January « 2017 « Science and Enterprise

Experimental Drug Shown to Reduce Tourette’s Symptoms

By Alan, on January 17th, 2017%

Results from a clinical trial show an experimental drug is effective in reducing the severity of tics in children with Tourette’s syndrome, a neurological disorder. . . . → Read More: Experimental Drug Shown to Reduce Tourette’s Symptoms

Knowledge Bank Tapped for Precision Cancer Treatments

By Alan, on January 17th, 2017%

An international research team devised techniques for analyzing accumulated clinical trial data to help determine precise treatment strategies for people with cancer. . . . → Read More: Knowledge Bank Tapped for Precision Cancer Treatments

Tips For Boosting Organic Traffic from Search Engines to Your Medical Blog

By Alan, on January 16th, 2017%

This is why your blog must be a magnet for organic traffic, or visitors who naturally come to your website through a search engine. . . . → Read More: Tips For Boosting Organic Traffic from Search Engines to Your Medical Blog

Grant Funds MRI for Mental Illness Understanding

By Alan, on January 16th, 2017%

A psychiatric treatment center received what it calls “a major grant” for a research program on the use of MRI scans to better understand complex mental illnesses. . . . → Read More: Grant Funds MRI for Mental Illness Understanding

Univ. Spin-Off Develops Lower Cost 3-D Metal Printing

By Alan, on January 13th, 2017%

A spin-off enterprise from University at Buffalo engineering school developed a machine that produces lower-cost aluminum parts with three-dimensional liquid metal printing. . . . → Read More: Univ. Spin-Off Develops Lower Cost 3-D Metal Printing

Wearable Health Devices Offer Early Disease Detection

By Alan, on January 13th, 2017%

An analysis of data from mobile fitness and health tracking devices shows the devices can yield useful results for monitoring a person’s health, including early alerts to the onset of some diseases. . . . → Read More: Wearable Health Devices Offer Early Disease Detection

Electronic Gene Editing Corrects Inherited Blood Disorder

By Alan, on January 12th, 2017%

A team at National Institutes of Health used an electronic-aided process to carry out a gene editing technique that in lab mice repaired a genetic defect causing a rare blood disease. . . . → Read More: Electronic Gene Editing Corrects Inherited Blood Disorder

RNA-Nanoparticle Spray Protects Against Plant Viruses

By Alan, on January 12th, 2017%

Plant scientists combined synthetic genetic material with clay nanoparticles, which when sprayed on plants provides enduring protection against viruses. . . . → Read More: RNA-Nanoparticle Spray Protects Against Plant Viruses

MD Anderson, Investment Firm Create Cancer Start-Up

By Alan, on January 11th, 2017%

MD Anderson Cancer Center and health care investment enterprise Deerfield Management are starting a new company to develop treatments for cancer that tackle processes feeding tumor growth. . . . → Read More: MD Anderson, Investment Firm Create Cancer Start-Up

Wearable Device Senses Environment for Sight Impaired

By Alan, on January 11th, 2017%

A research lab in Finland designed a wearable device using radar to help people with impaired sight sense other people and objects when outdoors. . . . → Read More: Wearable Device Senses Environment for Sight Impaired

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