Florida Tech, FSRI Receive $1.3 Million Federal Grant For Space Research
Melbourne FL (SPX) Jan 11, 2006
NASA's FY-2006 budget includes a $1.3 million grant, at Florida Congressman Dave Weldon's request, for a life sciences research collaboration between the Florida Institute of Technology and the Florida Space Research Institute (FSRI).
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Researchers Make Long DNA Wires For Future Medical And Electronic Devices
Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 18, 2005
Ohio State University researchers have invented a process for uncoiling long strands of DNA and forming them into precise patterns. Ultimately, these DNA strands could act as wires in biologically based electronics and medical devices, said L. James Lee, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Ohio State University.
One Small Step Means Giant Leap For Spinal Cord Research
Toronto ON (SPX) Dec 15, 2005
A new device developed at the University of Toronto that stimulates the muscles of patients with spinal cord injuries helps to increase walking function in those whose condition is not expected to improve.
Tiny Self-Assembling Cubes Could Carry Medicine, Cell Therapy
Baltimore MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2005
Johns Hopkins researchers have devised a self-assembling cube-shaped perforated container, no larger than a dust speck, that could serve as a delivery system for medications and cell therapy.
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China Claims Space Biological Medicine Enters Era Of Industrialization
Xi'an, China (XNA) Dec 07, 2005
Shenzhou Three, China's first space medicine, has been put into industrial production recently in Xi'an, the capital of China's northwest Shaanxi province. This event ushers in a new era in space medicine research in China.
Bionic Fiction Becomes Science Fact
Pisa, Italy (SPX) Nov 29, 2005
A highly dexterous, bio-inspired artificial hand and sensory system that could provide patients with active feeling, is being developed by the European CYBERHAND project.
Quick-Med Technologies Awarded U.S. Army SBIR Phase I Contract
Gainesville FL (SPX) Nov 15, 2005
Quick-Med Technologies announced Tuesday that the United States Army Small Business Innovative Research ("SBIR") has competitively awarded a Phase I contract to Quick-Med Technologies titled: Chemical Casualty Care: Wound Dressing to Speed Wound Closure Following Debridement of Cutaneous Vesicant Injuries.
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Oxygen Carriers Coursing Through Clinical Trials
Fort Detrick Md (SPX) Nov 14, 2005
When warfighters are bleeding severely on a battlefield, getting blood to them is tricky at best, because blood requires refrigeration and has a short shelf life.
MIT Closes In On Bionic Speed
Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 08, 2005
Robots, both large and micro, can potentially go wherever it's too hot, cold, dangerous, small or remote for people to perform any number of important tasks, from repairing leaking water mains to stitching blood vessels together.
New Sensor Based On Human Organ Is No Tin Ear
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2005
Researchers at the University of Michigan are developing a mechanical cochlea, a device that functions much like its human counterpart in the ear.
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A Second Set Of Eyes
Stennis MS (SPX) Nov 04, 2005
Paul Mogan once struggled with tasks people with sight often take for granted. Visually impaired since the age of 19, Mogan couldn't read the engineering reference books he needed for his job; they were too heavy to hold up close to his face. And filling out paper forms wasn't easy, because once his magnifying glass was close enough to the paper for him to read it, there usually wasn't room for the pen.
Ultrasound � A Diagnostic Tool For Space, Sports And More
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 04, 2005
An ultrasound training program for non-physicians gives astronauts and sports trainers the tools to assess injuries using real-time remote assistance from medical experts.
Surgery Enters Virtual World
Bologna, Italy (SPX) Nov 02, 2005
Hip replacement outcomes could become far more predictable thanks to a revolutionary virtual surgery system developed by European researchers.
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