PolyTouch Medical Ltd., a leading developer of laparoscopic soft tissue prosthetic placement technologies, announced today it will be exhibiting its lead product, PatchAssist(TM) at the American College of Surgeons 96th Annual Clinical…
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Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. Announces Commercial Release Of Veripsych™, Diagnostic Aid For Recent Onset Schizophrenia
Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. (RBM), announced the widespread commercial availability of VeriPsych™, the first and only blood-based diagnostic test to aid in confirming the diagnosis of recent onset schizophrenia, a potentially devastating and…
Researchers Discover ‘Walking’ Properties Of Bacteria
Talk about a walk on the wild side: University of Notre Dame researcher Joshua Shrout is co-author of a new paper that shows that bacteria are capable of “standing up” and moving…
Three-Way Control Of Fetal Heart-Cell Proliferation Could Help Regenerate Cardiac Cells
Heart muscle cells do not normally replicate in adult tissue, but multiply with abandonment during development. This is why the loss of heart muscle after a heart attack is so dire –…
Medical Community Urged To Improve The Vaginal Health Of Postmenopausal Women
To mark World Menopause Day on 18th October 2010, the International Menopause Society (IMS) is launching new Recommendations for the management of postmenopausal vaginal atrophy, a distressing condition that will affect up…
Cell Survival Protein Discovery Rewrites Immune System Story
A discovery by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers in Melbourne, Australia, reported in Science, is set to rewrite a long-held belief about how the body’s immune system establishes its memory. The…
Development Of A Better Way To See Molecules At Work In Living Brain Cells Helps Explain Synapse Formation
By creating a better way to see molecules at work in living brain cells, researchers affiliated with MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and the MIT Department of Chemistry are helping…
Brain Changes Found In Football Players Thought To Be Concussion-Free
A study by researchers at Purdue University suggests that some high school football players suffer undiagnosed changes in brain function and continue playing even though they are impaired. “Our key finding is…
Study Details Structure Of Potential Target For HIV And Cancer Drugs
In a technical tour de force, structural biologists funded by the National Institutes of Health have determined the three-dimensional structure of a molecule involved in HIV infection and in many forms of…
Researchers Create Experimental Vaccine for Alzheimer’s
Scientists said they have created an experimental vaccine against beta-amyloid, the small protein that forms plaques in the brain and is believed to contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Compared with…
Red tape is driving clinical trials abroad meaning British patients will suffer
A combination of complicated European laws and British rules has resulted in a dramatic decline in the number of clinical trials conducted here. It means British patients are not benefitting from the…
ISRO Enabled Telemedicine in 382 Hospitals
The telemedicine network of ISRO has enabled 382 hospitals with the facility in the country, said ISRO project director Dr Mylswamy Annadurai. Speaking at the convocation of Rajarajeshwari Dental College here on…
Obama broke ‘code of the West’ on spending, healthcare vows
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) charged that President Obama and congressional Democrats “have broken their promises” on federal spending and healthcare, tapping into two issues that may determine whether Obama faces a divided…
A genetic cause for ADHD won’t necessarily reduce the stigma attached
What does it mean to say that a psychological or behavioural condition has a biological cause? Over the past week more battles have been raging over attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), after…
Council refuses woman’s request to turn off flashing Christmas lights because it gives her migraines
The woman from Brampton, Cumbria, has said the flashing lights on a building in the town give her headaches. She wrote a letter to councillors asking that the festive light be altered…