Point of Care WBC Testing Device in The Works
Posted by admin in Health/Technology on 09 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
A new microfluidic device from the University of Southampton, called single-cell impedance cytometer, is being reported in Lab on a Chip . The technology promises to perform a white blood cell differential count in a tiny package from a puny sample. According to Dr David Holmes of ECS, lead author of...
Gold Particles for Lung CA Diagnosis from Breath
Scientists at Technion (”Israel Institute of Technology”) are reporting in the latest issue of Nature Nanotechnology the development of a device capable of distinguishing the breath of patients with lung cancer from those free of the disease. The volatile organic compounds, some of which...
System Helps Parkinson’s Patients Adjust Talking Volume
Posted by admin in Health/Technology on 08 27th, 2009 | No Comments
A large percentage of patients with Parkinson’s speak quieter and less clearly as the disease cycle progresses. Typically, speech therapy has been used to overcome this change by teaching people to remember to speak louder. Now researchers at Purdue University have created a device that uses our...
Light Activated Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Kill Brain Cancer Cells On Contact
Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and The University of Chicago’s Brain Tumor Center have developed a technique that binds antibodies to titanium dioxide particles for guidance toward tumor sites. Once on target, the particles are activated by light to release free radicals that supposedly...
HeartAssist 5, The Latest DeBakey LVAD Keeping First Patient Alive
Posted by admin in Health/Technology on 08 19th, 2009 | No Comments
Clinicians at Heidelberg University Hospital in Germany have announced the first implantation of the latest DeBakey LVAD (left ventricular assist device), the HeartAssist 5. The world’s smallest machine of its type, the HeartAssist 5 now has approval in the US for pediatric patients and in Europe...
HeartAssist 5, The Latest DeBakey LVAD Keeping First Patient Alive
Posted by admin in Health/Technology on 08 19th, 2009 | No Comments
Clinicians at Heidelberg University Hospital in Germany have announced the first implantation of the latest DeBakey LVAD (left ventricular assist device), the HeartAssist 5. The world’s smallest machine of its type, the HeartAssist 5 now has approval in the US for pediatric patients and in Europe...
A Litmus Test For Source of Sweetness
Posted by admin in Health/Technology on 08 19th, 2009 | No Comments
At this week’s American Chemical Society’s 238th National Meeting, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign presented a study about a sensor that can accurately detect the presence of any of the common sweeteners used in food products. The business card size sensor...
BioScan’s LightWire Nears FDA, European Submissions
Posted by admin in Health/Technology on 08 17th, 2009 | No Comments
BioScan Technologies , a Yokneam, Israel firm developing a 0.014″ intravascular ultrasound guidewire for coronary and peripheral procedures, is planning to file a 510(k) submission to the FDA in the next two months, Medgadget has learned. Furthermore, the company expects to complete the CE Mark...
Microfactory Produces Uniform Fluid Filled Liposomes in Quantity
Posted by admin in Health/Technology on 08 13th, 2009 | No Comments
Scientists at the University of Tokyo have developed a systematic method to produce identical lipid-coated microspheres that can hold liquid, an important step toward creating artificial cells or nanovesicles for drug delivery. The technology overcomes the difficulty of producing uniform spheres having...
Hand Powered DNA Separation System for Remote Point of Care
Posted by admin in Health/Technology on 07 10th, 2009 | No Comments
In order to aid with disease diagnosis in remote places, researchers at Boston University have built a prototype pump device to separate DNA out of a sample of blood. The SNAP (System for Nucleic Acid Preparation) is powered by a bicycle-like pump and may one day make it easy for local clinicians to...
Surgical Adhesives Targeting Specific Tissue Properties for Improved Stickiness
Tissue adhesives for surgical procedures are becoming more and more popular, because they are commonly used as a replacement for suturing. Improving the quality of these adhesives can be achieved if the material is custom tuned to the tissue type that it will be sticking to. Now MIT researchers, in...
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]