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Potential Non-Insulin Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Discovered

(National Institutes of Health

Researchers at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and three other institutions have discovered a hormone pathway that could lead to new ways of treating type 1 diabetes. Results of this study appear in the March 25 issue of the journal Science (paid subscription required).

Type 1 . . . → Read More: Potential Non-Insulin Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Discovered

Patent Awarded for Protein Biomarker Cancer Screening

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Van Andel Research Institute (VARI), a biomedical research institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Gentel Biosciences, a biotechnology company in Madison, Wisconsin received a patent for their process to profile changes in proteins binding to antibodies in test arrays. This process can screen for biomarkers indicating early stages of cancer, including liver . . . → Read More: Patent Awarded for Protein Biomarker Cancer Screening

Study: Cruise Ship Diseases More Widespread Than Reported

(A. Kotok)

A study by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia suggests that outbreaks of communicable diseases on cruise ships may be more common than previously reported. The findings from an investigation of a norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship in January 2009 appear online in the . . . → Read More: Study: Cruise Ship Diseases More Widespread Than Reported

Pump Designed for Lab-on-a-Chip Medical Diagnostics

Example of lab-on-a-chip (NASA)

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have developed a new miniaturized pump that fits on diagnostic chips that can lead to better home medical testing. The findings from this faculty-student team appear in the March issue of the journal Electrophoresis (paid subscription required).

Nathaniel Robinson, who leads the Transport . . . → Read More: Pump Designed for Lab-on-a-Chip Medical Diagnostics

Student Creates Self-Strengthening Nanocomposite Material

Carbon nanotube illustration (National Science Foundation)

A graduate student at Rice University in Houston, Texas has created a synthetic material combining nanotechnology and polymers that gets stronger from repeated stress. The results of the research by Brent Carey and colleagues appear this month in the journal ACS Nano (paid subscription required).

Carey, a . . . → Read More: Student Creates Self-Strengthening Nanocomposite Material

Company Licenses Ultrasound Atherosclerosis Therapy

(Yale School of Medicine/Wikimedia Commons)

International Cardio Corporation (ICC) in Excelsior, Minnesota has licensed technology developed at University of Minnesota to treat atherosclerosis with ultrasound. The ultrasound treatment is considered less invasive and potentially safer for the patient than current therapies, such as stents and balloon angioplasty.

Atherosclerosis is the name of the . . . → Read More: Company Licenses Ultrasound Atherosclerosis Therapy

Google Grant Funds Tools for Internet Transparency

The Internet services company Google has awarded a grant to Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta to help Web users determine the cause of degraded Internet services. The $1 million Google Focused Research Award will fund a two-year project at Georgia Tech, with an option for a third year.

The project aims to make Internet . . . → Read More: Google Grant Funds Tools for Internet Transparency

University Patents Peptide-Based Adhesive

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The technology transfer arm of Kansas State University in Manhattan has received an international patent for an adhesive that increases in strength as moisture is removed. The patent covers an adhesive made from peptides — a compound containing two or more amino acids that link together.

The adhesive was created by . . . → Read More: University Patents Peptide-Based Adhesive

New Blood Test Evaluation Identifies More Heart Attacks

National Institutes of Health

A more sensitive blood test protocol developed at University of Edinburgh and other research institutes in the U.K. could help identify heart attacks in thousands of patients who would otherwise have gone undiagnosed. The research team published its findings this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association . . . → Read More: New Blood Test Evaluation Identifies More Heart Attacks

Nanoscale Implant Surfaces Help Seal Skin Against Infections

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Researchers at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island have created nanoscale surfaces for materials on prosthetic devices that mimic the contours of natural skin. Their findings appear in the April issue of the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research A (paid subscription required).

The goal of biomedical engineers to develop more flexible, functional . . . → Read More: Nanoscale Implant Surfaces Help Seal Skin Against Infections