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Stem Cells News

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Non-viral reprogramming. . "We are moving toward clinically applicable regenerative medicine."
Michael Longaker MD, Professor of Surgery from Stanford University, has said: "This technique is not only safer, it's relatively simple ..." "It will be a relatively straightforward process for labs around the world to begin using this technique." "We are moving toward clinically.....
Specialized stem cells. "... two proteins appear to act together in ovarian cancer tissue cells to produce more advanced tumors."
Yingqun Huang MD, Assistant Professor from the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology ; Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine, has said: "We found that stopping the expression of two genes--Lin28 and Oct4--reduces ovarian cancer cell growth and survival ...". "This recurrence and drug resistance.....
Neurons. Embryonic stem cells. "Transplanted neurons grown from embryonic stem cells can fully integrate into the brains of young animals ..."
James Weimann PhD, from Stanford Medical School, has said: "These stem cell-derived neurons can grow nerve fibers between the brain's cerebral cortex and the spinal cord, so this study confirms the use of stem cells for therapeutic goals ..." More from a Release dated January 19, sourced from Society.....

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Nuclear pore complexes. "... nucleoporins, are also present in the nuclear interior and bind to certain genes, which puts them in a new class of gene regulators."
Martin Hetzer PhD, Hearst Endowment Associate Professor from Salk Institute's Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory has said: "Nuclear pores are not only transport channels but play a role in the organization of the genome and a very direct role in gene expression ..." "NPC components, called nucleoporins,.....
Epigenetic memory. "... direct perturbation of the Smad signaling pathway ..."
Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have indicated that "... the TGF;#946;-Smad signaling pathway, which is over activated in late-stage cancers, is responsible for the "epigenetic memory" that maintains unique patterns of regulatory DNA hypermethylation causing silencing of critical.....
Cell of origin. "... functionally distinguish between stem cells that make the entire mammary tissue and other progenitor cells ..."
Charlotte Kuperwasser PhD Associate Professor from the Anatomy and Cellular Biology Department at Tufts University School of Medicine, has said: "It wasn't clear that breast tissues did in fact contain functionally distinct progenitor cells." "Our findings, however, show that luminal-like breast cancer.....

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Acute lung injury.
Professor Rick Wetsel PhD, from the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, has indicated ... "that an experimental treatment involving transplantable lung cells was associated with improved outcomes in tests on mice with acute lung.....
CNS stem cells. Direct isolation. "... sorted/expanded hCNS-SC showed potent engraftment, proliferation, migration, and neural differentiation."
"Stem cells, which are clonogenic cells with self-renewal and multilineage differentiation properties, have the potential to replace or repair damaged tissue."1 Researchers from StemCells Inc, Sunnyvale, California; Laboratory of Genetics, the Salk Institute, La Jolla, California; and Departments of Pathology.....
Muscular dystrophy, fibrosis treatment. "... new type of fibro/adipogenic progenitors, or FAPs, that generate fatty fibrous tissues when transplanted into damaged muscles ..."
Fabio Rossi, Associate Professor from the Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Canada, has said: "These cells are typically dormant in muscle tissues ..." "Once activated by damage, they produce signals that coordinate tissue regeneration and then disappear. That's the Dr. Jekyll.....

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Gap junctions. Direct contact.
Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have indicated "... that stem cells transplanted into damaged or threatened nerve tissue quickly establish direct channels, called gap junctions, to the nerve cells. " More from a Release dated February 1, sourced from Karolinska Institutet: Stem cells rescue.....
Childhood leukemia. "... over 99 per cent of cells in the thymus were killed, but these stem cell-like cells persisted and rapidly recovered."
Researchers from the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia have reported "... cells that cause a common type of childhood leukaemia - T cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (T-ALL). Targeting of these cells may lead to improved treatments for this disease and help prevent.....
Expanded umbilical-cord blood unit. Rapid engraftment.
Colleen Delaney MD has indicated '... first use of a method to vastly expand the number of stem/progenitor cells from a unit of cord blood in the laboratory that were then infused into patients resulting in successful and rapid engraftment.' More from a Release dated January 17, sourced from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research.....

