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Study achieves reduced side effects in head and neck cancer treatment

Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have applied advanced radiation techniques for head and neck cancer to avoid treating critical structures that affect swallowing and eating. A new study ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinical trials of spray-on skin to start in US

(PhysOrg.com) -- Clinical trials comparing a spray-on skin product with skin grafts will start in the US in December. The trials, which are partly funded by a US army grant of $1.4 million, will last about a year and will ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 weblog




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New plaster enhances wound healing

(Phys.org) -- Swiss researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a plaster that accelerates wound healing and is easily removed from the wound at any time. Burn victims in particular may profit from this invention ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Healthcare for the US Navy's animal warriors could help people stay healthier

Military patrol dogs with your keen sense of smell, step aside. The U.S. Navy has enlisted the biological sonar and other abilities of bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions to protect harbors from enemy swimmers, detect ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Handheld probe shows promise for oral cancer detection

A team of American researchers have created a portable, miniature microscope in the hope of reducing the time taken to diagnose oral cancer.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Inspired by insects: For treatment of vocal fold disorders, researchers look to insect protein

A one-inch long grasshopper can leap a distance of about 20 inches. Cicadas can produce sound at about the same frequency as radio waves. Fleas measuring only millimeters can jump an astonishing 100 times ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical 'lightsabers': Laser scalpels get ultrafast, ultra-accurate, and ultra-compact makeover

Whether surgeons slice with a traditional scalpel or cut away with a surgical laser, most medical operations end up removing some healthy tissue, along with the bad. This means that for delicate areas like ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists discover molecular secrets of 2,000-year-old Chinese herbal remedy

For roughly two thousand years, Chinese herbalists have treated Malaria using a root extract, commonly known as Chang Shan, from a type of hydrangea that grows in Tibet and Nepal. More recent studies suggest that halofuginone, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (28) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

Scientists use silk from the tasar silkworm as a scaffold for heart tissue

(PhysOrg.com) -- Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscle cells. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New forms of torture leave 'invisible scars', say researchers

Use of torture around the world has not diminished but the techniques used have grown more complex and sophisticated, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 81

'Open wide' for new stem cell potential: Stem cells of the oral mucosa stay young

While highly potent embryonic stem cells are often the subject of ethical and safety controversy, adult-derived stem cells have other problems. As we age, our stem cells are less pliant and less able to transform into the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

DNA construction software saves time, resources and money

DNA construction, also known as DNA cloning or recombinant DNA technology - among a host of other terms - is one of the principal tools of modern biotechnology, used for a wide variety of purposes, including ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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