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“Microvascular Stamp” Bandage

In the mind’s eye, imagine a postage stamp with live cells arrayed upon its surface in a specific pattern.  [MORE]

Gene Therapy for Stem Cells

In a remarkable clinical experiment, researchers at the UK’s Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge have demonstrated a [MORE]

Industrialization of Medicine

Is “evidence-based practice” a fair tradeoff for “clinical judgment?” Does healthcare need to be industrialized and standardized-enabled to run [MORE]

She Donated Her Genome to Science

Known only as “W115,” a 115 year old woman-before her death she was the oldest known living person-had her [MORE]

Optical Fractionation of Blood

During World War II, Edwin Cohn developed the blood fractionation method that separated serum albumin, saving thousands of lives. Ever [MORE]

Implantable Tumor Monitor

Inside an implantable device about the size of a thumbnail, researchers at the Technical University of Munich have placed [MORE]

Metabolgenomics

Metabolic syndrome-that dangerous mix of hypertension, elevated cholesterol and Type 2 diabetes-is both biologically complex and rising in incidence as [MORE]

New Insight into Breast Cancer Biology

Researchers at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia have found that breast cancer cells secrete hydrogen peroxide, thereby creating oxidative [MORE]

Imaging “Invisible” Tooth Decay

Using a small digital camera and Qualitative Light Induced Fluorescence Technology, clinicians and engineers at the University of Liverpool’s [MORE]

Molecular Pathways of Temperature and Pain Sensation

Finding that skin cells are able to produce nitric oxide via a newly discovered pathway, researchers at the Scripps [MORE]

Microarray Diagnostic for Cystic Fibrosis

Over 1,500 DNA mutations have been implicated in cystic fibrosis, and as much as 5% of Caucasians have one [MORE]

Stem cell “Bandage” for Torn Meniscal Cartilage

In most cases of a torn knee cartilage, surgeons remove the meniscus, even thought that can result in early [MORE]

Energy Scavaging from “The Air”

In an experiment that electrical engineering researchers at Georgia Tech carried out, it was demonstrated that enough “ambient” electromagnetic [MORE]

Proteomic Analysis of Bone Matrix

Using laser capture micro-dissection and mass spectroscopy, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been able to determine the proteomic “signatures [MORE]

H. Pylori as an Oral Vaccine Delivery Platform

In 2005, Barry Marshall and his collaborator, J. Robin Warren, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for [MORE]

Breath Test for Vitamin Deficiency

Researchers at the University of Florida at Gainesville, and a New Hampshire company, Metabolic Solutions, have developed a breath [MORE]

Molecular Imaging for Chronic Back Pain

Chronic back pain may be the single most expensive condition in American healthcare.  And finding the source of the [MORE]

A New Twist on the Biochemistry of Alzheimer’s Disease

For many years, neuroscientists have focused on the role amyloid beta plays in the plaques and tangles of neurons [MORE]

Surviving Cancer, Facing Bankruptcy

Not long ago, opponents of healthcare reform asserted that the US had the best healthcare system in the world [MORE]

Testing Quality in Stored Blood

Blood banks store blood for up to 42 days, but studies in England show that transfused blood older than [MORE]