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Imaging “Invisible” Tooth Decay

QLIF
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

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

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

Breath Test for Vitamin Deficiency

Vitamin B12
Researchers at the University of Florida at Gainesville, and a New Hampshire company, Metabolic Solutions, have developed a [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]

Stony Brook’s Biotech Commercialization Fund

Over the past 28 years, Stony Brook University’s Center for Biotechnology has developed more than a dozen commercially available [MORE]

Perspective on Market-Based Health Insurance

As people put off elective healthcare during the current recession, insurance company profits rose because of fewer payouts.  However, [MORE]