To develop correctly, baby hearts need rhythm...even before they have blood to pump. "We have discovered that mechanical forces are important when making baby hearts," said Mary Kathryn Sewell-Loftin, a Vanderbilt graduate student working ...
Tags: Baby Heart, Rhythm, Roadmap, SysCODE
Detailed structural and functional 'maps' of the human kidney made using advanced scanning technology are to be developed by scientists at The University of Nottingham. The research, funded with -107,623 from the Dr Hadwen Trust, a ...
Tags: Kidney Disease, GFR, vitamin D, kidney healthy
Inspired by tiny particles that carry cholesterol through the body, MIT chemical engineers have designed nanoparticles that can deliver snippets of genetic material that turn off disease-causing genes. This approach, known as RNA ...
Tags: RNA, MIT, Gene Silencing, Nanoparticle
Advances in neonatal care for very preterm infants have greatly increased the chances of survival for these fragile infants. However, preterm infants have an increased risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a serious lung ...
Tags: Stem Cell, Preterm Infant, BPD, adverse effect
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Carnegie Mellon University Announce a unique micro-robotic technique to assemble the components of complex materials Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Carnegie Mellon ...
Tags: 3D Printing, Tissue Engineering, Micro-Robotic Technique, BWH
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has awarded UCLA researchers Dr. Daniel Lu (Brentwood) and Dr. Reggie Edgerton (Bel Air) a $6 million, five-year grant to explore new therapies for the approximately 273,000 ...
Tags: UCLA, Spinal-Cord Injuries, New Therapies, lower spine.
TUESDAY Feb. 11, 2014, 2014 -- Experimental glasses that seem to improve a doctor's ability to see cancer cells during surgery may help reduce cancer patients' need for follow-up operations, according to a new study. The researchers said ...
Tags: cancer, Experimental Eyewear, high-powered magnification
According to DBS, the economy expanded by 5.5% YoY in the fourth quarter, exactly in line with its above consensus forecast (Consensus: 5.2%). Here’s more: In sequential terms, the economy surged by 6.1% QoQ saar. Overall, the ...
Tags: construction sectors
Fractals—patterns defined by their scale-invariance that makes them look the same on large scales as they do on small scales—are found in nature everywhere from snowflakes to broccoli to the beating of the heart. In a new study, ...
Secant Medical, Inc. has announced its newly branded website at www.secantmedical.com.The redesigned site serves as a source for new and existing clients to learn more about the company's advanced biomaterials and biomedical textile ...
Tags: medical, Biomaterials, Biomedical
TUESDAY Feb. 4, 2014, 2014 -- In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the U.S. National Institutes of Health has partnered with 10 drug companies and several nonprofit groups to speed development of biological ways of diagnosing and treating ...
Tokyo-based Nikkiso Co Ltd,which is developing and commercializing deep ultraviolet(UV)light-emitting diodes,says that it is establishing a new factory in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture.The firm aims to start production in mid-2014 and install ...
Tags: DUV LEDs, LED Production Plant, led
In the Sverdlovsk region medical glass production at full capacity will be released in 2018. According to a member of the Ural biofarmklastera, chairman of the board of the holding "Juno" Alexander Petrov, now the plant's management is ...
Tags: medical glass, Construction Glass
Researchers in the biomedical engineering department at Case Western Reserve University have found that epileptic activity can spread through a part of the brain in a new way,suggesting a possible novel target for seizure-blocking ...
University of Houston researchers have developed a new stretchable and transparent electrical conductor, bringing the potential for a fully foldable cell phone or a flat-screen television that can be folded and carried under your arm closer ...