News tagged with artificial kidney
Novel artificial pancreas successfully controls blood sugar more than 24 hours
An artificial pancreas system that closely mimics the body's blood sugar control mechanism was able to maintain near-normal glucose levels without causing hypoglycemia in a small group of patients. The system, combining ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Hello wearable kidney, goodbye dialysis machine
Researchers are developing a Wearable Artificial Kidney for dialysis patients, reports an upcoming paper in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). "Our vision of a technological breakthrough ...
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Aug 20, 2009 |
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Unique garden experiment changes understanding of behavioral mechanisms
A unique experiment carried out in a Leicester garden, and concurrently in a garden in Italy, has yielded surprising results that has changed scientific knowledge and is published in one of the world's foremost science journals.
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Researchers uncover secrets of 'miracle fruit'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Though not very well known in the United States, at least until the past few years, the miracle fruit is a cranberry like fruit that has the unique property of being able to make acidic or ...
Sep 27, 2011 |
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DNA cages 'can survive inside living cells'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Oxford University have shown for the first time that molecular cages made from DNA can enter and survive inside living cells.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 04, 2011 |
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Diabetics get blood vessels made from donor cells
Three dialysis patients have received the world's first blood vessels grown in a lab from donated skin cells. It's a key step toward creating a supply of ready-to-use arteries and veins that could be used ...
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Jun 27, 2011 |
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Cancer drug shows promise for treating scleroderma
A drug approved to treat certain types of cancer has shown promising results in the treatment of patients with scleroderma, according to results from an open-label Phase II trial. While the drug's efficacy must be demonstrated ...
Mar 28, 2011 |
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The Medical Minute: What is an abdominal aortic aneurysm?
There are approximately 200,000 people each year found to have an abdominal aortic aneurysm and about 32,000 are repaired electively each year.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Shedding light on the elegant mechanisms that control the push and shove of cells in living organisms
The many amazing photomicrographs on display at the entrance to the Electron Microscope Laboratory in the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) were all taken by laboratory leader Shigenobu Yonemura ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Cadmium, lead found in drinking glasses
(AP) -- Drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and the Tin Man from "The Wizard of Oz" exceed federal limits for lead in children's products by up to 1,000 ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Benefits of more frequent dialysis shown in new study
(PhysOrg.com) -- More frequent dialysis — six times a week versus the conventional three times a week — results in improved heart structure and self-reported physical health for patients with kidney failure, according ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Major component in turmeric enhance effect of chemotherapy drug in head and neck cancer
Curcumin, the major component in the spice turmeric, when combined with the drug Cisplatin enhances the chemotherapy's suppression of head and neck cancer cell growth, researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center have found.
Oct 19, 2010 |
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