Understanding and diagnosing an inherited pain syndrome
...ovel insights into the molecular basis for altered firing of pain signaling neurons in primary erythromelalgia, according to Stephen Waxman, M.D., senior author of the study, chair of the Department of Neurology and director of the West Haven Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research Center. DNA sam...4D proton therapy, radiation-resistant tumors, interpreting medical images
...nvolve squeezing the breast between two plates and firing an x-ray that images the breast all at once. In breast CT, the patient lies down on a table and places one breast at a time through a circular opening, while a CT scanner produces 300 images per breast, in a period of just 17 seconds, to build up 3D...Medical journals are an extension of the marketing arm of pharmaceutical companies
...00,000 of profit or meet the end of year budget by firing an editor." How can the cycle of dependency between journals and drug companies be broken? "Firstly, we need more public funding of trials, particularly of large head to head trials of all the treatments available for treating a condition." "Secondl...Louder neurons form more connections, Stanford research shows
...cells that made a protein that prevented them from firing their normal electrical signals. These cells were also engineered to produce a protein that glowed green under the appropriate light. Hua looked for green neurons in her immobilized fish to see how their branches fared compared with neighboring neuro...