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New silver nanoparticle skin gel for healing burns

New silver nanoparticle skin gel for healing burns

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Scientists in India are reporting successful laboratory tests of a new and potentially safer alternative to silver-based gels applied to the skin of burn patients to treat infections. With names like silver ...


First 'nanorust' field test slated in Mexico

First 'nanorust' field test slated in Mexico

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Rice University researchers today announced that the first field tests of "nanorust," the university's revolutionary, low-cost technology for removing arsenic from drinking water, will begin later this year ...


PET/CT Scan Shows Inflammatory Breast Cancer

PET/CT may improve prognosis for patients with inflammatory breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the largest study to date to evaluate fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in the initial staging of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), researchers ...





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Color test enhances tomato analyzer software

Biology /

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When it comes to fresh vegetables and fruits, color is one of the best indicators of quality. Along with texture, size, and flavor, color plays an important role in the business of horticultural crop production and marketing.


New research reveals ultraviolet light therapy is as beneficial for darker skin as lighter skin

New research reveals ultraviolet light therapy is as beneficial for darker skin as lighter skin

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An analysis of more than 100 patients has confirmed for the first time that darker-skinned patients benefit as those with lighter skin when given light therapy for morphea and related diseases, UT Southwestern ...


New device enables early detection of cancerous skin tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are developing a new device that detects cancerous skin tumors, including melanomas that aren't visible to the naked eye.


Skin color gives clues to health

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Researchers from the universities of Bristol and St. Andrews in the UK have found that the color of a person's skin affects how healthy and therefore attractive they appear, and have found that diet may be crucial to achieving ...


Clinical trials of spray-on skin to start in US

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Clinical trials comparing a spray-on skin product with skin grafts will start in the US in December. The trials, which are partly funded by a US army grant of $1.4 million, will last about a year and will ...


Aggressive microdermabrasion induces wound-healing response in aging skin

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microdermabrasion using a coarse diamond-studded instrument appears to induce molecular changes in the skin of older adults that mimic the way skin is remodeled during the wound healing process, according to a report in the ...


Smokers with common autoimmune disorder at higher risk for skin damage

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As if there weren't enough reasons to stop smoking, a team of researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have just found another. A study led by Dr. Christian A Pineau, Co-Director ...


Discovery leads to effective treatment of painful skin condition

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute, in collaboration with a worldwide group of physicians and scientists, have discovered a remarkable treatment for a rare, yet debilitating, skin condition.


Reduced skin infections in Northern Australian Aboriginal children

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A community-based program aimed at reducing the burden of skin disease across remote communities in Australia's Northern Territory has been successful according to a study published November 24 in the open-access journal ...


Switching immunosuppressants reduces cancer risk in kidney

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Switching to a newer type of immunosuppressant drug may reduce the high rate of skin cancer after kidney transplantation, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and ...



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