Rare Sumatran rhinoceros, captured on Borneo, dies
A rare Sumatran rhinoceros has died just a month after being captured by Indonesian conservation experts on Borneo, where only of a few of the animals survive.
Ecology
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Pioneering research using honey exploits potential to save lives by destroying harmful fungus
The healing powers of honey have been known for thousands of years. Now a graduate from The University of Manchester has discovered a powerful link between a medicinal type of honey and the destruction of a fungus that can ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 5, 2016
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Colour-changing burns dressing will help fight against antibiotic resistance
A 'smart' medical dressing, developed by our scientists, that changes colour when it detects infection will improve treatments for burns patients and help combat the global problem of antibiotic resistance by reducing the ...
Materials Science
Nov 16, 2015
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Bacteria and bacteriophages collude in the formation of clinically frustrating biofilms
Scientists know a lot about bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria. Medical practitioners likewise understand the clinical dangers of biofilms: slimy, antibiotic-defying aggregates of bacteria and organic substances ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 12, 2015
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What is life really like after fighting a war?
What's life really like for soldiers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, D.C.? A new book by Rice anthropologist Zoë Wool takes an in-depth look at what life is like after the fighting ends.
Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2015
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UT Arlington, UW partner to design bioengineered REHEAL Glove to heal extremity trauma
UT Arlington and University of Washington researchers are developing a healing glove that delivers needed medicine to an injured hand and speeds up healing so that rehabilitation can start sooner.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 8, 2015
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Smart dressings speed healing of chronic wounds
Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology are developing innovative nanofibre meshes that might draw bacteria out of wounds and speed up the healing process.
Materials Science
Aug 21, 2015
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Elephant skin graft gives mutilated rhino second chance
A rhinoceros in South Africa that was mutilated by poachers for its horn is getting a chance to recover after receiving a skin graft from an elephant, a veterinarian told AFP Saturday.
Ecology
Aug 15, 2015
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Nanotech wound healing in diabetes
People with diabetes mellitus often suffer from impaired wound healing. Now, scientists in Egypt have developed antibacterial nanofibres of cellulose acetate loaded with silver that could be used in a new type of dressing ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 11, 2015
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Peppermint oil and cinnamon could help treat and heal chronic wounds
Infectious colonies of bacteria called biofilms that develop on chronic wounds and medical devices can cause serious health problems and are tough to treat. But now scientists have found a way to package antimicrobial compounds ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 8, 2015
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