Health & Medicine
Indian docs extract bullet from man’s heart in unique operation
25 Sep 2014
In a unique cardiac operation that has made global headlines, doctors at a hospital in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, have saved the life of a man who had been walking around for two months with a bullet lodged in his heart
Gel-like padding to help cells survive injection, heal spinal cord injuries being developed
25 Sep 2014
Chemists recruit anthrax to deliver cancer drugs
By By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 25 Sep 2014
With some tinkering, a deadly protein becomes an efficient carrier for antibody drugs
Cardiologists warn of risks for patients with coronary stents who discontinue medications
24 Sep 2014
Recruiting bacteria to be technology innovation partners
24 Sep 2014
Harvard team is laying the foundation for using bacterial biofilms for production of new self-healing materials and bioprocessing technologies
Pentagon to develop self-healing implants
24 Sep 2014
Battling superbugs
23 Sep 2014
In recent years, new strains of bacteria have emerged that resist even the most powerful antibiotics. Two new technologies could enable novel strategies for combating drug-resistant bacteria
US university uses Google Earth to develop platform to predict malaria
22 Sep 2014
The initiative is concentrated on helping 34 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East
Stand more, live longer study finds
20 Sep 2014
Chinese docs use 3D printer to restore man’s shattered skull
19 Sep 2014
In a groundbreaking operation, Chinese surgeons used a 3D printer technology to save a 46-year-old Chinese man who lost half his skull in an accident.
Link between smoking, schizophrenia may help evolve treatment
18 Sep 2014
Scientists have found a direct link between the mental disease schizophrenia and tobacco smoking
Blood-cleansing biospleen device developed for sepsis therapy
17 Sep 2014
Novel dialysis-like therapeutic device inspired by the spleen quickly filters bacteria, fungi and toxins in the body
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