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Prosthetic Fingers That Grab Gracefully

(http://www.nytimes.com) - scanned by: il pinolo over 3 years ago

ProDigits can replace any or all fingers on a hand; each replacement digit has a tiny motor and gear box mounted at the base. Movement is controlled by a computer chip in the prosthesis. The individual, motorized fingers are a new and promising de... More>>>

Type: Product | Also: Technology, Health & Medicine |

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Replacement Bones, Grown to Order in the Lab

(http://www.nytimes.com) - scanned by: il pinolo over 3 years ago

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, a professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, has solved one of many problems on the way to successful bone implants: how to grow new bones in the anatomical shape of the original. More>>>

Type: Discovery | Also: Health & Medicine |

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Fake blood 2.0?

(http://www.the-scientist.com) - scanned by: Bora over 3 years ago

Newly created synthetic particles that mimic red blood cells may one day carry drug molecules and/or oxygen through bloodstreams, according to researchers writing in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). More>>>

Type: Discovery | Also: Health & Medicine, Science |

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Cognitive dysfunction reversed in mouse model o...

(http://www.sciencedaily.com) - scanned by: Jeff Hilford over 3 years ago

findings from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital shed light on the neural basis of memory defects in Down syndrome and suggest a new strategy for treating the defects with medication. More>>>

Type: Discovery | Also: Social Issues, Health & Medicine |

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Binaural Beats Brainwave Entrainment

(http://www.superior-mind.com) - scanned by: alyselden over 3 years ago

Binaural beats can be used to entrain your brainwaves to change your state of mind on command. The process uses a well established scientific principle called the frequency following response to cause your current brain waves to change to your des... More>>>

Type: Resource | Also: Psychology |

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A pill for longer life?

(http://www.nature.com) - scanned by: Bora over 3 years ago

Rapamycin, a drug commonly used in humans to prevent transplanted organs from being rejected, has been found to extend the lives of mice by up to 14% — even when given to the mice late in life. More>>>

Type: Discovery | Also: Health & Medicine, Science, Aging |

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Never Say Die

(http://www.forbes.com) - scanned by: Jeff Hilford over 4 years ago

Harvard Medical School longevity researcher David Sinclair thinks pharmaceutical science is on the brink of a new generation of supermedicines that will prolong the human life span. More>>>

Type: Forecast | Also: Health & Medicine, Aging |

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Healing the Heart with Bone-Marrow Cells

(http://www.technologyreview.com) - scanned by: Bora over 4 years ago

Injecting the hearts of angina sufferers with cells extracted from their own bone marrow can reverse the condition and relieve its symptoms, a new study suggests. More>>>

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Sending Genes into the Brain

(http://www.technologyreview.com) - scanned by: Bora over 4 years ago

More-invasive therapies show promise for treating Parkinson's. More>>>

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Tiny Implants for Treating Chronic Pain

(http://www.technologyreview.com) - scanned by: Bora over 4 years ago

A tiny injectable implant, smaller than a grain of rice, might one day take the place of large neural stimulators used to treat chronic pain and other neurological disorders. More>>>

Type: Prototype | Also: Gadgets, Health & Medicine |

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Gene Transfer Offers HIV Hope

(http://www.technologyreview.com) - scanned by: Bora over 4 years ago

A new approach protects monkeys from a virus that closely resembles HIV. More>>>

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Stem Cell Research Made Safer with Latest Disco...

(http://www.physorg.com) - scanned by: Jeff Hilford over 4 years ago

The discovery could have a significant impact on the future use of stem cells in regenerative medicine More>>>

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