The DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden - Cluster of Excellence at the TU Dresden (CRTD), the Dresden site of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin played a pivotal role in the study. The adult brain...
While vaccines are perhaps medicine's most important success story, there is always room for improvement. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) appear to have done just that. As explained in a newly published research paper, Mark...
A new cloud cache system using well known caching protocols gives users with large data requirements the computational grunt they need without having to invest in more hardware.
Teens may be too dumb to self-administer Plan B (at least according to*Kathleen Sebelius) but they sure can do other amazing stuff--like developing nanoparticles that kill cancer. That's what Angela Zhang, who was awarded the first place prize ($100,000) at the Siemens Competition in Math...
A research team from Chalmers University of Technology has developed new techniques of cancer diagnosis and treatment with the aid of microwaves, which could play a pioneering role in the battle against cancer. These techniques could save many lives and are more effective, less invasive and...
Man and machine might not be that different in the future—especially if they share the same synthetic skin being developed at Stanford University. More »
BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, reported that they have achieved optimization RNA-Seq (Quantification) library construction with total RNA inputs as low as 100 ng. This breakthrough enables the application of RNA-Seq (Quantification) technology to experimental designs utilizing...
The mobile application that Acsys Interactive conceived and developed to help extend the reach of County Health Ranking data earned top marks at the recent Health 2.0 Developer's Challenge, winning first place for The Health Factor -- Using the County Health Rankings to Make Smart Decisions...
One of the most difficult-to-remove tumors located deep in the midbrain area can now be safely excised thanks to the work of one Los Angeles surgeon. Hrayr Shahinian, M.D., medical director of The Skull Base Institute in Los Angeles, has developed a minimally invasive approach to removing pineal...
...profit financially from their work? or should the government confiscate the technology for the "greater good"
libs love that little phrase "greater good"
There's currently no reliable tool to help prosthetic developers fit artificial limbs without ensuing discomfort or pain, or tell medical personnel when bed-ridden patients need to be moved to avoid bedsores and other problems. But help is now on the way. Prof. Amit Gefen of Tel Aviv...
Functional Technologies Corp. (TSX VENTURE:FEB), a world leader in yeast research and development, announced today that it has developed, tested and filed patent applications for yeast technology that reduces the formation of acrylamide, a carcinogen formed when starchy foods are baked, fried or...
Current Alzheimer's disease (AD) research indicates that accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) protein plaques in the brain is central to the development of AD. Unfortunately, presence of these plaques is typically confirmed only at autopsy. In a special issue of the journal Behavioural Neurology...