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Engineering tissue to rebuild damaged bones and organs
From the chimera in Greek mythology to the sphinx in ancient Egypt, humans have imagined making creatures from pieces of different organisms for millennia.
Medical research
May 15, 2013 |
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Engineers use short ultrasound pulses to reach neurons through blood-brain barrier
Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a new technique to reach neurons through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and deliver drugs safely and noninvasively. Up until now, scientists have thought that long ultrasound ...
Medical research
Sep 19, 2011 |
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First Ebola-like virus native to Europe discovered
A team of international researchers has discovered a new Ebola-like virus – Lloviu virus -- in bats from northern Spain. Lloviu virus is the first known filovirus native to Europe, they report in a study published in ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Shedding new light on infant brain development
(Medical Xpress)—A new study by Columbia Engineering researchers finds that the infant brain does not control its blood flow in the same way as the adult brain. The paper, which the scientists say could ...
Neuroscience
Feb 18, 2013 |
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Does the La Nina weather pattern lead to flu pandemics?
Worldwide pandemics of influenza caused widespread death and illness in 1918, 1957, 1968 and 2009. A new study examining weather patterns around the time of these pandemics finds that each of them was preceded by La Niña ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 16, 2012 |
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A new approach to treating type I diabetes? Gut cells transformed into insulin factories
A study by Columbia researchers suggests that cells in the patient's intestine could be coaxed into making insulin, circumventing the need for a stem cell transplant. Until now, stem cell transplants have been seen by many ...
Genetics
Mar 11, 2012 |
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Designing interlocking building blocks to create complex tissues: More precise design of tissue architecture
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a new "plug-and-play" method to assemble complex cell microenvironments that is a scalable, highly precise way to fabricate tissues with ...
Medical research
Mar 12, 2013 |
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Innovative hand-held lab-on-a-chip could streamline blood testing
Samuel K. Sia, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has developed an innovative strategy for an integrated microfluidic-based diagnostic device—in effect, a lab-on-a-chip—that can ...
Other
Jul 31, 2011 |
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Researchers find that alcohol consumption damages brain's support cells
Alcohol consumption affects the brain in multiple ways, ranging from acute changes in behavior to permanent molecular and functional alterations. The general consensus is that in the brain, alcohol targets mainly neurons. ...
Neuroscience
Mar 18, 2013 |
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New computational model can predict breast cancer survival
Columbia Engineering researchers, led by Dimitris Anastassiou, Charles Batchelor Professor in Electrical Engineering and member of the Columbia Initiative in Systems Biology, have developed a new computational model that ...
Cancer
Apr 17, 2013 |
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Does Borna disease virus cause mental illness? New study may end two decades of suspicion
Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have linked Borna disease virus (BDV) with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder and dementia. Genetic fragments and antibodies to this RNA virus, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Study finds lack of education widens gap in life expectancy
(Medical Xpress)—The MacArthur Research Network on Aging, chaired by Dr. John W. Rowe, has published its latest research showing a widening gap in life expectancy between Americans with higher education ...
Health
Sep 25, 2012 |
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Medical center identifies role of neuron creation in anxiety disorders
(Medical Xpress)—People with anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often have impaired pattern separation—the process by which similar experiences are transformed into distinct ...
Medical research
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Understanding the chemical mechanism behind antidepressants
(Medical Xpress)—Millions of Americans take antidepressants such as Prozac, Effexor, and Paxil, but the explanations for how they work never satisfied René Hen, a professor of psychiatry, neuroscience ...
Neuroscience
Sep 21, 2012 |
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Key to good health? A proper diet for the brain
(Medical Xpress) -- When a psychiatrist sets out to write a diet book, he doesn’t have a slimmer waistline in mind. Drew Ramsey, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and coauthor of The Happiness Diet (Rodale, ...
Health
Mar 23, 2012 |
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