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Genes of Osteoarthritis

Genetic Study of Osteoarthritis Research
Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of disability worldwide. There is no treatment for it other than [MORE]

Therapeutic Angiogenesis via Autophagy

Yoshinori Ohsumi
Last month, Yoshinori Ohsumi won this year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries about the cellular [MORE]

Growing Blood Vessels in a Week

Preparation of Blood Vessels in the Lab
This report from Sahlgrenska University in Gothenburg, Sweden is astonishing, but short on important [MORE]

Holographic Diagnostics

Hologram
Scientists at Cambridge University have invented a new kind of diagnostic device.  They embedded silver nanoparticles in hydrogel.  When a [MORE]

Self-Healing Plastic Skin

Artificial Skin
For an artificial material to mimic human skin, it must be both electrically conductive to convey touch, and [MORE]

Micro-robotic Surgery

Sprint Micro Robot
Minimally-invasive surgery is becoming more minimal, with micro-robotic tools that give the maneuverability of a daVinci machine [MORE]

New Light on Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer
Gastrointestinal researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL have used an endoscope, fitted with a special light [MORE]

Wearable Defibrillator

LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator
It has now been three years since Zoll (Pittsburgh, PA) introduced the first wearable defibrillator, and this [MORE]