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Stem cell regulation. '... regulates both stem cell maintenance and simultaneously supports rapid tissue regeneration.'
Linheng Li PhD, from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, in Kansas City, Kansas; and Hans Clevers MD PhD, from the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht, Netherlands; have indicated ... 'a model of mammalian adult stem cell regulation that may explain how the coexistence of two disparate stem cell states regulates both stem.....
Reporter stem cell line. "... used to measure endothelial cell production ..."
Daylon James PhD, from Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, has indicated '... a human embryonic stem cell (hESC) "reporter" line that can be used to measure endothelial cell production and activity.' More from a Release dated January 21, sourced from New York Stem Cell Foundation: NYSCF Fellow lead author on.....
Cryopreservation. Embryonic stem cells. "During cryopreservation apoptosis is induced by activation of both caspase-8 through the extrinsic pathway and caspase-9 through the intrinsic pathway."
"Human embryonic stem (hES) cells have enormous potential for clinical applications."1 "However, one major challenge is to achieve high cell recovery rate after cryopreservation." "Understanding how the conventional cryopreservation protocol fails to protect the cells is a prerequisite for.....

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Bone marrow. "... bone marrow cells to fuse with a patient tissues so that nothing transplanted is rejected ..."
Nicholas Zavazava MD PhD, from the University of Iowa, has said: "Our study shows that transplanted bone marrow cells fuse not only with bone marrow cells of the recipient, but with non-hematopoietic cells, suggesting that if we can understand the process of cell fusion better, we may be able to target certain organ.....
Differentiated cells. Induced pluripotent stem cells.
Ng Huck Hui PhD, from Genome Institute of Singapore, has indicated: "This is a very exciting moment ..." "Fundamental research in embryonic stem cells is extremely important for us to harness the full potentials of these cells, and this study provides valuable and crucial insights into the mechanism of.....
Nitric oxide. Nanog. "Exposure of mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells to high concentrations of chemical nitric oxide ..."
"Exposure of mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells to high concentrations of chemical nitric oxide (NO) donors promotes differentiation, but the mechanisms involved in this process at the gene expression level are poorly defined." Researchers from Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine.....

Nanotech News

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Nitric oxide releasing nanoparticles. "... can effectively treat experimental skin abscesses caused by antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, even without surgical drainage ..."
Joshua D Nosanchuk MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has said: "Our work shows that nitric oxide-releasing nanoparticles developed here at Einstein can effectively treat experimental skin abscesses caused by.....
Cold sores. Toenail fungus. "... nanoemulsion lotion sharply curbs bacterial growth and reduces inflammation ..."
According to a Release from University of Michigan Health System: "Uses for nanoemulsions include treatments for cold sores, now in phase 3 clinical trials, and for toenail fungus and cystic fibrosis infections ..." More from the Release dated September 14, sourced from University of Michigan Health.....

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Metallic nanoparticles. Heat resistance. "... more efficient catalysts used to produce hydrogen and render car exhaust less toxic."
Researchers from University of Pittsburgh have reported "... the first demonstration of high-temperature stability in metallic nanoparticles, the vaunted next-generation materials hampered by a vulnerability to extreme heat." More from a Release dated November 30, sourced from University of Pittsburgh: First.....
Nanoscopic magnetic islands.
According to a Release from the American Physical Society: "Minute magnetic particles, whether bonded to plastic tape or coated onto a hard disk, are the basis of modern data storage." "Information is encoded in the magnetic orientation of these nanoparticles, but particles can sometimes switch orientations.....

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Magnetic nanosensor. Nanotags.
Shan Wang, Professor of Materials Science and engineering and of Electrical Engineering from Stanford University has informed: "In the early stage [of a cancer], the protein biomarker level in blood is very, very low, so you need ultra-sensitive technology to detect it ..." "If you can detect it early, you.....
New 'adjuvant' could hold future of vaccine development
Zhengrong Cui, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceuticsfrom Oregon State University has said: "In many cases, to make progress with vaccine development we need new adjuvants ..." "The material has to be safe, and lecithin is a common food product that's already widely used in pharmaceuticals. This new form of.....

