HOUSTON—If you think of art as an expression of the beauty inside an artist’s soul, you will understand why Jared Dunten’s creations are so special. He’s an artist on a mission to help raise money for the first human clinical trial for stem cell therapy. In April 2000, while on a camping trip in Big Bend National Park, Dunten dove into the Rio Grande River with a bar of soap to clean himself off …
Texas man on mission to raise money for first clinical trial for stem cell therapy (11 News Houston)
Is It Nanotechnology, or Not? (IEEE Spectrum)
I was fascinated reading last week’s online Wall Street Journal story of Viktor Petrik , a self-described inventor, whose inventions are sometimes labeled as legitimate breakthroughs while others describe the inventor himself as nothing more than a charlatan.
Springer to publish Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (News-Medical-Net)
NMMI publishes original research papers, reviews, case reports, editorials and letters to the editor on nuclear medicine and a wide range of related sciences. These include radiochemistry, radiopharmacy, dosimetry and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of radiopharmaceuticals, nuclear and molecular imaging analysis, nuclear and molecular imaging instrumentation, radiation biology and radionuclide …
Chinese medicine ‘no help to get pregnant’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Couples who use acupuncture and Chinese medicine to try and increase their chances of having a baby were warned there was no evidence it worked by British fertility experts Wednesday.
Chinese medicine ‘no help to get pregnant’ (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Couples who use acupuncture and Chinese medicine to try and increase their chances of having a baby were warned there was no evidence it worked by fertility experts Wednesday.
British Fertility Society Issues New Guidelines On The Use Of Acupuncture And Chinese Herbal Medicine In Fertility … (Medical News Today)
The British Fertility Society has issued new guidelines in the journal Human Fertility on the use of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in fertility treatment. The guidelines found that there is currently no evidence that having acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine treatment around the time of assisted conception increases the likelihood of subsequent pregnancy…
Traditional medicine scorned by experts (Yorkshire Post)
Couples who turn to acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to boost their chances of having a baby are wasting their time, say experts.
Springer to publish Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (News-Medical-Net)
NMMI publishes original research papers, reviews, case reports, editorials and letters to the editor on nuclear medicine and a wide range of related sciences. These include radiochemistry, radiopharmacy, dosimetry and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of radiopharmaceuticals, nuclear and molecular imaging analysis, nuclear and molecular imaging instrumentation, radiation biology and radionuclide …
Medical Alarm Concept’s MediPendant(TM) Receives FCC Certification for DECT Technology (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. — Medical Alarm Concepts Holding, Inc. , manufacturer of the MediPendant, the only fully-monitored medical alarm system that allows you to speak and listen directly through the pendant, announces that MediPendant has become the first medical alarm device with Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication technology to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission .
Cost Of Medical School Rises In Recession (NPR)
A New Jersey family is struggling to pay for their daughter’s medical school education. They know that the average doctor graduates with about $150,000 of student loans, and wonder how they’re ever going to pay it.
‘No proof’ IVF aided by acupuncture (BBC News)
There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn.
Acupuncture ‘provides no help with IVF’ (Sify News)
Acupuncture do nothing to increase the chance of getting pregnant through IVF, fertility experts have said.
Acupuncture ‘provides no help with IVF’ (New Kerala)
London, Mar 10 : Acupuncture do nothing to increase the chance of getting pregnant through IVF, fertility experts have said.
Genetics Made Very, Very Simple (NPR)
If this photo were a genetics lesson, could you spot what’s wrong?
Start of Phase I/II Gene Therapy Clinical Trial for Hemophilia B (redOrbit)
AMSTERDAM, March 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced today that the first patient has been dosed in the Phase I/II exploratory clinical trial with a gene therapy product for hemophilia B, a seriously debilitating and potentially lethal disease. The trial is an open label dose-escalation study …
AMT initiates dosing in Phase I/II gene therapy clinical trial for hemophilia B (News-Medical-Net)
Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics, a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced today that the first patient has been dosed in the Phase I/II exploratory clinical trial with a gene therapy product for hemophilia B, a seriously debilitating and potentially lethal disease.
British Fertility Society Issues New Guidelines On The Use Of Acupuncture And Chinese Herbal Medicine In Fertility … (Medical News Today)
The British Fertility Society has issued new guidelines in the journal Human Fertility on the use of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in fertility treatment. The guidelines found that there is currently no evidence that having acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine treatment around the time of assisted conception increases the likelihood of subsequent pregnancy…
Scientists tease DNA from eggshell of extinct birds (AFP via Yahoo! News)
In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.
Torture death DNA swabbing starts (BBC News)
Police start DNA swabbing sessions in a bid to find the killer of an elderly woman in Hampshire.
Torture death DNA swabbing starts (BBC News)
Police will start DNA swabbing sessions later to attempt to find the murderer of an elderly woman in Hampshire.