In collaboration between Kent State University, Summa Health System and IC-MedTech, an innovative liquid crystal technology has been developed. The technology offers the promise of safer, more effective drugs for the treatment of cancer and of many other diseases. Dr. ...
Skin Patch May Replace Traditional Injections
HP and Crospon have developed a skin patch which uses microneedles that barely penetrate the skin. The microneedles can replace conventional injections and deliver drugs through the skin without causing any pain. The skin patch technology also enables delivery of ...
Getting Out of the Loop of Alzheimerās Disease
Scientists from UCLA recently pinpointed a possible physical origin of Alzheimerās disease. The amyloid-beta protein has long been known to clump in the brain and be involved in the progression of the disease. The UCLA team identified a loop in ...
Exmocare Wristwatch
The U.S. Company Exmocare has developed a novel wristwatch, which is capable of monitoring many physiological signals. The watch can send a report regarding the wearerās emotional and physiological state to a loved one or caretaker, via email, SMS, or ...
Nanoparticles Vaccination Developed
Sai Reddy, PhD student from EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique FĆ©dĆ©rale de Lausunne) in Lausanne, Switzerland has won the KPMG Tomorrowās Market award for a vaccination methodology he developed along with Professor Melody Swartz and Professor Jeff Hubbell. The vaccination uses nanoparticles ...
Combination Therapy Treatment Neutralizes HIV
European researchers have discovered that they can successfully neutralize the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A study conducted by Professor Jens Lundgren and his colleagues from the EuroSIDA research group shows that a long term treatment of HIV-infected patients with the ...
Microrobots to Travel In Our Blood Vessels
Scientists from the Chonnam National University in Korea have developed a robot that is able to move inside blood vessels. The micro robot has many possible applications, such as performing tests and releasing drugs when hitting a blood clot. The ...
Microscopic āHandsā
Professor Chang-Jin Kim of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has recently invented a microscopic āhandā. Thanks to its tiny 1-millimeter size, the microhand is capable of handling microscopic objects, making it a potentially invaluable tool ...
Bacteria Suicide Mechanism Might Lead to New Drugs
Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered a new bacterial communication factor that is associated with bacteriaās death. The intestinal bacteria E. coli activate a āsuicideā system in response to stressful conditions and to the density of their population. ...
Cell Death Discovery to Help Spinal Cord Injuries
Researchers from the Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany in collaboration with researchers from the Aarhus University in Denmark have found a receptor responsible for inducing neuronal cell death caused by spinal cord injuries, strokes and aging. ...