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ONN: Anonymous Philanthropist Donates 200 Human Kidneys

Anonymous Philanthropist Donates 200 Human Kidneys To Hospital... (...)

Started in Medgadget • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: not funny
LifeStraw Family: Cheap Water Filtration for World's Poor

Poor access to safe drinking water may be the biggest health issue for hundreds of millions of people around the world. Vestergaard Frandsen, the Swiss company that released everyone's favorite...

Started in Medgadget • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: public health
Claim: Mother's Diet May Determine Child's Gender

Expecting fathers, hoping to have a baby boy, may consider pampering their wives with fancy breakfasts in bed, as it may be the only method known to science to help influence the sex of the child ....

Started in Medgadget • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: in the news...
Angiotech Suspends Vascular Wrap Trial Enrollment

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, a Vancouver, BC company, has announced suspension of enrollment in its U.S. and EU human clinical trials for the company's Vascular Wrap product candidate "in patients...

Started in Medgadget • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: vascular surgery
fMRI Scanners Used to Detect Wandering Mind

Using functional MRI machines researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway detected how the brain sails off on its own course during mental activity, a process that produces inattention and...

Started in Medgadget • 6 months ago • 0 responses
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Defense Department Sponsors Aggressive Stem Cell Research

The US military is initiating a major research project to develop regenerative medicine technologies, that will hopefully allow for regrowth of tissues, skin, and body parts. The newly established...

Started in Medgadget • 6 months ago • 0 responses
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Measurement Issues in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with NASA, has published a white paper that details how to standardize measurements of single-walled carbon nanotubes...

Started in Medgadget • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: nanomedicine
FDA Clears ENTity NasoView

ENTity™ NasoView, a flexible nasopharyngoscope from OPTIM Inc., a Sturbridge, Massachusetts firm, has been 510(k)'ed by the FDA for marketing, according to a press release obtained by...

Started in Medgadget • 6 months ago • 0 responses
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Argus II Retinal Prosthesis Implanted Into First Two Patients in Europe

Times Online is reporting that Alfred Mann's 2nd Sight Medical has enrolled two patients from the UK into a clinical trial of the company's 60 electrode array Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, a...

Started in Medgadget • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: ophthalmology
Xhale's Breathalyzer Technology Monitors Patient Drug Compliance

Researchers at the University of Florida are conducting trials on a device that can identify whether a patient has taken a prescribed medication on a regular basis, according to a press release from...

Started in Medgadget • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: medicine