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Anesthesiologists Use Nerve Blocks As Alternative To General Anesthesia
Anesthesiologists use ultrasound to locate peripheral nerves, then inject a nerve numbing medication into the area. A single injection leaves a limb numb for several hours or a day. The medication is ... > more -
Dermatologists Discover Sun Protection Under The Sea
Dermatologists recognize the benefits of a compound called astaxanthin. Found in red ocean plants and animals such as salmon, astaxanthin is the most effective and efficient free radical sponge in ... > more -
Marine Biotechnologists Treat Cancer With Mud-loving Ocean Bacteria
Biomedicine scientists identified and sequenced the genes of a bacteria called Salinispora tropica. It produces anti-cancer compounds and can be found in ocean sediments off the Bahamas. A product ... > more -
Electrical Engineers And Medical Technologists Create Easier Way To Diagnose Diabetes
Endocrinologists, engineers, and microbiologists worked together to create a new testing method for diabetes. It projects light into the skin in order to measure the presence of advanced glycation ... > more -
Prosthodontists Devise Technique To Insert Dental Implants In A Single Surgery
Researchers find that by imaging the mouth with a 3-D CT scan, they are able to create and insert a complete dental implant in one day. Instead of waiting for six months between placing the implant ... > more -
Computer Scientist Invents Software To Arrange Matches For Kidney Transplants
Computer Scientists have created an algorithm able to sort through up to 10,000 kidney donor/patient pairs, taking over the mammoth task of coordinating paired donation. The new algorithm was needed ... > more -
Immunologists Develop Method To Decrease Rejections Of Kidney Transplants
A nephrologist has found that a specialized type of anti-rejection therapy using intravenous immunoglobulin can make kidney transplants possible for patients with high 'anti-donor' antibodies. 25 to ... > more -
Neurosurgeonýs Drive Propels Him From Border Fence To Faculty
Physician scientist Alfredo Quinones has come a long way since illegally entering the United States. Today he is a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University. Quinones is a respected brain surgeon ... > more -
Cardiologists Make Virtual House Calls
Cardiologists have begun including a mini-antenna with implanted defibrillators in order to relay information about the patient's health to an in-home wireless system and back to the doctor. The ... > more -
Molecular Biologists Devise Strategy To Starve Brain Tumors
Brain tumor researchers have found that brain tumors arise from cancer stem cells living within tiny protective areas formed by blood vessels in the brain. Killing those cells is a promising ... > more
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