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This is the world's 1st app-controlled prosthetic hand, and it will change a lot of lives. The user can control the hand's movement with an iPhone/iPad app. 
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After these bots did their job, the rate of patients contaminated with drug-resistant diseases dropped by 64 percent.
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Goodness is its own reward. But as a bonus, it makes us healthier.
Sakis Koukouvis's insight:
Good Health Means Playing Well With Others
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A new analysis looks not only at the number of years we can expect to live, but also at the number of years we can expect to live in good health.
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Researchers have developed a device that captures/preserves and releases cancer cells circulating in the bloodstream. This device has been developed by scientists from RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Japan in collaboration with University of California Los Angeles and has been mentioned in the paper published online in the journal Advanced Materials.
This new device is a nanoscale Velcro-like device that can help not only in non-invasive diagnosis of cancer but also to study the mechanism involved in the spread of cancer in the body. With the help of this device doctors would be able to detect the cancer cells before their stay in the other organs. Moreover, the tumor cells would remain alive on the device, so the researchers would easily study them. Blood passes through the device as a filter and the tumor cells adhere to the small molecules and separate them with 40%-70% of efficiency. Temperature at 37 degrees Celsius helps scientists to keep the tumor cells in tiny temperature-responsive polymer brushes or the temperature cooled to 4 degrees Celsius helps them to release and examine the cells. Researchers wrote, “A platform for capture and release of circulating tumor cells is demonstrated by utilizing polymer grafted silicon nanowires. In this platform, integration of ligand-receptor recognition, nanostructure amplification, and thermal responsive polymers enables a highly efficient and selective capture of cancer cells. Subsequently, these captured cells are released upon a physical stimulation with outstanding cell viability.” “Until now, most devices have demonstrated the ability to capture circulating tumor cells with high efficiency. However, it is equally important to release these captured cells, to preserve and study them in order to obtain insightful information about them. This is the big difference with our device.” Hsiao-hua Yu, who led the team that developed the technology to coat the device with polymer brushes, said in a statement. Via Dr. Stefan Gruenwald
Roberto Insolia's curator insight,
December 18, 2012 1:48 AM
Un innovativo micro-supporto consente di catturare singole cellule tumorali, libere nel sangue; è poi possibile liberarle, conservandole perfettamente integre, in modo da studiarne le caratteristiche a livello molecolare.
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Surgeons from the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences Systems Neurosurgery Department view a simulation of the human brain vasculature and cortical tissue in the CAVE2 Hybrid Reality Environment. This project is a collaboration between the University of Illinois at Chicago's (UIC) Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) and Bioengineering Department's Laboratory for Product and Process Design. EVL OmegaLib software is used to display the 3D model in the CAVE2 System.
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New research shows that the heart does have a limited ability to heal itself, and that small snippets of RNA can be used to stimulate this capacity...
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Healthcare services in Chad are on the move. Through the work of a mobile clinic project, nurses, HIV/Aids councillors and HIV/AIDS testers are traveling to ...
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Healthcare services in Chad are on the move. Through the work of a mobile clinic project, nurses, HIV/Aids councillors and HIV/AIDS testers are traveling to remote, rural areas to serve vulnerable populations
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What could most of us could do to chill out and expand our subjective sense of time? Feel a sense of awe more often! Rudd et. al. do a series of experiments illustrating that it expands our perception of time, alters decision making, and enhances well-being.
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We all know that rejection seriously hurts -- and now a new study shows how it could actually be bad for our health.
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Using location data gathered by personal mobile phones, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have created the first map that tracks the spread of malaria by examining movement patterns among Kenya's population.
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Scientists are testing the idea that the stress of modern city life is a breeding ground for psychosis.
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Researchers created this virtual bar, virtual crack house and other virtual reality situations to help treat addiction. Addicts can develop coping skills.
Sandys VR's curator insight,
April 24, 2013 2:37 AM
This is nothing new but a very 'traditional' use of VR. Cue reactivity and addiction treatment are a very common application. At least in the field of psychology. I wonder why the author of this article calls it a 'twist' to VR?!
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April 24, 2013 2:58 AM
I think I've just picked a very off article. It's been in the news for a while and this one I guess is one of the strangest I've read so far. Don't wanna put all of them on this page though. Maybe sometimes it's good to read a negative example ;)
Luis Carlos Peña Gordillo's curator insight,
November 4, 2013 1:51 AM
Análisis psicológico de las casas de crack usando realidad virtual.
