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Small wireless device to improve cancer treatment
USA - Engineers are developing a tiny wireless device – the size of a rice grain – to be implanted in tumours to indicate the precise radiation dose received and to locate the Read more …
Measuring oxygen uptake
USA - A satellite symposium will be provided at the 53rd ACSM Annual meeting in Denver, Colorado (30 May) by VIASYS Healthcare Inc. and the American College of Sports & Read more …
GGT level proves a strong risk factor for cardiovascular disease
A connection has been discovered between raised levels of the liver enzyme Gamma-Glutamyl-Transferase (GGT) and the probability of death from diseases of the cardiovascular system Read more …
Advancing individualised therapies
The decoding of the genome has made it possible for molecular biology specialists to detect predispositions for illnesses and treat them accordingly. Read more …
Bird flu vaccine production to be based in CR
Czech Republic - The US firm Baxter International Inc. is to establish a production facility to produce a quite unique vaccine in CR. First discussed in December 2005, the plan Read more …
Paediatrician is European of the Year
Russia - Leonid Roshal, 71, paediatrician and head of the Moscow Scientific Research Institute for Emergency Children’s Surgery and Traumatology, has received the Reader’s Digest Read more …
Right light lifts fatigue and concentration
Melatonin hormone controls the circadian rhythm. In periods of darkness, melatonin reduces cardiovascular activity and induces fatigue. Morning light inhibits melatonin secretion Read more …
Electroporation
The function of cell membrane is to maintain the stability of a cell’s interior by regulating the amounts and types of molecules entering or leaving the cell.
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New cancer risk gene found
Carrying a mutated BRIP1 gene doubles the risk of breast cancer – by aged 70 these women’s risk rises from 1-in-12 to 1-in-6.
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Progress
Scientific meetings held since 1998 at Alpbach, Germany, have attracted the sponsorship of leading associations and companies such as the Philip Morris External Research Read more …
Solution revolution for bleeding control
A new biodegradable solution has stopped bleeding in animals’ wounds within seconds, according to a report in the journal Nanomedicine.
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Appendicitis complicated by chickenpox
Surgeons Sergey V Stonogin, specialist in infectious cases, Eugeny V Dvorovenko, Head of Emergency Surgery, and Vladimir A Chaplin, endoscopy specialist - report on results from Read more …
European initiative „TREAT-NMD“ launched to aid neuromuscular disease patients
TREAT-NMD (Transnational Research in Europe – Assessment and Treatment of Neuromuscular Diseases) is a European Union funded Network of Excellence launched on January 1st 2007 Read more …
No Link between cell phone use and increased cancer risk
According to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute the widespread concerns of cell phone users about an increased cancer risk are Read more …
Molecular diagnostics
Human genetic testing centre gains international quality accreditation.
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Synchronising drug and gene therapies
Cancer can be tackled with a combination of drug and genetic therapies, so that the effectiveness of individual treatments are enhanced.
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The advent of personalised therapies
12 distinguished researchers and industry representatives presented the latest molecular medicine research at the Molecular Medicine – from Diagnostics to Therapy symposium – one Read more …
Fracture risk prediction osteoporosis patients
Simple clinical measurements raise hope of targeted treatments for those at highest risk. The future risk of osteoporotic fracture can be predicted with 75% accuracy using a new Read more …
The ERS 2006 COPD research awards
Belgium and United Kingdom – Two researchers, Dr Charles Pilette, currently at the Pneumology Department, University Hospital of Louvain, St-Luc, Belgium, and Dr William Man, who Read more …
The Eisenherz project
Tobias Schaeffter PhD, Principal Scientist, Philips Research Laboratories, Hamburg, Arne Hengerer PhD, Director molecular MR, Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, and Andreas Read more …