Five diabetic beagles no longer needed insulin injections after being given two extra genes, with two of them still alive more than four years later. Continue reading
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Experts take quantum leap in gene therapy to treat muscular dystrophy
Washington, January 16 (ANI): In a preliminary study in a canine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), researchers have shown a giant leap using gene therapy to treat muscular dystrophy. Continue reading
Artificial intelligence helps University of Gothenburg to develop used batteries sorting solution
Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden is using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to develop a new type of machine that sorts used batteries. Continue reading
Artificial intelligence helps sort used batteries
Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden has resulted in a new type of machine that sorts used batteries by means of artificial intelligence (AI). Continue reading
Face to Face with John Fitzpatrick – Video
Face to Face with John Fitzpatrick'Face to Face' is a monthly interview series with personalities in the urology field. Continue reading
Water May Have Been Deposited On Vesta Asteroid Long Ago
September 26, 2012 Image Caption: The shadowy outlines of the terrain in Vesta’s northern region are visible in this image from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. The image comes from the last sequence of images Dawn obtained of the giant asteroid Vesta as it departed the giant asteroid. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com Your Universe Online Astronomers suggest that water may have been delivered to Vesta through a build-up of small particles during an epoch when the Solar System was rich in dust Continue reading
NASA: Space Flight Authority names new leader
WALLOPS ISLAND — The Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority has named a new executive director ahead of legislative changes aimed at boosting the group’s efforts to promote commercial space activity, economic development and aerospace research at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Dale K. Nash, CEO of Alaska Aerospace, will take the helm beginning July 31, the authority’s board of directors said Wednesday Continue reading
Va. space flight authority names new exec director
The Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority has named a new executive director ahead of legislative changes aimed at boosting the group's efforts to promote commercial space activity, economic development and aerospace research at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Continue reading
Team develops world's most powerful nanoscale microwave oscillators
Schematic representation of a spin-transfer nano-oscillator (STNO) with free and pinned magnetic layers (left), and a scanning-electron-microscopy (SEM) image of a cross-section of an STNO (right), showing top and bottom metallic electrodes used for electrical connections. The lateral size of the STNO is about 100nm. Continue reading
Kimberly-Clark Health Care's 2011 HAI WATCHDOG Awards Recognize Champions In The Fight Against Healthcare-Associated …
ROSWELL, Ga., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Kimberly-Clark Health Care today announced the recipients of the second annual HAI WATCHDOG Awards, created to recognize the efforts of dedicated healthcare professionals working together to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The awards program, an initiative of the HAI WATCHDOG Community, facilitates the sharing of best practices among clinicians and recognizes four exceptional participants with an educational grant. “This year we expanded the reach and recognition of the WATCHDOG Awards by creating independent awards programs in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, and once again the response and quality of submissions exceeded our expectations,” said Joanne Bauer, president, Kimberly-Clark Health Care Continue reading
'Nano technology' [program can pay off big for IRSC students
FORT PIERCE A new partnership at Indian River State College’s Brown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship between its nanotechnology lab and NanoProfessor will take the college to the cutting edge of tomorrow’s technology. So said Kevin Cooper, director of advanced technology at the newly named NanoProfessor Advanced Materials Lab, which officially will be teaching about new-age nano technology studies starting in the fall. What is nano technology? Continue reading
Ottawa’s latest brain gain brings promising new stem-cell therapy
OTTAWA Dr. Continue reading