The new powered ankle-foot prosthesis developed by a team in MIT got off on the right foot during a ceremony at the Providence, R.I., Veterans Affairs Medical Center, wherein an army amputee - Garth...
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A novel biomaterial with surprising antibacterial properties that can be injected as a low-viscosity gel into a wound where it rigidifies nearly on contact-opening the door to the possibility of...
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At the 12th congress of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics in Vancouver, the new high-tech bionic hand with five motorized fingers, invented in Scotland, will be unveiled....
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Researchers from Ohio State University have created surfaces that, seen with the eye, look as flat and transparent as a sheet of glass - but when seen up close, the surfaces are actually carpeted with...
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Inspired by the agile gecko's uncanny ability to run up walls and across ceilings, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Akron have been successful in creating a...
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In the new book DNA: How the Biotech Revolution Is Changing the Way We Fight Disease molecular biologist Frank H. Stephenson tells the story of how scientists on many fronts are succeeding in the...
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Scientists have discovered that fungi which harbors melanin may be able to thrive ionic radiation and thus convert radioactivity into biomass. Aside from the potential in environmental clean-up,...
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Dubbed as the Micro'be' project, researchers have explored the use of a fabric made by microorganisms. The cellulosic material is produced by the Acetobacter bacterium with red wine as...
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Earlier this week, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007, which would loosen the restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research in the US, passed in the US Senate. Under the existing...
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A study published this week at Nature Biotechnology takes a closer look at the current state of biotechnology in India. This study focuses on the private sector firms at the heart of innovation...
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Dental enamels have now been grown from culture cells. Thanks to a research team from the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo (Japan) which reported a new technique for culturing...
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Previously connected to reproductive problems, a common chemical called phthalates is now being linked to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in adult males, according to a new research finding...
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A Stanford University School of Medicine study have for the first time been able to identify evidence that a fruit fly's immune response can adapt to (or retain memory of) an earlier infection....
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Cell phone use is banned in air flights, banks, hospitals and other facilities where electronic interference would pose a problem. However, dispelling old notion, cellular phones are safe to use in...
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"Yellow Grease" or waste cooking oil (from restaurant deep fryers) can become a source of inexpensive raw material for the production of biosurfactants that can be used to make therapeutic...
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In a policy paper published in PLoS Medicine, Loane Skene, Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia, discusses whether it is ethical for scientists to conduct or benefit from...
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In collaboration with Digital Cyclone, Inc. (a Minnesota-based subsidiary of Garmin, Ltd.), Mayo Clinic is launching a software application that delivers an array of health information and tools...
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Canadian scientists have announced the completion of the first draft of the human metabolome, the chemical equivalent of the human genome, as published in the latest issue of Nucleic Acid Research...
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Doctors at the of the New York Downtown Hospital are planning the first womb transplant in the United States. "I think we're ready," Del Priore said. "There is always more you...
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Happy New Year, everyone! Apologies for my sporadic postings last month, but I have been travelling in Asia, and Internet Connections have been tricky following the earthquake in Taiwan after...
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