http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. On April 18th JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) will publish a new video article by Dr. Paul A Iaizzo demonstrating the anatomical reconstruction of an active human heart. The research uses contrast-computed tomography (CT) to allow in-depth 3-D computer modeling of hearts that can be used for prolonged archiving. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-scientists-scan-human-heart-digital.html Medical research Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:51:41 EST news285497494 With a desire to inhibit metastasis, Cornell biomedical engineers have found the natural switch between the body's inflammatory response and how malignant breast cancer cells use the bloodstream to spread. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-bioengineers-natural-breast-cancer-cells.html Cancer Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:29:53 EST news278184587 Building a tunnel made up of both hard and soft materials to guide the reconnection of severed nerve endings may be the first step toward helping patients who have suffered extensive nerve trauma regain feeling and movement, according to a team of biomedical engineers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-hybrid-tunnel-severed-nerves-health.html Medical research Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:40:01 EST news274972448 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with colleagues in the Department of Neurology at St Vincent's University Hospital and University College Dublin have recently reported new insights into cognitive changes in multiple sclerosis, using newly developed signal processing methods. The findings have been recently published in the international journal PlosOne. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-insight-cognitive-multiple-sclerosis.html Neuroscience Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:00:01 EST news269081075 (Medical Xpress) -- An Auburn University team of chemical and biomedical engineers led by Mark Byrne, the Daniel F. and Josephine Breeden Associate Professor in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, has developed a new method to deliver eye medication by wearing contact lenses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-smart-contact-lenses-eye.html Medical research Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:54:42 EST news240051266 Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins have developed a new liquid material that in early experiments in rats and humans shows promise in restoring damaged soft tissue relatively safely and durably. The material, a composite of biological and synthetic molecules, is injected under the skin, then "set" using light to form a more solid structure, like using cold to set gelatin in a mold. The researchers say the product one day could be used to reconstruct soldier's faces marred by blast injuries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-composite-material-soft-tissue.html Medical research Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:50:01 EST news231427179