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Thoughts on The Stem Cell Future

2008-08-27 17:29:15 by Michael in Medgadget
 
The MIT Technology Review spoke with Doug Melton , a director at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, about the status of stem cell research and its future applications to fight specific diseases. TR: Where will this field go in the future DM: I think it will change the way degenerative diseases are studied--we'll reduce the whole process of disease...
 
Tags: future, study environmental factors, environmental factors, disease, stop disease progression, study, doug melton, dish, fight specific diseases
 
 
 
 
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TRUE2go: World's Smallest Glucose Meter Wins FDA Approval

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2008-08-27 08:23:40 by Michael in Medgadget
Home Diagnostics , maker of diabetes monitoring devices out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has received FDA approval for two new glucometers. One is especially interesting as the company managed to create a glucometer small enough to screw onto the top of a test strip bottle. More convenience comes from the TRUEtest Strips that identify themselves...
 
Tags: blood glucose results, blood, blood glucose, test strips, strips, test, true2go, blood glucose levels, test memory
 
 
 
 
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Bioglass Secrets Revealed With NMR

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2008-08-27 08:00:04 by Michael in Medgadget
At the University of Warwick scientists are using nuclear magnetic resonance to understand how Bioglass , a substance developed over 40 years ago to help regrow bone tissue, actually works. Here's a university produced podcast discussing the research with physics professor Mark Smith, a leader of the research project Press release : Bones get...
 
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PRO-Kinetic Stent Shows Positive Results in a Trial

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2008-08-27 08:00:01 by Michael in Medgadget
BIOTRONIK has just released results of a multi-center study evaluating the effectiveness of the firm's new PRO-Kinetic coronary stent. The device, now available only in Europe, is known for its cobalt chromium metal alloy composition, thin struts, high deliverability, and a proprietary silicon carbide PROBIO coating, that was designed to reduce...
 
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"Seeking Collectors of Medical Curiosities"

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2008-08-26 08:54:37 by Michael in Medgadget
Morbid Anatomy , a site known to us as a goldmine of all things artsy in medicine, is looking for folks who have interesting private collections that are dying to be photographed (the pun is, indeed, intended From Joanna Ebenstein: As some of you already know, I recently mounted an exhibition called Anatomical Theatre: Depictions of The Body,...
 
Tags: collections, medical museums, morbid anatomy, public collections, artifacts, photograph similar types, artifacts held, western world, photographic survey
 
 
 
 
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How Do You Use Jott?

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2008-08-26 08:00:01 by Michael in Medgadget
A reader writes to us: I am a second year neurology resident. For the last 3 months I've been using Jott ( www.jott.com ) to keep myself reminded about clinical tasks that I have to accomplish at the hospital. While technically not a medical service, Jott is basically a free transcription application, hence it could be used by clinicians in many...
 
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Extreme Medgadget Tuneup

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2008-08-25 21:07:34 by Michael in Medgadget
Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas is awaiting Swedish technicians to begin a $800,000 maintenance job on the Gamma Knife neurosurgery system installed at the hospital. We assume the system is from the Swedish firm Elekta AB , like this one . A fresh supply of radioactive cobalt will be delivered, which requires some extraordinary...
 
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CombiCarrier Emergency Backboard/Stretcher Goes On Sale

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2008-08-25 20:46:00 by Michael in Medgadget
The CombiCarrier II, a device that we profiled when it won a silver in the 2008 International Design Excellence Awards, is now available from Hartwell Medical . This is an improved version of the popular CombiCarrier that was originally introduced in 1999 With this release, several improvements to an already stellar design were implemented. The...
 
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TOGA Stomach Stapling System Goes on Trial

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2008-08-25 19:16:44 by Michael in Medgadget
Doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center have initiated the first US clinical trial on the TOGA device, made by Satiety , Inc. out of Palo Alto, California, designed for transoral gastroplasty using an endoscopic approach. In the new procedure, the surgeon introduces a set of flexible stapling devices through...
 
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