Medicine and health – Page 18

Research
Dissolving electrodes could ease pain of epilepsy surgery

2016-04-20T00:00:00Z

Electronics could identify areas of brain for treatment and then melt away after use with no need for surgical removal
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Smart bandages you press for antibacterial action

2016-04-18T00:00:00Z

Only releasing antibacterials when needed leave bacteria with no time to adapt
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California Bay area sees 39% drop in PBDEs in breast milk

2016-03-04T00:00:00Z

Decade old Californian ban on flame retardants delivering results
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Test to tell if your mince is telling porkies

2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

Metabolites offer a new way to check for ham in your hamburger
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Catalyst offers cheaper route to disinfect water

2016-02-29T00:00:00Z

Nanoparticles can be used to produce small amounts of hydrogen peroxide with less precious metals in straightforward process
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Cleaning solution test doesn’t move contact lens wearers to tears

2016-02-25T00:00:00Z

Microfluidic device personalises contact lens care
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Canine tea time

2016-02-22T00:00:00Z

Tea polyphenols display antioxidant and antimicrobial properties in dogs
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Raman keeps blood in the bag

2016-02-19T00:00:00Z

Technique checks blood but does not risk contaminating it
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Enzyme mutagenesis sweetens prebiotics

2016-02-17T00:00:00Z

Cheaper and cleaner route to health-boosting carbohydrate that could replace conventional sugar in food
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3D printed tissues grow and develop in animal tests

2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

Muscle, bone and cartilage successfully transplanted as limitations of printing technology overcome
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Popping nanobubbles let surgeons sound out micro-tumours

2016-02-15T00:00:00Z

Technique that can hunt down and destroy individual cancer cells is set to get clinical trial
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Ionic liquids bestow stretch on biomedical sensors

2016-02-12T00:00:00Z

Heart rate and neck movements recognised by soft and stretchable device
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Milk could aid fight against malnutrition

2016-02-04T00:00:00Z

New animal model shows milk proteins can repair intestinal damage
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Boost for non-animal toxicology testing

2016-02-03T00:00:00Z

Thousands of compounds have been screened in a bid to develop in vitro toxicity tests
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Alcoholic liver disease on a chip

2016-01-29T00:00:00Z

Microfluidic simulation provides new platform for drug tests
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Sweat-sensing wristband measures metabolites

2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

Athletes could soon be using flexible sensors to analyse their performance
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Microscopic cannon battery to blast disease

2016-01-22T00:00:00Z

Cannon-like tubes shoot tiny bullets when triggered by ultrasound and could deliver drugs
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Drug labelling problems ironed out by new catalyst

2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Cost-effective method to tritiate compounds offers way to track drug metabolism while minimising radioactive waste
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Easy addition of ‘unnatural’ strained rings boon for drug chemists

2016-01-15T00:00:00Z

Technique can slow metabolism of medicines, giving them more time to work
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Saliva test detects date rape drug

2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Detecting GHB and alcohol contaminants in saliva could mean faster treatment for ‘drunk’ A&E patients