http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from American Technion Society Researchers led by biomedical engineering Professor Shy Shoham of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are testing the power of holography to artificially stimulate cells in the eye, with hopes of developing a new strategy for bionic vision restoration. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-reseachers-holographic-technique-bionic-vision.html Medical research Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:31:58 EST news281111495 Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology say cells from the amniotic membrane part of the placenta normally discarded after a woman gives birth could one day be a source for human eggs. The first-of-its-kind discovery was published online last month in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology (2012, 10:108). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-amniotic-sac-membrane-source-human.html Medical research Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:26:57 EST news277115209 (Medical Xpress)—People who suffer from breathing disorders such as sleep apnea are usually at higher risk for cardiovascular disease. But an intriguing new study from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology scientists suggests that some heart attack patients with these conditions may actually benefit from mild to moderate sleep-disordered breathing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-apnea-unusual-heart-patients.html Sleep apnea Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:48:48 EST news276421707 (Medical Xpress)—Using tissue from pigs, scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have created a "scaffold" that preserves the infrastructure of natural blood vessels and supports human stem cells. The result a rebuilt heart that could be used as a post-heart attack implant. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-pig-tissue-scaffolding-hearts-rebuilt.html Medical research Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:10:01 EST news272012034 Technion researchers have built pancreatic tissue with insulin-secreting cells, surrounded by a three-dimensional network of blood vessels. The engineered tissue could pave the way for improved tissue transplants to treat diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-pancreatic-tissues-transplants-diabetics.html Diabetes Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:04:42 EST news264239032 Because there is currently no laboratory test that can diagnose Parkinson's disease, it is practically impossible to detect those individuals who are in the earliest stages of the disease. As a result, Parkinson's disease can only be diagnosed by a clinical neurological examination based on findings suggestive of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-id-cluster-genes-blood-parkinson.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:29:30 EST news258103741