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Hypoglycemia may be a much larger problem among patients with diabetes than is currently realized, according to a study of members of a diabetes-focused social network conducted by researchers in Boston Children's Hospital's Informatics Program.
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For as long as parents and babies have been smiling, laughing and cooing at each other, scientists still have a lot of questions about just how these interactions help infants develop. With support from the National Science Foundation, University of Miami psychology professor Daniel Messinger and his colleagues want to learn more about child development by studying how moms, dads and babies respond to each other. "We believe that through interacting, babies learn early social rules, such as when to take turns with their vocalizations, when to smile at the same time, says Messinger. "It's by smiling at the same time as their mothers, the baby responding to the mother and the mother responding to the baby, that babies develop a sense of shared social emotion." In an experiment at the University of Miami's Early Play and Development Lab, babies are secured in a special seat, so they can get a good view of mom or dad, and move both their arms and legs. Babies are tested at four months, and again at one year. Several video cameras capture this short, structured playtime. "They play. Then, after two minutes, the mom will stop responding to the baby. We want to see what the baby does. How the baby either chooses to try to re-engage the mom, or maybe uses that time to look away and disengage, and then, will start playing again," explains Messinger. The videos are analyzed with a software program that precisely measures the facial movements of both the baby and the mom. The key, he adds, is to use those measurements to better understand how interaction occurs, and how babies learn early social rules. Along with studying healthy child development, Messinger and his colleagues also work with youngsters at high risk for developmental disorders. The program "Sibling Studies Measuring Infant Learning and Emotion," or UM SIBSMILE for short, investigates the social, emotional and cognitive development of children who are between the ages of two months and four years-old. "We have looked at babies who are at high risk for autism spectrum disorders in this lab, and these are kids who have an older brother or sister who has a diagnosed autism spectrum disorder," says Messinger.
Wonji's curator insight,
November 6, 2014 8:48 PM
OMG. Maybe that's how I developed well. I got the secret of my intelligence. lol
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A carbon-nanotube-coated lens that converts light to sound can focus high-pressure sound waves to finer points than ever before.
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Researchers have found that regular meals with family increase the children’s fruit and vegetable intake.
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Placebo, the positive effect of a drug that lacks any beneficial ingredients, has been researched for centuries but remain a mystery for psychologists and neuroscientists alike.
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Researchers from Parabon NanoLabs have developed a new drug for combating a lethal brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme.
Christopher Baggett's curator insight,
December 12, 2012 12:21 PM
3-D Printing is going to have a dramatic impact on our lives and I find the possibilities very exciting! 
Hayley Regalado's curator insight,
March 21, 2013 10:49 PM
I feel like this is something out of a science fiction. But it is evident to expect the greatest technology advancements to be in the medical sector. This is an example of integrating medical technology with CAD (Computer Aided Design) styled software.
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Researchers in Germany have found a new way to make a flu vaccine. Their approach, shown to protect mice against the virus, utilizes messenger RNA instead of purified protein to generate the immune response.
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A new study review published by the University of Kentucky found that music therapy can be beneficial to patients before, during and after a surgical procedure and may reduce pain and recovery time.
Maria Drohan's curator insight,
October 8, 2013 11:49 AM
I loved this article, it was very interesting. I found it very interesting reading about the characteristics of music that are also very important and effective in music therapy such as the tempo, rhythm and volume of the music. This can be carefully controlled in order to maximize a huge positive effect that music can have on the brain weather conscious or unconscious.
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Contrary to popular perception, stressors don't cause health problems -- it's people's reactions to the stressors that determine whether they will suffer health consequences, according to new research.
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About one out of every 100,000 babies is born with his or her legs fused together
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New York University researchers say that daily yoga can boost social bonding and focus in children who have been diagnosed with autism.
Tara Johnson's curator insight,
January 3, 2013 12:02 PM
My students love yoga. I'm not surprised that they did a study on the benefits of yoga for students with Autism. 
Jillian Ackerman's curator insight,
October 29, 2014 11:44 PM
“Get Ready Learn” uses yoga and breathing techniques to calm children who have Autism Spectrum Disorder. |