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Graphite. Magnetic behavior. "Carbon is biocompatible and the explored magnetic behaviour is therefore particularly promising for the development of biosensors."
Scientists from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands have indicated that '... a material containing only carbon atoms can be a weak ferro magnet. This opens new routes for spintronics in carbon-based materials.' More from a Release dated October 4, sourced from.....
Biosensor. "... detect extremely low concentrations of bacteria immediately, easily and reliably ..."
Professor F Xavier Rius, from the Chemometrics, Qualimetrics and Nanosensors research group in the Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Department of Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain, has informed: "We have developed a new biosensor that can detect extremely low concentrations of bacteria.....

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Magnetic delivery technique. "... small implantable device, less than ½" in diameter, that encapsulates the drug in a specially engineered membrane, embedded with nanoparticles ..."
Researchers from the Children's Hospital Boston have reported a delivery technique to release drugs into the body that combines magnetism with nanotechnology. More from a Release dated September 18, sourced from Children's Hospital Boston: Using magnetism to turn drugs on and off Many medical conditions, such as.....
Hazardous waste cleanup. "... problem is that burning something doesn't completely get rid of it ..."
Louisiana State University Professor and Patrick F Taylor Chair of Chemistry Barry Dellinger  has said: "The problem is that burning something doesn't completely get rid of it ..." "It leaves behind lots of small particles, many of which are nanoscale in size." "Environmentally-persistent free.....

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Fuel cells. "... if the particle size of a platinum catalyst is increased to four or five nanometers, which is approximately 20 atoms across, the level of degradation significantly decreases."
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have reported "... a computational model that could optimize an important component of fuel cells, making it possible for the technology to have a more widespread use. Essentially, they investigate how particle size relates to the overall stability of a material, and.....
Nanobees. "Nanobees are an effective way to package the useful, but potentially deadly, melittin ..."
Paul Schlesinger MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology from Washington University School of Medicine has said: "Melittin has been of interest to researchers because in high enough concentration it can destroy any cell it comes into contact with, making it an effective antibacterial and antifungal.....

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Strain engineering. Nanocrystals. Magnetoresistance. Superconductivity.
Scientists from  the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have indicated "... that the selective placement of strain can alter the electronic phase and its spatial arrangement in correlated electron materials. This unique class of materials is commanding much attention now because they can.....
DNA scaffolds. Circuit boards. "... scaffolds or miniature circuit boards for the precise assembly of computer-chip components."
Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and IBM's Almaden Research Center have indicated "...  a new technique to orient and position self-assembled DNA shapes and patterns--or "DNA origami"--on surfaces that are compatible with today's semiconductor manufacturing equipment. These.....

Biotech News

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Hydrogen storage. "... once the electric field is removed, hydrogen desorbs, making the process reversible with fast kinetics under ambient conditions ..."
Puru Jena PhD, from the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Physics, has said: "Using an external electric field as another variable in our search for such a material will bring a hydrogen economy closer to reality." "This is a paradigm shift in the approach to store hydrogen." "Thus.....
Algae. Quantum mechanics. "We stimulated the proteins with femtosecond laser pulses to mimic the absorption of sunlight ..."
Greg Scholes, Professor of Chemistry, from University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has said: "There's been a lot of excitement and speculation that nature may be using quantum mechanical practices ..." "Our latest experiments show that normally functioning biological systems have the capacity to.....
Biofuel directly from biomass. "... costs of recovering biodiesel are nowhere near the costs required to distill ethanol ..."
Jay Keasling, CEO U.S. Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has said: "The fact that our microbes can produce a diesel fuel directly from biomass with no additional chemical modifications is exciting and important ..." "Given that the costs of recovering biodiesel are nowhere near the costs.....

