molecule's role in developing addiction
... Center. "Not only can we see that orexin directly enables the neural communication underlying the development of addiction, but the research points to a novel target in the circuitry of addiction for new medicines to counter the craving for drugs of abuse, or to prevent relapse." Studies have shown that ad...Acrux acquires rights to commercialise world's first contraceptive spray
... York-based Population Council, Inc. The agreement enables Acrux to progress toward commercialisation of a unique contraceptive spray, containing the new-generation contraceptive drug Nestorone. Under the agreement, Acrux has a worldwide licence from the Population Council to intellectual property covering t...GlaxoSmithKline funds $1.65 million effort for UNC-Duke public health care partnership
...nding this powerful collaboration, GlaxoSmithKline enables Duke and UNC to pool our extensive strengths in research design, evidence-based medicine, public health and public policy, and community-based initiatives to design models that can be disseminated locally and globally," Dzau said. "We are very gratef...AANP and UpToDate partner to improve patient care
...ion provider, UpToDate's point-of-care information enables NPs to have important clinical resources at their fingertips," said AANP Director of Research and Education Mary Jo Goolsby, EdD, MSN, NP-C, FAANP. Dr. Goolsby also serves as the UpToDate program review advisor. "We are very excited about partnerin...Computer systems assisting orthopaedic surgeons
... is a modular clinical data management system that enables the choice of particular areas of expertise. Winner of the prestigious Frost and Sullivan 2005 'Product Innovation of the Year' award, the Profile system allows the use of patient data as both a reference for diagnosis and management of individual pa......r telemedicine is a relatively new technology that enables patients with ear disease and hearing impairments to access ear specialists). "We are not suggesting that doctors will be eventually replaced by computers as a result of this breakthrough in patient diagnosis," he said. "What we are saying is that th...