Nanoparticles developed at UMass Medical School advance potential clinical application for photodynamic therapy for cancer An international group of scientists led by Gang Han, PhD, has comb... Read more
DARPA’s Revolutionizing Prosthetics program delivers on goal of providing advanced prosthetic upper limb with near-natural control mechanisms to amputees DARPA launched the Revolutionizing P... Read more
The generic drug gabapentin, which is already widely prescribed for epilepsy and some kinds of pain, appears to be safe and effective in the treatment of alcohol dependence. The finding come... Read more
The experimental cancer drug ibrutinib has wowed in clinical trials, beating deadly blood cancers without the painful side effects of currently approved therapies. And it has raced through d... Read more
In addition to a potentially effective treatment for humans with HIV, the combination also shows potential to treat cats with leukemia. A University of Minnesota research team featuring rese... Read more
High doses of statins prevent dementia in older people, according to research presented at the ESC Congress today by Dr Tin-Tse Lin from Taiwan. The study of nearly 58,000 patients found tha... Read more
OsteoFab is the coolest 3-D printed material you’d never want to use. Invented by plastics research firm Oxford Performance Materials (OPM), this first-of-its-kind polyketone can be used by... Read more
The system is designed to treat near blindness caused by retinitis pigmentosa While the word prosthesis usually evokes images of artificial legs, arms, and these days even sophisticated thou... Read more
iRobot has announced that its RP-VITA autonomous remote presence robot, co-developed by InTouch Health, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in hos... Read more
Portable artificial pancreas A University of Virginia-developed artificial pancreas that could potentially automate care for millions of Type 1 diabetes patients has received U.S. Food and D... Read more
Cellceutix believes it has found the Holy Grail in cancer research . . . a compound that activates a tumor suppressor protein known as p53, long regarded as possibly holding the key t... Read more
One of the holy grails of surgery is to “get in and get out” with minimal blood loss. This is especially difficult to do in the case of vascular surgery, which often requires re-anastomosing... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Some studies have suggested that the BPA may have a range of adverse health effects Just as cooking helps people digest food, pretreating polycarbonate plastic — so... Read more