National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) investigators conclude that the 20 percent reduction in lung cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) versus chest X-ray (CXR) screening is achievable at experienced screening centers in the United States.
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Whether they are made of textiles, ceramic, synthetics or metals; whether they are massive workpieces, delicate structures with surface coating or active devices – implants are used for more and more medical issues.
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24/05/2013 - National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) investigators conclude that the 20 percent reduction in lung cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) versus chest X-ray (CXR) screening is achievable at experienced screening centers in the United States.
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23/05/2013 - Injectable nanoparticles developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar levels and inject themselves with insulin.
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21/05/2013 - The allure of personalized medicine has made new, more efficient ways of sequencing genes a top research priority. One promising technique involves reading DNA bases using changes in electrical current as they are threaded through a nanoscopic hole.
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17/05/2013 - A class of water-loving, jelly-like materials with a lot of different applications could be tapped for a new line of serious work: testing the biological effects of nanoparticles now being eyed for a large variety of uses.
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16/05/2013 - Research at the University of Pittsburgh demonstrates that nanometer-scale alloys possess the ability to emit light so bright they could have potential applications in medicine.
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15/05/2013 - Researchers at the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center have developed a new 3-D technology that for the first time allows cardiologists the ability to see the precise source of atrial fibrillation in the heart – a breakthrough for a condition that affects nearly three million Americans.
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08/05/2013 - Scientists at Princeton University used off-the-shelf printing tools to create a functional ear that can "hear" radio frequencies far beyond the range of normal human capability.
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03/05/2013 - A team of bioengineers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is the first to report creating artificial heart tissue that closely mimics the functions of natural heart tissue through the use of human-based materials.
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02/05/2013 - Microfluidic devices are allowing microelectronic engineers to shrink laboratories to the size of a computer chip. By ferrying reagents through a series of microscopic channels and reservoirs carved into a flat plate, researchers can develop new chemical reactions or monitor the cellular effects of drugs on a much smaller scale, potentially saving time and money.
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24/04/2013 - Stem cells can be coaxed to grow into new bone or new cartilage better and faster when given the right molecular cues and room inside a water-loving gel, researchers at Case Western Reserve University show. The material promises to guide formation of complex tissues.
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22/05/2013 - Obese patients who received robotic kidney transplants had fewer wound complications than patients who received traditional “open” transplant surgery, according to surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System.
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30/04/2013 - Researchers have found a way to see synthetic nanostructures and molecules using a new type of super-resolution optical microscopy that does not require fluorescent dyes, representing a practical tool for biomedical and nanotechnology research.
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25/04/2013 - Physicians at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center have become the first in Virginia to successfully implant a telescope in a patient's eye to treat macular degeneration – the leading cause of blindness in older Americans.
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23/04/2013 - The future of health care could be found in a tiny, paper-thin skin patch that collects vital information. The Bio-patch sensor developed by researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology is inexpensive, versatile and, best of all, comfortable to wear.
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14/05/2013 - From microscopes to MRI scanners, imaging technology is growing ever more vital in the world's hospitals, whether for the diagnosis of illness or for research into new cures. Imaging technology requires dyes or contrast agents of some sort. Now, Danish chemists have discovered a new dye and proved its worth against any of the dyes currently available.
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10/05/2013 - A team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST has developed in vivo silicon-based flexible large scale integrated circuits (LSI) for bio-medical wireless communication.
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07/05/2013 - For the first time, researchers from institutions around the United States have conducted an identical series of toxicology tests evaluating lung-related health impacts associated with widely used engineered nanomaterials (ENMs).
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19/04/2013 - Using a miniature electronic device implanted in the brain, scientists have tapped into the internal reward system of mice, prodding neurons to release dopamine, a chemical associated with pleasure.
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14/11/2012 - European Sensors Systems S.A. (ESS) an affiliated company of THEON Sensors S.A. (THEON), announces the launch of ESCP2-002, a MEMS based capacitive barometric pressure sensor with world class resolution, which is the latest addition to the existing range of ESS’/THEON’s absolute pressure sensors.
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13/11/2012 - Since 2010, Patrick Soon Shiong, the LA Business Journal, and Nantworks co-sponsor an award created to “honor and acknowledge the people and organizations that stretch the boundaries and have proven to be leaders in innovation”.
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12/11/2012 - Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics’ Healthcare Markets Business Unit, a leading supplier of high-performance products for the most demanding medical applications, will launch its new silicone tubing solution, Compass Technology, to the European market at COMPAMED 2012, November 14-16, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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12/11/2012 - After more than six years of development, EPflex Feinwerktechnik GmbH obtained in October 2012 the first CE certification world-wide for an MR safe guide wire.
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12/11/2012 - Limiting the propagation of bacteria and other microbes in hospitals is essential for patient wellbeing. The manufacturers of medical devices must design their systems so as to be perfectly sterilisable.
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12/11/2012 - European Sensors Systems S.A. (ESS) an affiliated company of THEON Sensors S.A. (THEON), announces the launch of ESS112, a full custom mixed-signal capacitive sensor signal conditioning IC.
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11/11/2012 - For more than ten years, SED, a French ISO 13485 compliant company, has developed expertise in manual LASER micro-welding. SED provides LASER welding joining made inside or outside ISO7 Clean Room.
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07/11/2012 - The new OKW general catalogue, which has just been published, differs significantly from previous issues. The content-related appearance has been completely redesigned. Product selection has been placed in the foreground. The information content has been increased by a large number of function and application-oriented product photos.
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06/11/2012 - Spectrum Technologies were the deserving winners of two awards at the South Wales Business Awards 2012, announced at the ceremony last Friday evening, 21 September.
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