June 12, 2013
The future of robotics in surgery will involve an increasingly powerful virtual environment, where surgeons are able to see through the body and potentially work side by side with autonomous robotic assistants. (Wired, UK)
June 12, 2013
A study of over 1,700 childhood cancer survivors found that 98% of the participants had at least one chronic disease such as new cancers, heart disease or abnormal lung function. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical … Read More
June 12, 2013
Efforts are under way to standardize fecal transplants, which helps re-establish healthy microbe populations in the guts of patients. (Scientific American)
June 12, 2013
Britain will start regulating electronic cigarettes and other products containing nicotine as medicines, according to the country’s top regulator. (AP)
June 12, 2013
The 11th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) gets underway tomorrow in Boston. According to Leonard I. Zon, director of the stem cell program at Boston Children’s Hospital, and the founding president of the ISSCR, … Read More
June 12, 2013
Organ transplants rejections and transmitted infectious diseases are the two main complications of organ transplants surgeries that are scary for patients and their family. (The Guardian Express)
June 12, 2013
Mechanistic insights into human disease may enable the development of treatments that are effective in broad patient populations. The confluence of gene-editing technologies, induced pluripotent stem cells, and genome-wide association as well as DNA sequencing studies is enabling new approaches … Read More
June 12, 2013
As researchers continue to discover groundbreaking medical therapies using stem cells from umbilical cord blood, Federal and State governments in the United States are ramping up their efforts to support the cord blood industry and educate parents-to-be about banking their … Read More
June 12, 2013
Medical school lectures and course materials should be free of pharmaceutical industry influence, says a Canadian doctor who looked into how potentially dangerous information about pain management was provided to undergraduate medical students. (CBC)
June 11, 2013
Gonorrhea , a sexually transmitted disease once quickly cured by a bout of penicillin, is becoming increasingly resistant to typical treatments. But a new study suggests that prudent use of antibiotics could help keep super-gonorrhea at bay. (ABC News)
June 11, 2013
Educational opportunities abound in medicine. But it turns out there is exactly nowhere to learn the single hardest skill of all. (New York Times)
June 11, 2013
Difficult-to-study diseases such as Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, and autism now can be probed more safely and effectively thanks to an innovative new method for obtaining mature brain cells called neurons from reprogrammed skin cells. (Medical News Today)
June 11, 2013
Here’s what doctors like me would love you to know so you can get the most out of your time with us — and enjoy the best health possible. (CNN)
June 11, 2013
Chemists at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated a sensor technology that could significantly simplify the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes through breath analysis alone. (Nanowerk)
June 11, 2013
A single cell in our body is composed of thousands of millions of different biomolecules that work together in an extremely well-coordinated way. Likewise, many biological and biochemical reactions occur only if molecules are present at very high concentrations. Understanding … Read More
June 11, 2013
Recently, the man in charge of reforming China’s abusive organ transplantation system took part in two high-profile attempts to defend his record and reform efforts, but both attempts seemed to only make matters worse. (The Epoch Times)
June 11, 2013
The appearance of grey hairs after periods of stress or skin damage could be the result of depletion of stem cells from the base of the hair follicle, according to a new study in mice. (ABC.net)
June 11, 2013
After setting off a storm of criticism from abortion rights groups, upset that a Democratic president had sided with social conservatives, the Obama administration said it will comply with a judge’s order to allow girls of any age to buy … Read More
June 11, 2013
The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a court order barring abortion protesters from displaying images of aborted fetuses in places where they might disturb children. As is their custom, the justices gave no reasons for declining to hear the … Read More
June 11, 2013
Electronic components are invading the body. In the lab, cling wrap–like circuitry draped over the hearts of test animals can track the activity of each of the heart’s four chambers and kill tissue that initiate potentially deadly arrhythmias. Other arrays … Read More
June 11, 2013
The MIT Center for International Studies and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars are collaborating on a $233,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help realize potential benefits and to address potential ecological effects of synthetic biology. … Read More
June 10, 2013
Shocked at the news of a convicted Israeli paedophile gaining custody of a four-year-old Indian girl through an agreement with a surrogate mother in India, an NGO here is pushing for more stringent norms on surrogacy to prevent such instances. … Read More
June 10, 2013
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has issued a tender for opening a medical tourism counter – a first of its kind – at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to facilitate the international tourists get the best medical care … Read More
June 10, 2013
Rao tells Sulogna Mehta of TOI about his experiences of curing ‘given-up’ cases and medical ethics, healthcare in rural and tribal areas, and the stigma associated with HIV. (Times of India)
June 10, 2013
Cellular reprogramming was recently crowned with the award of the Nobel Prize to two of its groundbreaking researchers, Sir John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka. The recent link between reprogramming and stem cells makes this appear almost a new field of … Read More
