News tagged with biomaterial
Gold Nanobeacons Detect Sentinel Lymph Nodes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtually every patient diagnosed with breast cancer or melanoma undergoes lymph node biopsy to determine if their cancer has begun spreading in the body. Taking this biopsy involves an invasive and uncomfortable ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 25, 2010 |
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Bone-hard biomaterial
Screws used in surgical operations are often made of titanium. They usually have to be removed after a while or replaced by new ones. A new biomaterial makes this unnecessary. It promotes bone growth and is ...
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Designer nano luggage to carry drugs to diseased cells
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in growing empty particles derived from a plant virus and have made them carry useful chemicals.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 09, 2010 |
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When roots lose contact
Plant roots can shrink as a result of water deficit and lose contact with the surrounding soil. This effect has been suspected for a long time, but has only now been demonstrated for a fact with the help of ...
Nov 30, 2009 |
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A second skin
Despite advances in treatment regimens and the best efforts of nurses and doctors, about 70% of all people with severe burns die from related infections. But a revolutionary new wound dressing developed at ...
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Researchers define barriers to successful heart cell transplants
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a novel cell injection test-bed to evaluate the barriers to transplanted cell integration with cardiac tissue. The results provide insights into the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Using magnetism to turn drugs on and off
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many medical conditions, such as chronic pain, cancer and diabetes, require medications that cannot be taken orally, but must be dosed intermittently, on an as-needed basis, over a long period ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 18, 2009 |
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New light-emitting biomaterial could improve tumor imaging, study shows
A new material developed at the University of Virginia - an oxygen nanosensor that couples a light-emitting dye with a biopolymer - simplifies the imaging of oxygen-deficient regions of tumors. Such tumors are associated ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Breakthrough research could speed up the recovery of injured athletes
(PhysOrg.com) -- A tendon can be one of the most common and frustrating injuries for an athlete - often forcing them to stay away from the sports field for up to eight weeks.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Anti-microbial catheter to cut infection risk for dialysis patients
Medical experts at The University of Nottingham have shown that an innovative anti-microbial catheter could vastly improve treatment and the quality of life for many community-based dialysis patients.
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Crab claws pack strengthening bromide-rich biomaterial
Next time you have an unlucky encounter with a crab's pinchers, consider that the claw tips may be reinforced with bromine-rich biomaterial 1.5 times harder than acrylic glass and extremely fracture resistant, says a University ...
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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