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  Pathologists Use Digital Imaging to Speed Up Cancer Diagnosis

  A new digital microscopy system allows doctors to examine biopsy tissue and diagnose breast cancer within hours instead of weeks. The same instrument can be used for all kinds of cancers, and it ... > more
• Influenza
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  Researchers Apply DNA Biology to Vaccination Technique

  Spraying viral genes directly through the skin is a new technique that turns infinitesimal amounts of DNA into an effective vaccine. If approved for use in humans, the new procedure could save lives ... > more
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  Microbiologists Find Soap and Water Best for Washing Hands, Removing Germs

  Microbiologists tested 14 hand-hygiene agents -- everything from soap and alcohol rubs to plain old tap water -- against hardy bacteria and viruses applied to the hands of 62 volunteers. The study ... > more
• Heart Disease
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  Pediatric Cardiologists Show Hormone Therapy Reduces Cancer Treatment Side Effects

  Studying childhood cancer patients who have suffered tissue and organ damage from chemotherapy treatments, researchers have found that growth hormones can reverse damage to the heart. Before the ... > more
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  Engineers Design Improved Padding for Football Players

  Engineers have developed more protective padding for football players. Unlike traditional padding, the new putty-like material can be molded into protective gear to fit a player's body and better ... > more
• Diabetes
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  Doctors Combine Cell Biology, Endocrinology to Eliminate Insulin Implants

  Some diabetes patients who cannot live without insulin injections now have a new option: a transplant of islet cells, which produce insulin in the body. Drawing upon advances in cell biology and ... > more
• Computer Science
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  Computer Scientists Invent Typing System for Persons with Disabilities

  A new system makes typing easier for persons with disabilities. Invented by computer science student Jake Wobbrock, EdgeWrite is a typing method that uses edges of a square template to guide a PDA ... > more
• Today's Healthcare
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  In Hospitals, Air Ducts with Silver-Based Coating Stay Germ-Free

  Preventing hospital infections -- from such stubborn bugs as Staphylococcus aureus -- could get a little easier with a new non-toxic, silver-based material. Used in coating, it helps keep hospital ... > more
• Prostate Cancer
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  Cancer Biologists Develop More Accurate Blood Test for Prostate Cancer

  A new blood test is more reliable at finding prostate cancer in its early stages by detecting a protein marker in blood plasma. Doctors say the new test, now in clinical trials, will have an accuracy ... > more
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  Pulmonologists Extend Lung-Transplant Patients' Lives with Inhaled Anti-Rejection Drug

  Half of all lung transplant patients don't live past the fifth year after the procedure, due in part to chronic rejection of the new organs. A new, inhaled form of a commonly used anti-rejection drug ... > more

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