DNA from cervical screening samples could be used to identify ovarian and womb cancers, a study has suggested. The Press Association has reported that scientists from John Hopkins Medical Institutes extended the screening programme's DNA ...
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One likely effect of the growing number of young people with type 2 diabetes is that more and more people in their 20s and 30s are developing serious eye problems not correctable with glasses. "We've all been aware that obesity and ...
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Acura and Studio Dror have collaborated to design a limited-edition desk inspired by the luxury automaker's role in "Thor," the new Marvel film starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins. S.H.I.E.L.D., the ...
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Yahoo has acquired a video chat startup OnTheAir as the company focuses on mobile applications and services. "When we first met with the team at Yahoo!, it was clear that everybody there is committed to making mobile products the backbone ...
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The National Rifle Association(NRA)today proposed placing armed guards at every U.S.school to safeguard against another mass shooting like the one that took place in a Connecticut elementary school last week. "The only thing that stops a ...
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SSI's patented Portable Vehicle Barrier (PVB), the solution for a quick deploying crash barrier, now being purchased by public safety and stadiums, police departments and even the US NAVY has been independently tested by NCS4 at the ...
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Harvard researchers have been able to use sequencing technology to store 70 billion copies of a yet-unpublished book in DNA binary code. The results of the project by researchers at Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically ...
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US based Kaleida Health's Gates Vascular Institute (GVI) has deployed the Toshiba America Medical Systems's Vantage Titan 3T MR system. Titan 3T features a 71 cm open bore and offers feet-first imaging for most exams, according to ...
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Bausch + Lomb, a provider of ophthalmic surgical devices and instruments, has introduced daily disposable contact lens, Biotrue ONEday. Bausch + Lomb global vision care president Sheila Hopkins said Biotrue ONEday lenses feature a new ...
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Animal behavior consultant Arden Moore can't get away from the questions. "I go all over the country," she says, "and it doesn't matter where I am. ... People seem to be interested or frustrated in why their dog or cat does what they do." ...
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Baltimore security company maintains robust card access system for world-class university. BALTIMORE,MD,September 08,2012/24-7PressRelease/--Entry-Master LLC announced the successful project completion allowing Johns Hopkins J-Card mobile ...
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Best US Hospitals U.S. News & World Report has released its 23rd annual Best Hospitals rankings. Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston is #1 on the U.S. News Honor Roll this year, displacing Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital, ...
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Japanese designer Issey Miyake received the 'design Oscars' at London's Design Museum Awards for his Origami-style 132 5. eco-fashion collection. Issey Miyake's dresses are made out of recyclable materials such as polyester processed from ...
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Functional Neuromodulation has treated the first US patient with a deep brain stimulation(DBS)system in a randomized,double-blind,controlled trial. The trial,named Advance,has implanted the first patient at Johns Hopkins to demonstrate ...
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Iverson Genetic Diagnostics has signed an agreement with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to license a molecular diagnostics test which determines cardiovascular risk in men and women and infertility risk in women. Under the ...
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