Implantable, Electronic Drug Dispensing
A research group at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill recently presented their technology for delivering anticancer [MORE]
West Wireless Health Institute
With $90m from the Gary and Mary West Family Foundation, the “West Wireless Health Institute” recently opened in San [MORE]
Algorithm for Lower Dose CT Imaging
Virtual colonoscopy, which uses a CT scan instead of the traditional probe, has the advantage of being non-invasive, but carries [MORE]
Artificial Pancreas for Nocturnal Hypoglycemia in T1 Diabetes
An artificial pancreas is a closed loop device that delivers both insulin and glucagon and can be particularly advantageous [MORE]
Nanobiosensors for Elders
ActiveCare, Inc.(West Valley City, UT), makers of the “ActiveOne+” monitoring watch, and Vista Therapeutics (Santa Fe, NM), developers of [MORE]
Biological Basis of Stress
Among many mysteries of molecular psychiatry, researchers have long wondered why females are more prone to depression and stress-related [MORE]
Growing Heart Tissue in China
Because drugs can only slow the pace of heart failure and also because transplantable hearts are in short supply, [MORE]
NIH Top Grant Winners
In this NIH listing of grant winners in 2009, Johns Hopkins University ranked first with nearly three-quarters of a [MORE]
Telemedicine Device Market
“Consumer telehealth will be an extension of the current home-use medical device market, with manufacturers offering additional internet-based services [MORE]
“Molecular Imprinting” for Plastic Antibodies
UC-Irvine chemistry professor Kenneth Shea has lead research in mice studies that shows two different fluorescent imaging probes-one attached [MORE]
Hospital Delirium
About one third of elderly patients in hospitals experience and inexplicable disorientation called “hospital delirium.” Infections, surgery and medications [MORE]
Medical Home and Medical Monitoring at Home
Daniel Z. Sands, M D, MPH a primary care physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston and a director [MORE]
First Custom-Fit, Degradable Bone Implant
Researchers at the University Medical Center and the Fraunhofer Institute in Aachen, Germany have teamed up to create a [MORE]
New Bone Cement
Patients suffering from compression fractures of the spine can undergo a minimally invasive procedure called balloon kyphoplasty. In this, [MORE]
Thomson Reuters Top 10 Healthcare Providers in the US
The news service company Thomson Reuters announced its second annual review of the top ten healthcare systems in the [MORE]
LivingWell@Home
Last month, the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (New York City) announced a $8.1m gift [MORE]
Stem Cell Banking
The one hundred or so genes on Chromosome 6 that make up the Major Histocompatibility Complex govern the cell [MORE]
Kinematic Automation
Kinematic Automation (Twain Harte, CA) builds state of the art manufacturing systems for medical and diagnostics businesses, from proof [MORE]
Tissue Engineering for Hearing
Hearing loss will be a rising medical concern as “baby boomers” move into retirement. Loud music over the years [MORE]
Noninvasive, Continuous Hemoglobin Monitoring
In another “measure through motion” application, Masimo Corporation (Irvine, CA) recently announced results from a European study showing that [MORE]
Bayer’s Medical Device Coating Business
While this news piece from Bayer MaterialSciences LLC (Pittsburgh) amounts to an advertisement, it does mention in interesting new [MORE]
Biology of Tasting Salt
In 1932, plant geneticist Albert Blakeslee and DuPont chemist Arthur Fox determined that taste acuity was a Mendelian trait [MORE]
Self-Balancing Centrifuge Rotor
In a clinical laboratory, loading specimens into a centrifuge can be time consuming because different quantities have to be [MORE]
AACC’s 2010 Awards
The American Association for Clinical Chemistry recently announced eight recipients of its annual awards who also will be inducted [MORE]
New Materials: Injectable Bone
A research group at the University of Nottingham has developed a new class of materials containing living stem [MORE]