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Biochar. Cherry tomatoes. "... bioavailability of metals in cherry tomatoes, pot experiments were carried out in a temperature controlled environment and under four different treatments consisting of control soil, soil with biochar ..."
"... agronomic values of a biochar produced from wastewater sludge through pyrolysis at a temperature of 550 degrees C."1 "In order to investigate and quantify effects of wastewater sludge biochar on soil quality, growth, yield and bioavailability of metals in cherry tomatoes, pot experiments were carried.....
Biodiesel. Soybean Genome. "Perhaps the most exciting thing that we have found for the soybean community is the gene that confirms resistance to the devastating Asian Soybean Rust disease ..."
Henry Nguyen, Director of the National Center for Soybean Biotechnology at the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, has said: "The genome sequence will be a new tool for plant breeders, industrial engineers, geneticists, biochemists, technologists, nutritionists and anyone else who uses soybeans.....
Microbial biobutanol production. "... simultaneous fermentation and product removal techniques have been developed to reduce the cost of butanol recovery."
"With the incessant fluctuations in oil prices and increasing stress from environmental pollution, renewed attention is being paid to the microbial production of biofuels from renewable sources."1 "As a gasoline substitute, butanol has advantages over traditional fuel ethanol in terms of energy density and.....

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Rice. Bioethanol production. "... simultaneously produce value-added trehalose, bioethanol, and high-protein product from rice as substrate."
"Rice is a starch-rich raw material that can be used for trehalose production."1 "It can be hydrolyzed with alpha-amylase, beta-amylase, and pullulanase to produce high-maltose content of rice saccharified solution for bioconversion of maltose into trehalose by trehalose synthase (TSase)." "For.....
Methane hydrate. "... occurs in abundance on the world's continental margins and in permafrost regions, such as in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's North Slope."
Charles Paull, Senior Scientist from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California, has said: "DOE's program and programs in the national and international research community provide increasing confidence from a technical standpoint that some commercial production of methane from methane hydrate could be.....
Biodiesel blends. Fuel economy.
Gregory Shaver, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, from Purdue University, has said: "We were able to improve the fuel economy with a biodiesel blend while reducing nitrogen oxides to where they were with conventional diesel ..." "At the same time, we were able to maintain the customary.....

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Emulsion fuel. "... specialised emulsion diesel for green building and construction; and eDiesel, which targets public transport, maritime and port, and the industrial sectors."
Mr Jeremy Ng, CEO of Singapore Emulsion Fuel Pte Ltd has said: "Our team of researchers developed a breakthrough emulsion fuel that significantly lowers the diesel content within biofuels in use in the market today." "We blend diesel with water and our biodegradable patent-pending proprietary.....
Ethanol production. Carbon dioxide. "... produced from ethanol fermentation processes is of high purity and is nearly a saturated gas."
"Carbon dioxide (CO(2)) from ethanol production facilities is increasing as more ethanol is produced for alternative transportation fuels."1 Researchers from Industrial Agricultural Products Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; have presented an article titled: "Adding value to carbon.....
Glucomannan. Fermentable sugars. Fuel yields. "... higher fuel yields from crops will increase the likelihood of sustainable and economic biofuels displacing fossil fuels."
Dr Paul Dupree, who leads the Cell Wall Sugars Research Programme within the BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (United Kingdom), has explained: "We now know that it may be possible to increase glucomannan specifically in harvestable plant organs, such as stems." "This could be very beneficial for the.....

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Renewable Fuels Standard. Biomass Crop Assistance Program. "But even if you disagree on the threat posed by climate change, investing in clean energy jobs and businesses is still the right thing to do ..."
During a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors President Barack Obama '... laid out three measures that will work in concert to boost biofuels production ...' President Obama has informed: "... Now, I happen to believe that we should pass a comprehensive energy and climate bill." "It will make.....
Microbial factories. "The new biofuels are expected to meet immediate energy needs within Singapore and the region ..."
Professor Ching Chi Bun, from the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, has said: "We aim to create microbial factories that can make chemical and fuel molecules by studying properties found in microorganisms to produce specific fuel molecules." "The.....
Citrus peel. Bioethanol. Pretreatment. "... obtaining also as co-products: d-limonene, galacturonic acid, and citrus pulp pellets (CPP)."
"The mandarin (Citrus reticulata L.) citrus peel wastes (MCPW) were studied for bioethanol production, obtaining also as co-products: d-limonene, galacturonic acid, and citrus pulp pellets (CPP)."1 "The steam explosion pretreatment was analysed at pilot plant level to decrease the hydrolytic enzymes.....

