New disinfection technique could revolutionize hospital room cleaning
A Queen's University infectious disease expert has collaborated in the development of a disinfection system that may change the way hospital rooms all over the world are cleaned as well as stop bed bug outbreaks in hotels ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Researchers develop oxygen-generating biomaterial
Scientists at the Diabetes Research Institute have developed a revolutionary technique to provide critical oxygen for maintaining the survival of insulin-producing cells. This is the first time that scientists have been able ...
Medical research
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Researchers shrink tumors, minimize side effects using tumor-homing peptide to deliver treatment
The trouble with most anti-cancer therapies is that they are lethal to most cells in the body, not just cancer cells. As a result, patients experience side effects like nausea, increased susceptibility to ...
Cancer
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Chew gum, lose weight
Most people understand that serious weight loss requires changing attitudes toward what they eat and how often they exercise. But, what if the process could be aided by simply chewing a stick of gum after meals? That's the ...
Medical research
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Researchers invent new drug delivery device to treat diabetes-related vision loss
A team of engineers and scientists at the University of British Columbia has developed a device that can be implanted behind the eye for controlled and on-demand release of drugs to treat retinal damage caused ...
Medical research
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Closer to a cure for eczema
Scientists have found that a strain of yeast implicated in inflammatory skin conditions, including eczema, can be killed by certain peptides and could potentially provide a new treatment for these debilitating skin conditions. ...
Medical research
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Midwives use rituals to send message that women's bodies know best
In reaction to what midwives view as the overly medicalized way hospitals deliver babies, they have created birthing rituals to send the message that women's bodies know best.
Health
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Successful human tests for first wirelessly controlled drug-delivery chip
About 15 years ago, MIT professors Robert Langer and Michael Cima had the idea to develop a programmable, wirelessly controlled microchip that would deliver drugs after implantation in a patient's body. This ...
Medical research
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Oral breast cancer vaccine may offer new prevention tool
(Medical Xpress)—A new oral vaccine that produces a novel two-pronged immune system attack on cancer cells could be effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence, according to findings from a collaborative ...
Cancer
Jan 18, 2013 |
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Smoking ban in Scotland linked to dramatic fall in preterm deliveries
The introduction of national, comprehensive smoke-free legislation in Scotland is linked with significant falls in preterm delivery and small for dates (gestational age) infants according to a study led by Jill Pell from ...
Health
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Conglomeration of perinatal and neonatal conditions increase risk of autism
(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in Pediatrics, researchers reveal that in addition to possible genetic vulnerability and environmental factors, certain perinatal and neonatal conditions show as increased risk i ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Getting (drugs) under your skin
Using ultrasound waves, MIT engineers have found a way to enhance the permeability of skin to drugs, making transdermal drug delivery more efficient. This technology could pave the way for noninvasive drug ...
Medical research
Sep 14, 2012 |
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Newly discovered molecule could deliver drugs to treat diseases
(Medical Xpress)—Kansas State University researchers have discovered a molecule that may be capable of delivering drugs inside the body to treat diseases.
Medical research
Sep 24, 2012 |
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Researchers discover plant derivative
Researchers at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have discovered that tanshinones, which come from the plant Danshen and are highly valued in Chinese traditional medicine, protect against the life-threatening condition ...
Medications
Nov 15, 2012 |
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Man's best friend: Common canine virus may lead to new vaccines for deadly human diseases
Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that a virus commonly found in dogs may serve as the foundation for the next great breakthrough in human vaccine development.
Medical research
Nov 27, 2012 |
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