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5/24/12
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Getting a shot at the doctor's office may become less painful in the not-too-distant future. Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have engineered a device that delivers a tiny, high-pressure jet of medicine through the skin without the use of a hypodermic needle. The device can be programmed to deliver a range of doses to various depths—an improvement over similar jet-injection systems that are now commercially available.
May 21 | News
Hundreds
of tiny hollow needles stick out of the membrane of a bacteria that
causes cholera. These are treacherous tools that makes bacterial
pathogens so dangerous. Researchers in the U.S. and Germany have now
seen this structure in 3D detail at atomic resolution. The images may
help drug researchers.
May 7 | News
One
exhale and a new device from researchers at Stony Brook University in
New York could screen for anything from diabetes to lung cancer. Based
on a sensor chip built from electrospun nanowires that can detect minute
amounts of chemical compounds, the device has yet to reach clinical
trials. But its inventors anticipate the device to someday cost only
$20.
12 hours ago | News
A Colorado farm that was traced to a listeria outbreak in cantaloupe last year has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.Jensen Farms declined to comment on its filing Friday. Its attorney Jim Markus told The Denver Post (http://bit.ly/KTUDbK ) the filing should free up millions of dollars...
21 hours ago | News
Arizona is considering requests to expand its fledgling medical marijuana program to allow use of the drug for an array of conditions, including post-traumatic stress syndrome and migraines, beyond those allowed under the law approved by voters two years ago.The Department of Health Services,...
22 hours ago | News
Proctor & Gamble says it will change the design of packaging for its miniature laundry detergent product to deter children from eating the brightly colored packets that look like candy.Procter & Gamble spokesman Paul Fox says the Cincinnati-based company plans to create a new double latch lid...
23 hours ago | News
Stars promised hugs, kisses, a massage — and a vampire bite — in a glamor-filled auction to raise money to fight AIDS.Hoping to encourage bidders to open their wallets for items at Thursday's amfAR gala in the south of France, celebrity presenters offered some extra enticements. Heidi Klum...
23 hours ago | News
Pfizer Inc. said Friday that European Union regulators are recommending approval for its kidney cancer drug Inlyta.A European Union advisory committee recommended that Inlyta be approved as a treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma in patients who were not helped by treatment with Pfizer's...
23 hours ago | News
A seaweed considered a threat to the healthy growth of coral reefs in Hawaii may possess the ability to produce substances that could one day treat human diseases, a new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego has revealed.
23 hours ago | News
University of Michigan researchers have proven that a special surface, free of biological contaminants, allows adult-derived stem cells to thrive and transform into multiple cell types. Their success brings stem cell therapies another step closer.
May 25 | News
There's nothing like a new pair of eyeglasses to bring fine details into sharp relief. For scientists who study the large molecules of life from proteins to DNA, the equivalent of new lenses have come in the form of an advanced method for analyzing data from X-ray crystallography experiments. The findings could lead to new understanding of the molecules that drive processes in biology, medical diagnostics, nanotechnology, and other fields.
May 25 | News
The World Health Organization says its members are poised to agree to a target of cutting a quarter of premature deaths from chronic diseases by 2025.It is the first time that countries will set a concrete global goal for reducing premature deaths from cardiovascular and lung diseases, diabetes...
May 24 | News
For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some speculated they were descended from Portuguese explorers, or perhaps from Turkish slaves or Gypsies.Now a new DNA study in...