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Zearalenone. Microbial biotransformation. "... detoxification in contaminated plant material or byproducts of bioethanol production would be advantageous."
"Zearalenone (ZON) is a potent estrogenic mycotoxin produced by several Fusarium species most frequently on maize and therefore can be found in food and animal feed."1 "Since animal production performance is negatively affected by the presence of ZON, its detoxification in contaminated plant material or.....
Advanced biofuels. "... clean energy the profitable kind of energy in America."
During the State of the Union address delivered on January 27, President Barack Obama mentioned "... continued investment in advanced biofuels and clean coal technologies." More from a Release dated January 27, sourced from The White House - Office of the Press Secretary: Remarks by the President in State of.....
Fuel cell power module. "... project to further develop fuel cell power module technology for the transit bus market."
In Canada, the Honourable Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, has said: "The Government of Canada is committed to supporting alternate sources of energy, including hydrogen ..." "By supporting innovative hydrogen and fuel cell research projects, such.....

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Mountain climbing. Corneal swelling. "... corneal thickness increased with increasing altitude and decreased after descent, and the amount of decrease in blood oxygen levels paralleled this increase."
A report in the February issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, indicates: 'Swelling commonly occurs in the corneas of mountain climbers, but does not appear to affect vision at altitudes of up to 6,300 meters (about 20,670 feet) ... ' A Media Release issued on February 8 by JAMA/Archives.....
Contact lens. Discomfort and dryness. Hypo osmotic saline eye drops."... contact lens osmolality tended to be lower with the use of hypo-osmotic saline."
"... whether hypo-osmotic saline drops can improve contact lens associated discomfort and dryness by decreasing contact lens osmolality." Researchers from Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and School of.....
Micro-lens. Nanostructure. "... tandem arrays with two-sided and symmetrically arranged micro-lens configurations, which allow the light from light diodes to be projected with pinpoint accuracy and without refraction errors."
Dr Michael Popall, from Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC in Wurzburg, Germany, has informed: "For a long time, producing white light with no peripheral color effects was an almost unsolvable technical problem ..." "White light is produced by mixing the complementary colors red, green and blue......

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Glaucoma. "... whether the medications commonly used to treat glaucoma may affect the association between glaucoma and death."
A report in the February issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, indicates: 'Glaucoma patients who take medication for the condition appear to have a reduced likelihood of death ... ' A Media Release issued on February 8 by JAMA/Archives journals informs: Glaucoma medications may be.....
Intrastromal corneal ring segments.
"To evaluate and compare visual, refractive, and corneal aberrometric outcomes after implantation of 2 types of intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS) in eyes with early to moderate ectatic disease."1 Researchers from Vissum Corporation-Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, in Alicante, Spain; Universidad.....
Intraoperative flap recut. "... intraoperative vertical gas breakthrough (VGB) during femtosecond laser flap creation in 3 patients."
"... management of intraoperative vertical gas breakthrough (VGB) during femtosecond laser flap creation in 3 patients."1 The researchers from Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital have also noted: "All eyes were immediately re-cut using 2 different microkeratomes, and the laser in situ keratomileusis.....

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Asymmetrical blur. Soft toric contacts. Keratoconic eyes. "... measured in 4 moderate KC eyes wearing their own prescribed soft toric contact lenses, over a 6-mm pupil."
"... whether long-term visual experience with irregular optical blur compensates for the impact of higher order aberration on visual performance in keratoconic (KC) eyes."1 Researchers from Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States; have presented an article titled:.....
Blurred vision. "The patient was discharged on full dose aspirin and a statin ..."
"A 29-year-old man, with no significant past medical history, was in his usual state of health until the afternoon of admission."1 "The patient was seated at work eating lunch when he suddenly noticed that his vision became blurry." "He covered his right eye and had no visual difficulty but.....
Autologous tissue regeneration. "... wrinkles, laugh lines and even difficult-to-treat acne scars."
Anthony P Sclafani MD FACS Director of Facial Plastic Surgery at The New York Eye ;amp; Ear Infirmary and Professor at New York Medical College, has indicated that a "... new therapy harnesses the body's natural healing ability to improve skin appearance while avoiding the use of synthetic implants, fillers and.....

