Monthly Archives: April 2012

How stem cell therapy can keep the immune system under control

A new study, appearing in Cell Stem Cell and led by researchers at the University of Southern California, outlines the specifics of how autoimmune disorders can be controlled by infusions of mesenchymal stem cells.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=stem+cell+therapy&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem emerging

A scientist provides an example of a nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem that is unfolding right now.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=nanotechnology&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Notre Dame paper examines nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem

( University of Notre Dame ) A recent paper by Kathleen Eggleson, a research scientist in the Center for Nano Science and Technology at the University of Notre Dame, provides an example of a nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem that … Continue reading

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Study examines nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem

A recent paper by Kathleen Eggleson, a research scientist in the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) at the University of Notre Dame, provides an example of a nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem that is unfolding right now.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=nanotechnology&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Nanotechnology recycles heat energy to electricity

Purdue researchers have developed efficient nanotechnology to convert wasted heat energy to generate electricity.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=nanotechnology&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Call to reintroduce Nano Science in schools

Sri Lanka should popularise Nano Science at school level to gain economic control in nano technology- based industries. Nano Science should be re-introduced in school syllabuses said Dr. Prabath Hewageegana of the Department of Physics of the University of Kelaniya.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=nano+medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Nano nod for lab on a chip

( University of Alberta ) You wouldn't know it from appearances, but a metal cube the size of a toaster, created at the University of Alberta, is capable of performing the same genetic tests as most fully equipped modern laboratories … Continue reading

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Nano firm gets $1 million grant to combat cancer

A local medical company, working in coordination with Penn State, has earned a $1 million grant fromSource:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=nano+medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Nano-devices that cross blood-brain barrier open door to treatment of cerebral palsy, other neurologic disorders

Scientists have developed nano-devices that successfully cross the brain-blood barrier and deliver a drug that tames brain-damaging inflammation in rabbits with cerebral palsy.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=nano+medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Nano-devices that cross blood-brain barrier open door to treatment of cerebral palsy

( Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions ) A team of scientists from Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have developed nano-devices that successfully cross the brain-blood barrier and deliver a drug that tames brain-damaging inflammation in rabbits with cerebral palsy.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=nano+medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Nano-syringe delivers combination, targeted brain cancer therapy

Nanomedicine researchers have developed a way to selectively kill brain cancer cells by using a tiny syringe to deliver a combination of chemotherapy drugs directly into the cells.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=nano+medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Molecules to Medicine: Public Health or Impaired Penises?

Viagra Today s news starkly juxtaposed this countries priorities. [More]Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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University of Illinois College of Medicine celebrates graduates

ROCKFORD — The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford presented diplomas to the Class of 2012 this morning at the Coronado Performing Arts Center.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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India Ink: The 'Medicine Baba' Goes Door to Door

Omkar Nath Sharma collects unused medicine from the rich, and distributes it to the poor.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Medicine Tree roots the present day Salish to their aboriginal homeland

MEDICINE TREE — There is something in the air in the aboriginal homeland of the Bitterroot Salish that touches the heart and lifts the spirit, Louie Adams told the 150 or so folks at the spring journey to the Medicine … Continue reading

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Ellis Medicine Unveils New Tool to Enhance Patient Safety

In an ongoing effort to improve patient safety, Ellis Medicine is the first hospital in the region, second in the state, to use Xenex's innovative germ-zapping technology to keep pSource:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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What is personalized medicine?

Dr. Geoffrey Ginsburg is executive director of the Duke Center for Personalized Medicine. Here, he explains how recent technological advances are making it possible to customize health care.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Care Team Connect Powers Ellis Medicine’s New York Health Home Project

Ellis Medicine, in partnership with the Visiting Nurse Service of Schenectady and Saratoga Counties and Hometown Health Center, has selected Care Team Connect’s care coordination platform to power Care Central, an innovative new model of care made possible in part … Continue reading

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Medicine Collection Day held at Miller Park

MILWAUKEE — Crews collected tons of old and unused prescription drugs on Saturday. It’s all part of what is now…Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Medicine cabinet cleanout encouraged

It's time to look in medicine cabinets, round up unused or expired prescription drugs and turn them in to authorities, no questions asked.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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