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PRK. Two different excimer lasers. "... difference between the programmed and postoperative topographic diameters of the ablation zone."
"To compare the topographic features of eyes treated with photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for myopia using two different excimer lasers."1 Researchers from Department of Ophthalmology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea; and from Department of Ophthalmology, Corneal Dystrophy Research.....
Aspirin resistance. Omega-3 fatty acids. "... adding omega-3 fatty acids or increasing the aspirin dose seems to improve response ..."
"... to evaluate whether addition of omega-3 fatty acids or increase in aspirin dose improves response to low-dose aspirin among patients who are aspirin resistant."1 Researchers from Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, The Methodist Hospital,.....
Injuries from minimally invasive techniques. "... eye strain to problems in the surgeon's dominant hand, to neck, back and leg pain ... headaches, finger calluses, disc problems, shoulder muscle spasm and carpel tunnel syndrome."
Adrian E Park MD, Chief of General surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center, has said: "We face a pending epidemic of occupational injuries to surgeons and we can no longer ignore their safety and health ..." "Sadly, it is easier for a surgeon to obtain an ergonomic assessment and direction to.....

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Wet AMD. Anti-angiogenic agent. "... PI3K/Akt/mTOR inhibitor causing the dissociation of both the TORC1 and TORC2 complexes."
Jeffrey Heier MD, from Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, has said: "As P529 is an inhibitor of both the TORC1 and TORC2 arms ultimately controlling the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway it would be expected to have broad activity as an anti-angiogenic agent and further inhibit vascular permeability, two aspects that make a.....
Lens material. Japan. "No expensive laser equipment is necessary and the surgical procedure is easy for experienced cataract surgeons."
According to a Release dated February 2 from STAAR Surgical Company: 'STAAR Surgical Company ... announced today regulatory approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) to market the Company's Visian Implantable Collamer® Lens (ICL) in Japan. ' STAAR Surgical Company’s President and CEO, Barry.....
Flu. Conjunctiva infection. Eyelids. Hong Kong. "... pandemic H1N1 and highly pathogenic avian flu could infect the conjunctiva, a membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the white part of the eye ..."
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong, and HKU-Pasteur Research Centre, in Pokfulam, Hong Kong, have indicated that "... pandemic H1N1pdm virus differs in modest but subtle ways from seasonal H1N1 virus in its intrinsic virulence for humans, which is in accord with the epidemiology of the pandemic to.....

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Menstrual cycle. Variations in corneal thickness, curvature, and anterior chamber depths. "Contrary to our expectations and previous findings using ultrasound pachymetry ..."
"To determine the variations in corneal thickness values, keratometry readings, and anterior chamber depths (ACD) during the menstrual cycle of young women using the noncontact Scheimpflug imaging technique." Researchers from Noor Ophthalmology Research Center, Noor Eye Hospital; and the Farabi Eye Hospital,.....
Virtual eye surgery. Training. "... performing cataract surgery in a virtual environment."
John Loewenstein MD, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Associate Chief of Ophthalmology for Clinical Affairs, has informed: "We're pleased that the findings of this study suggest that The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Cataract Surgery Trainer could be an effective supplement to traditional.....
Gilial cells. "... an unusual molecule, called proNGF, activates glial cells that normally protect neurons in the retina ..."
Dr Philip Barker, from the Montreal Neurological Institute, in Montreal, Québec, Canada, has informed: "We found that glial cells attack and kill neurons after being triggered by proNGF ..." "Since glial cells normally protect neurons, we were surprised to find that proNGF can convert glial cells into.....

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